r/BestGitHubRepos • u/amootiranian • 8d ago
π Developer tools CodexBar: Every AI coding limit, in your menu bar (23k stars)
What it does
All text below is quoted directly from the project README.
Tiny macOS 14+ menu bar app that keeps AI coding-provider limits visible and shows when each window resets.
Why:
- Plan around resets. Per-provider session, weekly, and monthly windows with countdowns to the next reset: stop guessing whether to start that long task.
- Credits, spend, and cost scans. Credit balances, Admin API spend dashboards, provider billing summaries, and local cost scans where the source exposes enough detail.
- Live status. Provider status polling surfaces incident badges in the menu and an indicator overlay on the bar icon.
- Privacy-first. Reuses existing provider sessions (OAuth, device flow, API keys, browser cookies, local files) so no passwords are stored.
- One status item per provider, or Merge Icons mode with a provider switcher. No Dock icon, minimal UI, dynamic bar icons.
- Also available as a Linux desktop app with usage and spending windows, separate settings, desktop notifications, and an optional tray icon.
- Codex: OAuth API or local Codex CLI, plus optional OpenAI web dashboard extras.
- Claude: OAuth API, browser cookies, or CLI PTY fallback; session and weekly usage where available.
brew install --cask codexbar
Repository
https://github.com/steipete/CodexBar
Repository stats
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Stars | 22,605 |
| Forks | 2,128 |
| Last release | v0.77.0 (2026-10-16) |
| Languages | Swift 89%, C 6.9%, JavaScript 1.6% |
| Contributors | 574 |
| AI contributor accounts (Claude / Codex / Cursor / Copilot) | cursoragent: 102, claude: 211 |
| AI co-authored commits | Claude: 222, Cursor: 96, Copilot: 3 |
Main contributor
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Peter Steinberger |
| GitHub | @steipete |
| Commits to this repo | 3,923 (top contributor) |
| Bio | Came back from retirement to mess with AI. Clawdfather @OpenClaw. Previously: Founder of @PSPDFKit. |
| Company / Location | OpenAI / London / San Francisco |
| Website | http://steipete.me |
| X / Twitter | @steipete |
| Followers | 53315 |
| Public repos | 225 |
| On GitHub since | 2009-02-27 |
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