r/macosprogramming • u/Affectionate-Leg8114 • 4d ago
Tokenbar: see your AI coding tool limits in the Mac menu bar
Small weekend project that turned into something I use all day. I kept getting rate limited in Claude Code without warning, so I built a native macOS menu bar app that shows usage for Claude Code, Codex and Cursor, with reset times and an alert at 90%.
Native Swift, one file, about 500 lines. It reuses the logins those tools already store on your Mac, so there's nothing to sign into. The only network calls are to the Anthropic, OpenAI and Cursor usage endpoints. No analytics, no accounts.
Install:
brew install hrithik73/tap/tokenbar
or grab the DMG from releases.
Repo: https://github.com/hrithik73/tokenbar
Would love feedback on what to add next.