Re:Show HN: macOS menu bar app to track Claude usage in real...
by dewey on Thursday January 08, 2026 @03:04PM
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Alternatively there's also this with 1.7k stars already and supporting more services (Despite the name): https://github.com/steipete/CodexBar (https://codexbar.app)
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Re:Show HN: macOS menu bar app to track Claude usage in real...
by realharo on Thursday January 08, 2026 @03:20PM
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Or just vibe code your own. Seems fitting.
Re:Show HN: macOS menu bar app to track Claude usage in real...
by RichHickson on Thursday January 08, 2026 @03:06PM
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Good shout. CodexBar covers a lot more ground. This one is intentionally minimal and Claude focused because that is all I personally needed.
Re:Show HN: macOS menu bar app to track Claude usage in real...
by ttoinou on Thursday January 08, 2026 @03:12PM
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Is it safe ? It needs to reads Keychain. Like the OP app
Re:Show HN: macOS menu bar app to track Claude usage in real...
by RichHickson on Thursday January 08, 2026 @03:16PM
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The app only reads ONE specific keychain entry:
Service: "Claude Code-credentials"
This is the entry created by the official Claude Code CLI when you log in. The app:
1. Only reads - never writes, modifies, or deletes any keychain data
2. Only accesses this one service name - cannot read any other passwords, keys, or credentials
3. Extracts only the OAuth access token - used to call api.anthropic.com/api/oauth/usage
4. Sends data only to Anthropic's API - no analytics, no third-party servers
The token never leaves your machine except to Anthropic's own API endpoint. You can verify this yourself - the entire source is ~400 lines of Swift: https://github.com/richhickson/claudecodeusage
macOS will also prompt you the first time the app tries to access this keychain entry, giving you control to allow or deny.
Re:Show HN: macOS menu bar app to track Claude usage in real...
by touristtam on Thursday January 08, 2026 @07:23PM
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I am on Intel and that doesn't run, so f** me I guess?
Re:Show HN: macOS menu bar app to track Claude usage in real...
by prawn on Thursday January 08, 2026 @11:13PM
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"I'm on Intel and would be interested in this if you find a way to make that work."
Re:Show HN: macOS menu bar app to track Claude usage in real...
by DrammBA on Thursday January 08, 2026 @11:26PM
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Funny thing I went down a rabbit hole, cause I first scanned the open PRs and saw a PR to enable universal builds to support intel macs but the whole thing was pure AI slop and someone commented that codexbar already supports intel, and sure enough v.15 added it (the AI slop PR completely missed that), I then looked into the cask script and it has a hardcoded dependency on arm which prevents brew from installing v.17 even if it's already an universal binary since v.15.
Re:Show HN: macOS menu bar app to track Claude usage in real...
by touristtam on Friday January 09, 2026 @05:23AM
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I came to the same conclusion before making that snarky and apparently offensive comment. Live to learn I guess.
Re:Show HN: macOS menu bar app to track Claude usage in real...
by DrammBA on Friday January 09, 2026 @02:24PM
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You mean "after" making the comment? Your offensive comment makes no sense if you already had the universal build context
Re:Show HN: macOS menu bar app to track Claude usage in real...
by iLemming on Friday January 09, 2026 @11:54AM
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btw, I have failed to make the proper use of either of them - claudecodeusage keeps saying that I'm not signed in (I have Claude Desktop and CLI installed and signed in on both). CodexBar keeps saying "Claude usage probe timed out", even though it does show some numbers. I don't have a subscription, I just use the API.