Show HN: Desktop OSD that reads Claude Code's rate limit headers

Category: devtools

Tags: monitoring, developer-tools, api-client, desktop-app, python

Score: 6.5/10 (Innovation: 5, Technical: 7, Documentation: 9, Utility: 5)

A cross-platform desktop widget that displays real-time Claude Code API usage limits via an always-on-top OSD overlay. It's interesting because it parses rate-limit headers directly, provides live token streaming visualization, and includes advanced features like cost forecasting, prompt-cache optimization suggestions, and AI-generated weekly summaries—all while maintaining a clean Qt-based implementation.

Target audience: backend devs

Repository: https://github.com/bozdemir/claude-usage-widget · Python · MIT · 5 stars

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