Show HN: A macOS menu bar app for monitoring live Claude Code sessions and usage

Category: devtools

Tags: macos, menu-bar, claude-code, productivity, monitoring

Score: 6.5/10 (Innovation: 6, Technical: 7, Documentation: 7, Utility: 6)

Claude Viewer is a macOS menu bar app that provides live monitoring of Claude Code sessions and claude.ai usage limits by reading local filesystem events and session data. Its unique approach of extracting session context and status from Claude's local files without polling, combined with automatic cookie extraction from Chromium browsers, makes it a practical productivity tool for heavy Claude users.

Target audience: backend devs, data engineers, AI/ML practitioners

Repository: https://github.com/joshwallerr/claudeviewer · Swift · MIT

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