Show HN: ClaudeBar – live Claude usage in your macOS menu bar

Category: cli-tool

Tags: macos, menu-bar, claude-ai, usage-monitor, swift

Score: 5.3/10 (Innovation: 3, Technical: 5, Documentation: 7, Utility: 6)

ClaudeBar is a native macOS menu bar app that displays live Claude usage statistics—session percentage, weekly limits, and extra-usage credits—directly from Anthropic's API. Its key differentiator is providing exact console-parity data rather than estimating from token logs, making it a practical utility for heavy Claude users.

Target audience: backend devs

Repository: https://github.com/tozzilla/claudebar/ · Swift · MIT

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