AI · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to AI Usage Ball
Live liquid-orb usage gauges for Claude, Codex & Antigravity on macOS — source for aiusageball.com - aiusageball/ai-usage-ball
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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ClaudeUsageBar▲398Hey all! Like many of you, I've been using Claude daily and kept having a hidden fear: when my limit will be reached? How much I have consumed in this session? Im ending up going back and forth to settings > usage to check Literally every 5mns So I built ClaudeUsageBar, a minimal menu bar app that shows your Claude usage percentage at a glance. What it does: Shows your current session (5-hour) and weekly usage directly in the menu bar Notifies you at 25%, 50%, 75%, and 90% thresholds so you can pace yourself Displays exactly when your limits reset Works with both Free and Pro plans Privacy…
Jan 2026 · claudeusagebar.com · its alternatives →
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Usage4Claude▲109I kept hitting Claude's 5-hour limit without realizing it, so I made this menu bar app to track it. Shows a color-coded ring (green/orange/red) and countdown to reset. Built it in Swift/SwiftUI, just for myself initially. Right now you have to manually grab your sessionKey from browser DevTools, which is annoying but works. Stores it in macOS Keychain so it's secure. Been actively working on it, already at v1.3.0 with much better UX now. It's open source (MIT) and works with all Claude platforms (web/CLI/desktop/mobile) since they share the quota. Currently…
Oct 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I built a macOS menu bar app to track Claude usage in real time via API after hitting limits mid-flow too often. Signed and notarised by Apple. Open source. https://github.com/richhickson/claudecodeusage https://x.com/richhickson
Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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CUStats▲79Never hit limit unexpectedly again - on macOS, iOS, Android
Jan 2026 · custats.info · its alternatives →
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Usagebar▲172A macOS menu bar app that tracks your Claude Code 5-hour and weekly usage limits. See reset timers, get notifications, and never hit the wall unexpectedly.
Jan 2026 · usagebar.com · its alternatives →
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Small living monitors for Codex & Claude Code on your Mac
Aug 2026 · 100k31d.co · its alternatives →
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Claudoscope▲106Browse, search & track costs across Claude Code sessions
Apr 2026 · claudoscope.com · its alternatives →
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Glint▲107Claude Code activity, right where you want it.
Jun 2026 · glint.binarybeam.net · its alternatives →
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See Claude's 2× usage window live in your macOS menu bar
Mar 2026 · double.raphaelduhs.at · its alternatives →
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Spotify Wrapped for Claude, Codex & a Public leaderboard.
Jun 2026 · whoburnedmore.com · its alternatives →
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macOS menu-bar pace for your AI coding subscriptions — Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity, Cursor: will they last until their reset, and what to change if not - dkremsa/claude-pacer
15d ago · github.com · its alternatives →
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Menu bar gauges for Claude Code quota (SwiftBar plugin) - grzegorz-raczek-unit8/claude-quota
Jun 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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AgentQuartz▲94Claude & Cursor usage in your macOS menu bar
Jul 2026 · agentquartz.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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Hi HN! I run a few Claude Code sessions in parallel and kept cmd-tabbing around just to find out one of them had been sitting on a permission prompt for ten minutes. There's a hardware gadget I liked (called SidePulse.io) so before waiting to get my shipment I built the software version instead :D I hope you like it and find it useful as I do!
Aug 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hey all! I'm happy to announce we've finally released our 2nd macOS app, Draw Over It, a tiny desktop app that enables drawing, highlighting, or annotating directly on top of anything on your Mac. I've always wanted something like this for instant and unobtrusive sketching and annotation for pair programming and demos. I always found the standard web-based diagram and drawing tools a bit too cumbersome. So we built a simple overlay that could appear over any window or app with one shortcut. It doesn't collect any user data and doesn't require any system permissions - it's sandboxed. It all…
Oct 2025 · draw.wrobele.com · its alternatives →
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AI code security review that runs entirely on your Mac
Apr 2026 · its alternatives →
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Hey HN! I built a native macOS menu bar app that shows your Claude Code usage limits at a glance — no more getting rate-limited mid-flow. It reads your OAuth token from macOS Keychain, polls the Anthropic usage API, and displays your 5-hour and 7-day utilization as a clean progress bar right in your menu bar. Zero token consumption. Built with Swift + SwiftUI. MIT licensed. https://github.com/puq-ai/claude-meter
Feb 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Share & pool your team's Claude usage
Jul 2026 · sgsi.github.io · its alternatives →
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Track all your AI costs in one dashboard - Maximize usage.
Jan 2026 · quotameter.app · its alternatives →
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Know your Claude.ai limits before you hit them
Mar 2026 · gozyideas.com · its alternatives →
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The odometer for your AI — Claude & Codex limits on Mac
Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Ceiling▲4Track Claude, Codex, and Cursor limits from your taskbar.
Jul 2026 · ceiling.win · its alternatives →
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