Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Ceiling
Track Claude, Codex, and Cursor limits from your taskbar.
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier.
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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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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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LUCI Desktopfree▲360Let your AI agents remember what you've seen
Sep 2026 · luci.memories.ai · 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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AgentQuartz▲94Claude & Cursor usage in your macOS menu bar
Jul 2026 · agentquartz.vercel.app · 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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LimitBar▲11I use Claude Code on a Max plan, and the usage limits, like for all of us (and esp. with dedicated Fable limits now) dictate how I will plan my day/sessions. It was super goddamn annoying clicking the usage wheel (perhaps this frustration is shared with /usage in terminal or CLI but I only use the desktop app), so I built this to poll Anthropic endpoint every 60 seconds and stay in my menu bar so I can always just glance up to see where I'm at. build stuff: native Swift/AppKit, a single binary under 1 MB, no Electron or Node, negligible CPU/RAM. It reads the same usage…
Jul 2026 · mikaweiss6.gumroad.com · its alternatives →
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KingCoding▲91Run Claude, Codex & Cursor in parallel from one dashboard
Mar 2026 · kingcode.shingoirie.com · its alternatives →
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Context Sync▲95Persistent AI memory across Claude Desktop & Cursor IDE
Oct 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Got tired of reaching for the terminal to caffeinate my mac and tweaking system settings Now got a new friend in my menubar Enjoy!
Aug 2026 · agentsneversleep.app · its alternatives →
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Multiple Claude.ai accounts tracked from your Mac menu bar.
Jun 2026 · claude-monitor.com · its alternatives →
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Limits▲4I built Limits because I wanted an easier way to keep track of when my limits would reset. Like say you're outside and just wanna know if your weekly or session limit is back. It’s a meticulously designed, free iOS app that connects to your accounts entirely on-device. No Mac companion app, no tethering, and no background server. It currently supports Codex, Claude Code, and Cursor. You can check usage from the app, home screen, or lock screen widgets, get notified when your limits reset, track banked Codex resets, and get alerts when the app detects a global Codex reset. So you don't have…
Jul 2026 · getlimits.app · 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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Track all your AI costs in one dashboard - Maximize usage.
Jan 2026 · quotameter.app · its alternatives →
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Headroom▲19Hi HN! Frustrated with Claude Code usage limits I stumbled upon the awesome Headroom project by Tejas Chopra. After jumping through the hoops to install it, I realized the majority of devs don't necessarily use python and aren't comfortable just installing pip packages so I set out to create a Mac App wrapper with Tejas blessing. Here it is! What Headroom does: It sits between your editor and Claude, compressing what gets sent — trimming redundant context, stripping boilerplate, and compressing documents — without dropping anything semantically meaningful. The result is roughly 2x more usage…
Jun 2026 · extraheadroom.com · its alternatives →
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1. Headless mode Headless mode allows you to use the AI as a command-line utility for automation and scripting. In Claude Code you run it with the -p flag: claude -p, in codex - exec, opencode - run. 2. Ask human The traditional communication channel with the operator won't work in headless mode - we need to implement a dedicated tool. Here is an example of how this can be done https://github.com/sermakarevich/claude/tree/main/mcp/ask_hu... 3. Tasks queue Beads is a lightweight distributed graph issue tracker for AI agents, powered by Dolt. You can…
Jun 2026 · its alternatives →
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Tokimeter▲14Local usage analytics for Claude, Codex, Cursor, Grok & More
Aug 2026 · tokimeter.com · its alternatives →
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I've been delegating work to Claude Code for the past few months, and it's been genuinely transformative—but managing multiple agents doing different things became chaos. No tool existed for this workflow, so I built one. The Problem When you're working with AI agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf), you end up in a weird situation: - You have tasks scattered across your head, Slack, email, and the CLI - Agents need clear work items, context, and role-specific instructions - You have no visibility into what agents are actually doing - Failed tasks just... disappear. No retry, no notification…
Feb 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Know if you'll run out of Codex or Claude before reset
Jun 2026 · reservegauge.com · 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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Know your Codex and Claude limits before they run out
Aug 2026 · shromarketing.github.io · its alternatives →
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Keep your AI agents running while you step away
Aug 2026 · cuukit.com · its alternatives →
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A bunch of companies that I spoke to had their own claude & codex OTel dashboards that showed spend + seats per month. However, none of the dashboards actually analyzed how the engineers worked with the tools and if there were any areas for improvement! That's why I created https://www.promptster.ai. Managers get aggregate level view of code quality and how that ties with team workflows (nothing on a per-engineer level). While engineers get personalized coaching on how they can save tokens while keeping output high. We also have a tool built for individuals to test their local…
Jul 2026 · its alternatives →
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