AI · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to CodeQuota
Your AI token fuel gauge in the menu bar.
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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ShellMate AI▲342While "burning tokens" isn't necessarily a good thing, I thought it worthwhile to throw together a quick leaderboard to track the dev setups of the top HN token burners. Jesse (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Vincent), Wes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wes_McKinney), and Harper (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harper_Reed) are using it to report their Claude/Codex usage.
2024 · tkmx.odio.dev · 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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CodeBurn▲103See where your AI coding spend actually goes
Aug 2026 · codeburn.app · its alternatives →
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Spotify Wrapped for Claude, Codex & a Public leaderboard.
Jun 2026 · whoburnedmore.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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Built this after realizing I was spending ~$1400/week on Claude Code with almost no visibility into what was actually consuming tokens. Tools like ccusage give a cost breakdown per model and per day, but I wanted to understand usage at the task level. CodeBurn reads the JSONL session transcripts that Claude Code stores locally (~/.claude/projects/) and classifies each turn into 13 categories based on tool usage patterns (no LLM calls involved). One surprising result: about 56% of my spend was on conversation turns with no tool usage. Actual coding (edits/writes) was…
Apr 2026 · 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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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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CUStats▲79Never hit limit unexpectedly again - on macOS, iOS, Android
Jan 2026 · custats.info · its alternatives →
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Your coding plan is earning you money. See exactly how much.
Jun 2026 · tokenholic.app · 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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GitBar▲126Every pull request, one menubar. GitHub, GitLab & Azure
Apr 2026 · gitbar.app · its alternatives →
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TokenCounter▲117Count tokens and estimate costs for any AI model
2024 · tokencounter.co · its alternatives →
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APIQuota▲4You can effortlessly control your user's token consumption
2024 · apiquota.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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Privacy-first Codex tracker for your macOS menu bar
Jul 2026 · getcodexbar.xyz · its alternatives →
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Scapefree tier, from $9.99/mo▲59Hey HN, we've been using Claude Code daily for months, and built Scape to fix our biggest pain point: managing multiple worktrees quickly & reducing the mental load of switching between them quickly. What we built: Scape is a macOS menu bar app that sits on top of Claude Code and gives you: - One-click worktrees: click a button, get a new git worktree with a Claude session already working on it. Develop in parallel without leaving your current branch. - Toolkit: per-session actions like "Create PR", "Commit & Push", "Run & Fix Tests." Add your own with bash scripts or prompts. -…
25d ago · scape.work · 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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SpendBar▲16Track AI API spend from your Mac menu bar
Jun 2026 · spendbar.minilabs.cc · its alternatives →
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Monitor AI usage, quotas and provider status from your menu
Jul 2026 · github.com · 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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TokenBar▲3Track AI usage across 20+ providers in your menu bar
Mar 2026 · tokenbar.site · its alternatives →
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