Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Orb & Bloom: Cute AI Usage Limits
Small living monitors for Codex & Claude Code on your Mac
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 2 we have checked on their own sites, 2 of them free or with a free tier.
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Let Claude use your computer from the CLI
Mar 2026 · code.claude.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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ShioriCode▲119Open-source alternative to Codex & Claude Code
May 2026 · shiori.ai · 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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LUCI Desktopfree▲360Let your AI agents remember what you've seen
Sep 2026 · luci.memories.ai · its alternatives →
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Maestri▲183An infinite canvas where coding agents work in concert
Mar 2026 · themaestri.app · its alternatives →
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Hey HN! I built Retain as the evolution of claude-reflect (github.com/BayramAnnakov/claude-reflect). The original problem: I use Claude Code/Codex daily for coding, plus claude.ai and ChatGPT occasionally. Every conversation contains decisions, corrections, and patterns I forget existed weeks later. I kept re-explaining the same preferences. claude-reflect was a CLI tool that extracted learnings from Claude Code sessions. Retain takes this further with a native macOS app that: - Aggregates conversations from Claude Code, claude.ai, ChatGPT, and Codex CLI - Instant full-text…
Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Doing▲135Voice and visual context for AI builders. No subscription.
Apr 2026 · doing.tools · its alternatives →
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Vibe Pocket▲135Run AI agents like Claude Code, Codex, Opencode on mobile
Dec 2025 · vibepocket.com · its alternatives →
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AgentManager▲125Never miss a Claude Code session waiting for your input
Jul 2026 · agentmgr.app · 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. -…
23d ago · scape.work · its alternatives →
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flock▲79Run a flock of Claude Code (or other agents) in one window.
Apr 2026 · baahaus.github.io · 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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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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As I started to use Claude Code to do more random tasks I realized I could basically build any CLI tool and it would use it. So I built one that controls the browser and open-sourced it. It should work with Codex or any other CLI-based agent! I have a long term idea where the models are all local and then the tool is privacy preserving because it's easy to remove PII from text, but I'd definitely not recommend using this for anything important just yet. You'll need a Gemini key until I (or someone else) figure out how to distill a local version out of that part of the pipeline. Github link:…
2025 · cli-agents.click · its alternatives →
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Live liquid-orb usage gauges for Claude, Codex & Antigravity on macOS — source for aiusageball.com - aiusageball/ai-usage-ball
Jul 2026 · aiusageball.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
14d ago · github.com · its alternatives →
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Multi-engine Mgr for every AI coding session on your Mac
May 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Companion▲20AI that actually controls your Windows/Mac desktop - clicks, types, automates workflows across any application. Native OS integration, not cloud APIs. Built this because I was tired of AI that could only chat. Free tier (Gemini) + paid tier (Claude) for reliable automation. The AI can automate complex workflows, manage files/emails, control browsers and native apps. Just launched 2 weeks ago. What workflows would you want automated?
2025 · aioscompanion.com · its alternatives →
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