CapMeter
Know when you're about to hit your Claude limit
CapMeter launched on August 18, 2026 with 2 votes, #5,788 of 23,274 launches that month.
What it does
Claude doesn't warn you before it stops. It just stops. CapMeter puts a live usage ring in your menu bar and turns your burn rate into a countdown: "limit in ~1h 18m." You wrap up before the wall, not after. → Alerts to macOS, Slack, Discord or any webhook → Session, weekly and per-model limits, counting down → Floating widget with your $/hr credit burn → 90-day history, CSV export → No API key, no account, no server, no analytics 14 days free, then $14.99 once. Not affiliated with Anthropic.
Monitor your Claude usage and quota from the macOS menu bar, and know when you
CapMeter watches how fast you're burning through your Claude session — browser and Claude Code alike — and tells you when you'll run out. An interactive recreation of the app — scroll to step through it. No API key. You sign in once on Claude's own page — the session stays encrypted on your Mac. A live ring in your menu bar and a floating widget show exactly how much session you have left. The number itself is the easy part. CapMeter is built around what comes after it — seeing the limit coming, and telling you somewhere you'll actually notice. CapMeter measures your burn rate and turns it into a time — "limit in ~1h 18m" — so you pace yourself instead of getting cut off mid-thought. It's…from capmeter.app
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