Glint
Claude Code activity, right where you want it.
Glint launched on June 16, 2026 with 107 votes, #354 of 22,647 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches.
In plain words
Glint is a lightweight macOS menu-bar app that displays real-time information about Claude Code sessions, including live status, current tools, token usage, plan details, and subagents. It reads session data locally from the user's Mac, keeping information private. The app offers three display options—a Dynamic Island overlay, a floating pill, or a dock-side widget—that users can toggle independently and position as needed. Glint is designed for developers working with Claude Code who want quick access to session metrics without leaving their workflow.
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From the sources
Glint is a lightweight macOS menu-bar app that surfaces what your Claude Code sessions are doing - live status, the current tool, token spend, the plan, subagents, usage meters, and context window - in a glanceable island near your notch, a floating pill, or beside the Dock. Reads ~/.claude locally; your session data never leaves your Mac. Support for other providers like Codex, Kiro and etc are on the roadmap to be release ASAP!
Glint is a lightweight macOS menu-bar app that surfaces what your Claude Code sessions are doing - live status, the current tool, token spend, the plan, subagents, usage meters, and context window - in a glanceable island near your notch, a floating pill, or beside the Dock. Reads ~/.claude locally; your session data never leaves your Mac. One-time $7 lifetime license - pay once, own it forever.
A lightweight island near your notch - or wherever you park it - that surfaces what your sessions are doing: live status, the current tool, token spend, the plan, and any subagents it dispatched. One island, three homes. Toggle each independently - Glint shows the busiest session up front and tucks the rest a click away. A Dynamic-Island-style overlay hugging the camera notch. Collapses to a compact pill, a dot, or fully invisible when idle - then expands on click. A draggable, always-on-top pill you can park anywhere - even over full-screen apps. Drag it once; it remembers where you put it. A bar that fills the empty space beside the Dock and expands upward when you need it. Glint reads…from glint.binarybeam.net
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ClaudeUsageBarJan 2026 · claudeusagebar.com · ▲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…
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macOS menu bar app to track Claude usage in real timeJan 2026 · github.com · ▲161I 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
UsagebarJan 2026 · usagebar.com · ▲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.
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