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CodexBar

Source: https://codexbar.app/

Every AI coding limit,in your menu bar.

CodexBar tracks usage windows, credit balances, and reset countdowns across the providers you actually pay for — one status item each, or merge them into one.

Free & open source · macOS 14+ · Universal on GitHub Releases · Apple Silicon via Homebrew

29 providers, one menu bar

Each tile becomes a status item with its own usage window, reset countdown, and provider menu.

• CCodexOAuth
• CClaudeOAuth
• CCursorCookies
• OOpenCodeCookies
• OOpenCode GoCookies
• AAlibabaCookies
• GGeminiOAuth
• AAntigravityLocal
• DDroidCookies
• CCopilotDevice flow
• zz.aiAPI key
• MMiniMaxAPI key
• KKimiToken
• KKimi K2Legacy API
• KKiloAPI key
• KKiroCLI
• VVertex AIgcloud
• AAugmentCLI
• AAmpCookies
• OOllamaCookies
• SSyntheticAPI key
• JJetBrains AILocal
• WWarpAPI key
• OOpenRouterAPI key
• PPerplexityCookies
• AAbacus AICookies
• MMistralCookies
• DDeepSeekAPI key
• CCodebuffAPI key
• +Your providerAuthoring guide

### Resets you can plan around

Per-provider session, weekly, and monthly windows with countdowns to the next reset — no more guessing whether to start a long task.

Credits, spend, and cost scans

Credit balances and monthly spend where the provider exposes them, plus a local cost scan over the last 30 days for Codex and Claude.

Status & incidents

Provider status polling surfaces incident badges in the menu and an indicator overlay on the bar icon.

CLI & widgets

WidgetKit widgets for supported providers and a bundledcodexbarCLI for scripts and CI — macOS and Linux builds on every release.

Install & updates

Universal app viaGitHub Releaseswith Sparkle auto-updates, orbrew install \-\-cask steipete/tap/codexbarfor Apple Silicon (updates viabrew upgrade).

CLI

A bundledcodexbarbinary plus standalone tarballs for macOS and Linux on each release. On Linux:brew install steipete/tap/codexbar.

Privacy

Reuses existing provider sessions — OAuth, device flow, API keys, browser cookies, local files — so no passwords are stored. Audit notes inissue #12.

macOS permissions

Full Disk Access for Safari cookies, Keychain access for cookie decryption and OAuth flows, and Files & Folders prompts when provider helpers read project directories.