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CLUSTER BAR-CHATGPT-CODEX · 12 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2026-09-10

Codex usage menu bar apps

These are macOS menu bar apps that surface ChatGPT/Codex usage allowances, reset times, and pacing or threshold alerts for coding subscribers. The cluster's dated history is too thin to read a shape from: it has no dated entries before the index start, so it predates the index or its members are undated. On traction, codex-ember leads with 6 stars, followed by aiusagebar with 3 stars and codex-buddy with 1 star.

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

AUG 2026: 2SEP 2026: 7OCT 2026: 3
AUG 2026OCT 2026

Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 1 ai-built · 2 hand-coded · 9 unlabelled

Operator · 8 hobby · 1 indie · 3 unlabelled

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 12 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01codex-ember6★1 mo—Companion app for Codex that tracks usage, shows limits, and displays conversation history.
  2. 02aiusagebar3★18 daysliveDesktop app that displays ChatGPT and Claude usage limits as activity rings in the macOS menu bar and Windows system tray.
  3. 03codex-buddy1★13 days—hobbymacOS menu bar app that displays remaining ChatGPT and Codex usage credits, reset times, and available resets for AI coding subscribers.
  4. 04Quota1★20 days—hobbymacOS dashboard that tracks usage, limits, reset times, and token history across multiple ChatGPT and OpenAI accounts.
  5. 05ai-limits1★12 days—indiemacOS utility that shows Claude and ChatGPT usage limits with reset countdowns in the menu bar, notch, floating window, and desktop widgets.
  6. 06Codex-Usage-Monitor0★3 days—hobbymacOS menu bar app that shows remaining Codex usage allowance and reset time for ChatGPT Plus users.
  7. 07codex-anchor-mac0★4 days—hobbymacOS utility that shifts the start of ChatGPT's rolling five-hour Codex usage window to a chosen time by sending one minimal request.
  8. 08ai-usage0★28 dayslivehobbymacOS menu bar app that shows how much of Claude and ChatGPT usage limits have been used, with details and reset times.
  9. 09hua-quota-monitor0★1 mo—hobbyMenu bar app that monitors Codex and ChatGPT quota usage across multiple accounts and shows usage trends in a web dashboard.
  10. 10CodexLImitBar0★1 mo—hand-codedhobbymacOS menu-bar app that shows real-time ChatGPT and Codex usage limit percentages with threshold notifications.
  11. 11Codence0★28 days—hand-codedhobbyMenu bar app that shows remaining ChatGPT-backed Codex usage allowances, reset countdowns, and local pacing guidance for coding sessions.
  12. 12token-balance-macos0★2 mo—ai-builtMacOS menu bar utility that displays ChatGPT subscription allowance, reset countdown, and available resets in real time.

Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.