Mac menu bar app for Claude Code rate limits
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Native macOS menu-bar app for tracking Claude Code usage and Anthropic service status. Built using Claude Code, naturally.
HN · launched Apr 15, 2026 · 5 upvotes (top 89%) · 1 view
Niche: api usage and rate limit monitoring · 75 launches, 5 in the last 7 days · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Observability & eval
- Developer
- AI feature
- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
Yes A lightweight macOS menu-bar utility that polls Anthropic's status page and local Claude CLI usage metrics is straightforward to create with Swift/SwiftUI or Electron using standard AI coding tools.
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Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 531 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #502 of 532 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 151 days after the earliest competitor.
- Claude Meter · hn · 2026-02-10 · 9 upvotes · similarity 0.78
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- GitHub · ph · 2026-09-30 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.74
- ClaudeUsage · hn · 2026-02-21 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.73
- token-bar · github · 2026-09-11 · 7 upvotes · similarity 0.67
- Claude Usage Bar · ph · 2026-10-22 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.62
- Whipback · ph · 2026-10-15 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.61
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