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Re: Show HN: macOS menu bar app to track Claude usage in real time

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Post by travisgriggs »

rootlocus wrote: post #19

"Follow me on X" Why... just why? Why do people keep insisting on using it?

I certainly won't.

I wonder if it's because they don't see other relevant low-cost/overhead solutions. "Follow me on facebook" certainly isn't going to be a win. "Follow me on Bluesky or Mastadon" is going to be ignored. "You can see my comments on insta" won't be relevant. "My TikTok is where it's at" might get you some young followers.

Other solutions (your own blog, medium, substack, etc), all come with more overhead and setup.

Re: Show HN: macOS menu bar app to track Claude usage in real time

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Post by prawn »

touristtam wrote: post #35
dewey wrote: post #2

Alternatively there's also this with 1.7k stars already and supporting more services (Despite the name): https://github.com/steipete/CodexBar ( https://codexbar.app )

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"I'm on Intel and would be interested in this if you find a way to make that work."

Re: Show HN: macOS menu bar app to track Claude usage in real time

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Post by DrammBA »

prawn wrote: post #45
touristtam wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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"I'm on Intel and would be interested in this if you find a way to make that work."

Funny thing I went down a rabbit hole, cause I first scanned the open PRs and saw a PR to enable universal builds to support intel macs but the whole thing was pure AI slop and someone commented that codexbar already supports intel, and sure enough v.15 added it (the AI slop PR completely missed that), I then looked into the cask script and it has a hardcoded dependency on arm which prevents brew from installing v.17 even if it's already an universal binary since v.15.

Re: Show HN: macOS menu bar app to track Claude usage in real time

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Post by 8mobile »

This is a great idea and a useful one for avoiding having to monitor Claude's consumption. I've often exceeded the limit mid-process. If I'm not mistaken, something like this already exists, but I like the graphics and how the information is displayed. Congratulations!
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