Claude Code usage

See your Claude Code usage limit in the Mac menu bar

Claude Pro and Max plans meter Claude Code with two clocks: a rolling 5-hour window and a separate weekly window. Neither one lives in the Mac menu bar on its own, so the usual way to check is the /usage command inside a session — a panel that only answers the moment you ask it.

That gap is why people look for a Claude Code usage limit meter for the menu bar. You want to see how much of the 5-hour window is left before it cuts off a task in the middle, and you want the weekly number visible before a long session spends it down without warning. Checking mid-task means leaving your editor or terminal focus just to read a number, then coming back to it again later to see how much changed. A meter that sits in the menu bar answers both windows at a glance, without a context switch.

How Usage HUD shows it

Usage HUD is a native Mac app that adds a bar for Claude Code next to whatever else you run. It reads the same usage endpoint that Claude Code’s own /usage panel reads, so the number is not a guess, and it never refreshes or changes your Claude Code token to get it. Each reading carries a confidence label — official, high, medium, or manual — with a one-line reason, so a reading that has stopped updating is labeled as stale instead of shown as current.

You see the 5-hour window, the weekly window, the reset time for each, and a freshness stamp for when it was last checked. Turn the Claude bar off without losing its history, and keep Codex, Gemini, Grok, and Ollama in the same panel if you run them too. Everything is read on your Mac, with no Usage HUD account and no telemetry from the app, so the numbers stay between you and the endpoint they came from.

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Frequently asked questions

Where does Usage HUD get the Claude Code numbers from?

From the same usage endpoint that Claude Code’s own /usage panel reads. Usage HUD never refreshes or changes your Claude Code token to read it.

Does Usage HUD replace the /usage command?

No. /usage still works inside a session. Usage HUD adds a menu-bar bar with the reset time and a freshness stamp so you can check without opening a terminal.

What Mac do I need to run it?

An Apple silicon Mac running macOS 14 or later. Usage HUD is signed with a Developer ID and notarized by Apple.

Usage HUD also meters Codex CLI usage and appears in the CodexBar alternative comparison. Visit the Usage HUD home page to see every provider bar, or watch the demo video there.