Gemini and Grok usage
Gemini CLI and Grok usage in one Mac menu bar meter
If you run Gemini CLI and Grok alongside other AI tools, you end up checking each one’s own usage output separately, in its own terminal session, on its own schedule. Neither puts a number in the Mac menu bar, so there is nothing to glance at while you work, and switching between two or three separate check-ins adds up over a real work day. You either keep a mental tally of what you have used across tools, or you stop checking and find out you are close to a limit only when a session tells you so.
A meter that puts Gemini and Grok in the same menu bar as everything else removes that separate-checking step. One place to see both, alongside Claude, Codex, and Ollama if you use them too, each on its own bar instead of its own command you have to remember and run.
How Usage HUD shows it
Usage HUD adds a bar each for Gemini CLI and Grok, next to whatever other providers you track. Each bar carries a confidence label — official, high, medium, or manual — with a one-line reason, so you know how much to trust the number instead of assuming every bar means the same thing just because it looks the same. That matters more once you are running several tools at once, since a bar that looks official but is not can be more misleading than no bar at all.
You get a reset time and a freshness stamp for each provider, and you can turn any bar off without losing its history. Everything is read on your Mac: no Usage HUD account, no telemetry from the app, and nothing about your Gemini or Grok usage sent anywhere else. That same pattern carries over if you add Claude, Codex, or Ollama later — each new provider shows up as its own bar with its own label, not folded into a single combined number that hides which one is actually running low.
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Frequently asked questions
Can Usage HUD track Gemini and Grok at the same time as Claude and Codex?
Yes. Each provider gets its own bar in the same panel, and you can turn any of them off without losing history.
How reliable are the Gemini and Grok numbers?
Each reading carries a confidence label — official, high, medium, or manual — with a one-line reason, so you can see how much to trust it.
What does Usage HUD need to show Gemini and Grok usage?
An Apple silicon Mac running macOS 14 or later, with Gemini CLI or Grok set up on that Mac.
Related
If you want to compare against CodexBar, read the CodexBar alternative page, or see the Ollama token counter page for local models. Visit the Usage HUD home page to see every provider bar, or watch the demo video there.