🛠 Monitoring Claude Code Limits in the macOS Menu Bar
An open-source application, Headroom, has been released for macOS to display current Claude Code usage limits directly in the menu bar. It reads progress data for the 5-hour session and 7-day quota directly from local files (~/.claude), requiring no API keys.
🌍 The tool demonstrates the growing ecosystem around CLI agents, where visualizing constraints is becoming a vital part of the workflow. Operating without network requests ensures complete privacy.
👤 It allows users to avoid sudden work stoppages due to exhausted quotas by providing a clear visual indication of available resources right in macOS.
Source 1: https://headroom.walls.sh/