CodexBar 🎚️ — May your tokens never run out.

Every AI coding limit, in your menu bar.

Tiny macOS 14+ menu bar app that keeps AI coding-provider limits visible and shows when each window resets. See the supported providers below. One status item per provider, or Merge Icons mode with a provider switcher. No Dock icon, minimal UI, dynamic bar icons.

Also available as a Linux desktop app with usage and spending windows, separate settings, desktop notifications, and an optional tray icon. On Omarchy, a native bar widget shares the desktop app’s data and follows your theme.

Why

• Plan around resets. Per-provider session, weekly, and monthly windows with countdowns to the next reset — stop guessing whether to start that long task.
• Credits, spend, and cost scans. Credit balances, Admin API spend dashboards, provider billing summaries, and local cost scans where the source exposes enough detail.
• Live status. Provider status polling surfaces incident badges in the menu and an indicator overlay on the bar icon.
• Privacy-first. Reuses existing provider sessions — OAuth, device flow, API keys, browser cookies, local files — so no passwords are stored.

Install

macOS app

Requires macOS 14+ (Sonoma). Download from GitHub Releases, or install with Homebrew:

brew install --cask codexbar

Linux desktop and Omarchy

The Qt 6 desktop app supports Wayland and X11, with an optional Omarchy widget. Published desktop archives target x86_64 and ARM64 and require glibc 2.39+, Qt 6.4+, and a separately installed CodexBar CLI. Python 3 runs the per-user installer.

Follow the Linux installation guide for Arch/Omarchy, Fedora, and Debian/Ubuntu runtime packages, verified release downloads, and upgrades. It keeps the CLI's resource bundle beside its executable and installs a launcher and optional login startup. Open Settings to choose providers, then authenticate through the provider's CLI or configure its API key. GNOME may need a tray extension; the app's windows work without a tray.

See the macOS feature comparison for supported features and remaining gaps.

CLI Tarballs (macOS/Linux)

Homebrew formula (Linux today):

brew install steipete/tap/codexbar

Arch Linux AUR package:

yay -S codexbar-cli

Or download release tarballs from GitHub Releases:

• macOS: CodexBarCLI-v<tag>-macos-arm64.tar.gz, CodexBarCLI-v<tag>-macos-x86_64.tar.gz
• Linux (glibc): CodexBarCLI-v<tag>-linux-aarch64.tar.gz, CodexBarCLI-v<tag>-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
• Linux (static musl): CodexBarCLI-v<tag>-linux-musl-aarch64.tar.gz, CodexBarCLI-v<tag>-linux-musl-x86_64.tar.gz

macOS first run

• Open Settings → Providers and enable what you use.
• Install/sign in to the provider sources you rely on: CLIs, browser sessions, OAuth/device flow, API keys, local app files, or provider apps depending on the provider.
• Optional: Settings → Providers → Codex → OpenAI cookies (Automatic or Manual) to add dashboard extras.