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cc-hdrm v1.3 – macOS menu bar app that tracks your Claude subscription

by rajish·Feb 16, 2026·2 points·1 comment
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AI Analysis

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The Take

A pragmatic, well-executed macOS menu-bar utility solving a small but real problem for Anthropic users, but conceptually straightforward.

Target Audience

macOS Claude (Anthropic) users, developers and power users who want quick subscription and token-usage visibility

Post Description

I built a menu-bar utility for Claude Code users who want to view their remaining token headroom without checking the web dashboard. It polls the Anthropic usage API (not the chat API, so no tokens are spent) and displays your remaining capacity with burn-rate indicators.

v1.3 adds dollar-based subscription tracking: see what percentage of your monthly subscription you've actually used, track extra usage spend in real time, and get tier recommendations based on your usage patterns (overpaying? underpowered? forgotten subscription?). All computed locally — nothing leaves your machine.

Zero config — reads OAuth credentials directly from macOS Keychain (from your existing Claude Code login). Pure Swift/SwiftUI, no dependencies.

Install: brew install rajish/tap/cc-hdrm

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