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macOS Menu Bar + Desktop Widget for Claude Code Session Monitoring

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Claude Status

by crad·Mar 12, 2026·3 points·0 comments
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●●SolidCozyNiche Gem

Darwin notifications beat polling, but macOS-only limits who cares.

Strengths
  • •Wire-protocol file hooks mean zero performance overhead on Claude sessions
  • •WidgetKit integration shows session count without opening the menu bar
  • •Process tree walking correctly identifies terminal vs IDE host apps
Weaknesses
  • •Requires Claude Code plugin installation, adds friction to setup
  • •No Windows or Linux support despite tmux being cross-platform
Target Audience

Claude Code users on macOS

Post Description

Claude Status is a native macOS app that includes a Menu Bar status indicator and desktop widgets tracking all of your open Claude Code sessions across terminals, tmux, and IDEs.

I built it because I often am running multiple Claude sessions and miss when a session is waiting on me to proceed.

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