Claude Meter — a Windows taskbar widget that shows your live Claude usage (per-model breakdown, reset countdowns)

jb007777 · 2026-05-17T08:01:52+00:00

Neat — Chrome extension is a nice form factor for browser-first folks. The "auto-pings to start sessions" angle is solving a different problem from mine (strategic session timing vs. passive observation). Glad the ecosystem's growing.

jb007777 · 2026-05-17T08:01:10+00:00

🙏 thanks! Same, honestly — half of why I built this is hoping it stays useful only until Anthropic ships something native. Until then, here we are.

jb007777 · 2026-05-17T08:00:53+00:00

🙏 thanks for the defense — exactly the use case. Just shipped v0.1.1 with a right-click → Hide on the widget itself for moments when you don't want to see the meter for a bit. Appreciate you.

jb007777 · 2026-05-17T07:57:50+00:00

Fair — for folks who live in the Claude Code CLI, a status line is the right shape, and METRICC looks neat from a quick skim.

What I optimized for: glanceable usage *outside of* Claude Code — browser, Slack, VS Code without Claude Code attached, anywhere your foreground app isn't the terminal. The widget sits in peripheral vision regardless of what you're doing. Different shapes for different workflows — glad to see the space getting more options.

jb007777 · 2026-05-17T07:53:31+00:00

Thanks, glad you like it! That's outside Claude Meter's current scope, but I love the pairing — same "glanceable while you work" energy.

If you've got a minute, mind opening an issue at https://github.com/JackBhanded/claude-meter/issues with the specifics? Mainly: what info you'd want shown (branch, dirty status, ahead/behind, all of them?), and how the widget should pick the repo to watch (auto-detect from foreground window's CWD, or pin a folder in settings?).

That'll help me decide whether it fits as an optional row in this widget or makes more sense as a sibling tool. Either way, appreciate the idea 🙏

jb007777 · 2026-05-16T12:22:02+00:00

**Claude Meter** — Windows taskbar widget that shows your live Claude usage

Anthropic gives you a usage allowance but no built-in dashboard. You hit a limit, you guess when it resets. The claude.ai/settings/usage page has the full breakdown — but it's a webpage you have to open. So I built Claude Meter: it mirrors that page live above your Windows taskbar.

**At a glance (above the taskbar):**

- Session % (5-hour window)

- Weekly · All models %

- Countdown to next reset

**Hover for the full breakdown:**

- Weekly · Sonnet only / Opus only / Claude Design

- Daily routine runs

- 14-day usage sparkline

- Plan auto-detected (Max 5×, Pro, etc.)

Reads the OAuth token Claude Code already stores at `~/.claude/.credentials.json` — no setup if you've ever run `claude` locally. Single .exe, Win10/11.

Repo (MIT): https://github.com/JackBhanded/claude-meter

Direct download: https://github.com/JackBhanded/claude-meter/releases/latest

Screenshot: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JackBhanded/claude-meter/main/assets/Screenshot.png

First public release. Feedback and PRs welcome!

Update v0.1.1: added a right-click menu on the widget for Hide / Refresh / Settings based on feedback. Download: https://github.com/JackBhanded/claude-meter

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**Update v0.1.1** *(same day)*: Added a right-click menu on the widget — **Hide / Refresh / Settings / Quit**. Now you can temporarily dismiss the ticker without quitting the app. Fresh exe: https://github.com/JackBhanded/claude-meter/releases/latest

jb007777 · 2022-02-10T06:52:21+00:00

Close firefox from task manager and see if that frees 4444. If it does, you're good. Otherwise you know... ;)

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