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Menu bar app for tracking agentic coding limits and usage. Version 0.79.0 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data.
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Package summary
Menu bar app for tracking agentic coding limits and usage
Project links
Commands and aliases
- CodexBarCLI
history
Project history and usage
CodexBar is a native menu-bar application and companion CLI for monitoring usage limits, resets, local token costs, service status, and API spending across AI coding tools and model providers.
Project history
CodexBar was created in November 2025 as a macOS menu-bar meter for OpenAI Codex usage. Early releases added launch-at-login, Sparkle updating, Codex CLI status parsing, credits display, and Claude Code support; the project subsequently evolved into a multi-provider usage and cost monitor.
Adoption history
CodexBar began as a focused macOS utility and quickly added Homebrew installation, automatic updates, a bundled CLI, widgets, and support for additional coding assistants and API providers. Later releases added Linux CLI builds and script-friendly JSON and localhost endpoints.
How it is used
Users enable providers in Settings, then let CodexBar obtain usage from supported CLIs, local logs, OAuth sessions, optional browser cookies, or configured API keys. The bundled CLI can print text or JSON, validate configuration, clear caches, report local costs, and expose localhost-only usage endpoints.
Why package nerds care
CodexBar turns otherwise scattered subscription quotas, reset windows, local token logs, and API spend into a packageable Unix-oriented monitoring surface. Package enthusiasts value its combination of a native menu-bar app, a CLI, a documented JSON configuration file, and automation-friendly output.
Timeline
- 2025-11-16: Early public releases added Codex usage parsing, automatic updates, and launch-at-login.
- 2025-11-18: Codex credits and web-session support were added.
- 2025-11-21: Claude Code support and a dedicated preferences window arrived.
- 2026: CodexBar expanded into a multi-provider monitor with richer cost reporting, configuration, widgets, and automation interfaces.
Related projects
- OpenAI Codex and Claude Code were the original monitored developer tools.
- The bundled codexbar CLI exposes much of the application's monitoring data to terminals, scripts, and CI.
Sources
security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for codexbar. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
local files
Configuration and credential file locations
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Unix
~/.codexbar/config.json
Credential files
Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.
- Unix
~/.codexbar/config.json
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
CodexBarCLI | binary | Homebrew cask binary | CodexBarCLI |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-10-22
manager version0.79.0
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://github.com/steipete/CodexBar
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/steipete/CodexBarnone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | cask:codexbar |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.79.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew Cask |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/codexbar |
| Homepage | https://codexbar.app/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/steipete/CodexBar |
| Upstream docs | https://codexbar.app/ |
| Source archive | https://github.com/steipete/CodexBar/releases/download/v0.79.0/CodexBar-macos-universal-0.79.0.zip |
| SHA-256 | b3b02340269e13682dcd8b666d7d762cdd298fd6f31fa9a036049fbe432b6a7a |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew cask API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/cask |
| Full Token | codexbar |
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| Artifacts | |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
source trail
Generated from repository data
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- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment