CodexBar Lite is a minimal, native macOS menu bar app for monitoring your OpenAI Codex usage. It reads the existing Codex CLI session already on your Mac and displays your usage directly in the menu bar — no browser extensions, no Chrome access, no Keychain access, and no telemetry.
Features
- Menu bar integration — Your Codex usage, right in your menu bar
- Usage notifications — Get notified at 80%, 90%, exhaustion, and credit reset
- Flexible display — Choose between percentage used or percentage left
- Privacy-first — No third-party backend, account, telemetry, or analytics
- Zero extra permissions — Only reads the local Codex CLI session, nothing else
How It Works
Open the app. If no Codex session exists, CodexBar Lite launches codex in Terminal and watches for completion. Usage appears automatically when login succeeds.
Requirements
- macOS 13 Ventura or newer
- Apple Silicon (arm64)
- Codex CLI installed
Install
Download the latest release from GitHub Releases or build from source.
