{"slug": "show-hn-a-dashboard-for-tracking-usage-limits-across-claude-codex-and-cursor", "title": "Show HN: A dashboard for tracking usage limits across Claude, Codex, and Cursor", "summary": "A developer released Usage Buddy, a local Windows 10 and 11 desktop app that tracks usage limits and reset times across multiple OpenAI Codex, Claude Code, and Cursor accounts. The app supports unlimited named accounts per provider, offers 5, 15, or 30 minute refresh intervals or manual refresh, and lets users set warning thresholds for low allowance; credentials and usage data stay on the user's PC and are never sent to the developer's servers. Usage Buddy requires 64-bit Windows 10 version 1809 or newer or Windows 11, and no macOS or Linux version is available yet.", "body_md": "**James**\n\n*Connected*\n\n**62%**\n\n**34%**\n\nTrack usage, limits, and reset times across every Codex, Claude Code, and Cursor account from one quiet desktop app.\n\nAuthentication expired. Reconnect this account.**Reconnect** \n\nAdd multiple Codex, Claude Code, or Cursor accounts. Give each one a useful name and scan them in seconds.\n\nSee remaining allowance and reset time for every account, without opening three different tools.\n\nChoose your warning threshold. Usage Buddy tells you when an account is running low and when it is ready again.\n\nUsage Buddy runs locally. Your credentials and usage data stay on your PC and are never sent to our servers.\n\nA desktop app for Windows 10 and 11 that monitors usage limits and reset times across multiple coding agent accounts.\n\nUsage Buddy currently supports OpenAI Codex, Claude Code, and Cursor.\n\nYes. Add multiple accounts for each provider, name them Personal or Work, and see each one separately. In short connect unlimited accounts\n\nYes. Choose a 5, 15, or 30 minute refresh interval, or refresh manually at any time.\n\nUsage Buddy runs on 64-bit Windows 10 (version 1809 or newer) and Windows 11. Windows 8.1 and earlier are not supported.\n\nYour account credentials and usage data stay locally on your PC. Usage Buddy does not send them to our servers.\n\nNot yet. Usage Buddy currently supports Windows only.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-a-dashboard-for-tracking-usage-limits-across-claude-codex-and-cursor", "canonical_source": "https://www.usagebuddy.com/", "published_at": "2026-09-26 03:11:17+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-26 03:31:21.605388+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-tools", "ai-agents", "developer-tools", "ai-products"], "entities": ["Usage Buddy", "OpenAI Codex", "Claude Code", "Cursor", "Windows 10", "Windows 11"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-a-dashboard-for-tracking-usage-limits-across-claude-codex-and-cursor", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-a-dashboard-for-tracking-usage-limits-across-claude-codex-and-cursor.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-a-dashboard-for-tracking-usage-limits-across-claude-codex-and-cursor.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-a-dashboard-for-tracking-usage-limits-across-claude-codex-and-cursor.jsonld"}}