{"slug": "tiny-github-copilot-credit-meter", "title": "Tiny GitHub Copilot credit meter", "summary": "Developer otherland released Afterglow v0.1.0, a free, MIT-licensed open-source menu bar and system tray app that shows remaining GitHub Copilot credits, refreshing every ten minutes and labeling balances \"Low\" below 20% remaining and \"Critical\" below 10%. The roughly 500-line Rust tool uses an existing `gh auth` login with no token storage, backend, or telemetry, and ships as a 3 MB Apple Silicon Mac DMG and 2 MB Windows x64 installer, both unsigned and untested on Windows by the author. Afterglow relies on an internal GitHub endpoint that could change, defaults to the `procode.ghe.com` host, and is unofficial and not affiliated with or endorsed by GitHub.", "body_md": "I made Afterglow because I wanted to see how many Copilot credits I had left without having to look them up. It sits in your Mac's menu bar or Windows system tray and uses your existing GitHub CLI login.\n\n**[Download for Mac — Apple Silicon](https://github.com/otherland/afterglow/releases/download/v0.1.0/Afterglow_0.1.0_aarch64.dmg)** ·\n[Download for Windows — x64](https://github.com/otherland/afterglow/releases/download/v0.1.0/Afterglow_0.1.0_x64-setup.exe)\n\n*Free and open source. Mac download: 3 MB. Windows download: 2 MB.*\n\n**Early preview:** I've tested it on my Mac with `procode.ghe.com`.\nWindows builds and tests pass, but I haven't tried it on a Windows machine yet.\nBoth downloads are unsigned, and the Mac app isn't notarized.\nIt relies on an internal GitHub endpoint that could change; other hosts and\nplans haven't been verified.\n\n- See remaining credits, allowance, usage, and your next reset date.\n- Refreshes every ten minutes, or whenever you choose **Refresh now** .\n- Labels your balance **Low** below 20% remaining and**Critical** below 10%.\n- Uses your existing `gh auth` login. No token storage, backend, or telemetry.\n\nIt's about 500 lines of Rust, including tests, with no frontend JavaScript or\nwebview window. The numbers are your **monthly account balance**, not usage for\none terminal session. AI credits aren't the same as a count of premium requests.\n\n**1. Install [GitHub CLI](https://cli.github.com/) and sign in** for your account's\nhost, if you haven't already:\n\n```\ngh auth login --hostname YOUR_HOST\n```\n\nReplace `YOUR_HOST` with your GitHub hostname, such as `procode.ghe.com`.\n\n**2. Grab the download for your computer using the links above.**\n\n| Platform | Install | Find Afterglow | \n|---|---|---|\n| macOS 11+, Apple Silicon | Open the DMG; drag Afterglow to Applications | Ring and percentage in the menu bar | \n| Windows 10/11, x64 | Run the installer; launch from Start | Right-click the tray ring, possibly under hidden icons | \n\nThese previews may trigger Gatekeeper or SmartScreen warnings. Only approve\nthe app if you trust the download and your organization's policy allows it.\nDon't disable system protections. [Help with installation](https://github.com/otherland/afterglow/blob/main/docs/guide.md#installation-help).\n\n**3. Set your host if needed.** The default is `procode.ghe.com`.\nChoose **Open settings file…** from the ring's menu, edit the `hostname` value,\nsave, and choose **Refresh now**. Your `gh` login must match that host.\nWindows shows the percentage inside the menu, not beside the tray icon.\n\n[Build from source](https://github.com/otherland/afterglow/blob/main/docs/guide.md#build-from-source) ·\n[Troubleshooting](https://github.com/otherland/afterglow/blob/main/docs/guide.md#troubleshooting) ·\n[How it works](https://github.com/otherland/afterglow/blob/main/docs/guide.md#how-it-works) ·\n[Report an issue](https://github.com/otherland/afterglow/issues)\n\nIt doesn't have burn-rate estimates, a model breakdown, notifications, or launch-at-login yet. GitHub's figures can take a while to catch up, so the menu shows when the API reported them and when the app last checked.\n\n[MIT licensed](https://github.com/otherland/afterglow/blob/main/LICENSE). Unofficial; not affiliated with or endorsed by GitHub.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/tiny-github-copilot-credit-meter", "canonical_source": "https://github.com/otherland/afterglow", "published_at": "2026-10-19 13:28:17+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-19 13:46:25.114311+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-tools", "developer-tools", "ai-products"], "entities": ["Afterglow", "GitHub Copilot", "GitHub", "GitHub CLI", "otherland", "procode.ghe.com"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/tiny-github-copilot-credit-meter", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/tiny-github-copilot-credit-meter.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/tiny-github-copilot-credit-meter.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/tiny-github-copilot-credit-meter.jsonld"}}