{"slug": "usereserve-a-free-macos-menu-bar-app-for-tracking-claude-and-codex-usage", "title": "UseReserve – a free macOS menu bar app for tracking Claude and Codex usage", "summary": "UseReserve, a free macOS menu bar app for tracking Claude and Codex usage, is now available. The app is read-only and never stores credentials, cookies, or message content, and uses privacy-first Cloudflare Web Analytics.", "body_md": "Open Codex and Claude Desktop once, then launch UseReserve to see the limits available on your Mac. Claude may request one-time permission to read your local sign-in.\n\nThe UseReserve app is read-only and never stores credentials, cookies, or message content. This website uses privacy-first Cloudflare Web Analytics to count visits and page performance without cookies or personal profiles.\n\nMenu bar\n\nOpen UseReserve again if its icon is missing. If your menu bar is crowded, close an unused menu-bar app so macOS has room to show it.\n\nSign-in\n\nOpen Codex or Claude Desktop and confirm you are signed in, then return to UseReserve.\n\nClaude permission\n\nChoose Connect Claude in UseReserve and approve access to Claude Safe Storage when macOS asks.\n\nStale readings\n\nUseReserve keeps the last available reading during a temporary outage and shows when it was last updated.\n\nRefresh\n\nOpen the more menu and choose Refresh after reconnecting to the internet or signing in again.\n\nLogin Items\n\nIf UseReserve does not start automatically, open System Settings → General → Login Items and enable UseReserve.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/usereserve-a-free-macos-menu-bar-app-for-tracking-claude-and-codex-usage", "canonical_source": "https://usereserve.app", "published_at": "2026-07-22 19:44:25+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-22 19:52:06.814442+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-tools", "developer-tools"], "entities": ["UseReserve", "Claude", "Codex", "macOS", "Cloudflare"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/usereserve-a-free-macos-menu-bar-app-for-tracking-claude-and-codex-usage", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/usereserve-a-free-macos-menu-bar-app-for-tracking-claude-and-codex-usage.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/usereserve-a-free-macos-menu-bar-app-for-tracking-claude-and-codex-usage.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/usereserve-a-free-macos-menu-bar-app-for-tracking-claude-and-codex-usage.jsonld"}}