Stop Typing Terminal Commands to Track Your AI Tokens
ccusage is a fast CLI tool, but why hide your token burn rate in a terminal window? Notchyprovides a beautiful, native, always-on animated dashboard directly in your Mac's notch — tracking Claude Code and local Codex usage without typing a single command.
Why upgrade from a CLI to Notchy?
- Smart Pace Projections
Notchy's usage engine predicts if your current quota will last until reset, warning you before you hit a rate limit.
- Always visible, zero effort
With ccusage, you have to actively run `npx ccusage` every time you want to see your spending. Notchy sits in your dynamic island, giving you real-time count-ups and shimmer animations as your AI agents run. You literally just glance up.
- Real rate-limits & holistic tracking
Notchy not only tracks your Claude Code transcript logs locally, but it handles real Codex rate-limit tracking. You see your actual limits and usage combined into a single, beautiful sunburst visualization.
- Native UI & Battery Efficiency
CLI tools are fast, but running node processes isn't always ideal. Notchy is built purely in SwiftUI. The AI usage tracker sips less than 0.1% CPU in the background while polling your local `.claude` logs.
Everything Notchy does, for free
- Fluid Dynamic Island animations on the Mac notch
- Command palette (⌃⌥K) — every action one keystroke away
- Knock — double-tap a modifier key to open the notch
- AI usage tracker (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Copilot)
- Detach any tab into a menu-bar popover
- Now Playing music controls (Apple Music & Spotify)
- Time-synced karaoke lyrics under the notch
- Mac clipboard history shelf (password-manager safe)
- Searchable clipboard — filter by text, file name, or OCR'd words
- On-device OCR — copy a screenshot, get its text (Apple Vision)
- Window snapping — drag a window to the notch to tile it
- App Launcher — pin apps to the notch, open with one tap
- Text snippets — TextExpander-style pastes from the ⌘K palette
- One-tap screen capture to clipboard + shelf
- Color eyedropper — sample any pixel, hex auto-copied
- System-wide mic mute for every meeting app at once
- Keystroke HUD for demos & screencasts (secure-input safe)
- Keyboard cleaning lock with countdown island (⌘⎋ unlocks)
- Menu-bar icon hiding — Bartender-style separator & chevron
- Live CPU / memory / network stats flyout
- Open GitHub PR count in the notch (Keychain-stored token)
- iPhone-style call island — Answer/Decline FaceTime on the notch
- Notch Terminal — real VT100/xterm shell in a PTY, its own tab
- Privacy Indicator — pill when any app's camera or mic goes live
- Caps Lock HUD — brief island on every toggle
- Full Charge island with adjustable threshold + low-battery sound
- Alt HUD styles — edge-pinned bar or circular gauge off the notch
- Audio-reactive Now Playing visualizer (real FFT of system audio)
- Custom closed-notch idle animation — drop in your own Lottie JSON
- Drag-and-drop file drop shelf — persists across relaunches
- Zip & unzip files right from the shelf
- Image converter (HEIC, PNG, JPEG, TIFF, PDF) + video → GIF
- Run Apple Shortcuts with one tap
- Screenshots auto-staged on the shelf, ready to drag
- Download finished alerts with Reveal in Finder
- USB drive mount island with one-tap Eject
- Apple Reminders quick capture & due list
- macOS Pomodoro notch timer & stopwatch — streaks + 7-day chart
- Resizable expanded panel (width & height, live preview)
- System HUDs (volume, brightness, battery)
- Audio output switcher (speakers, AirPods, monitor)
- AirPods connection manager & battery
- Magic Mouse, Keyboard & Trackpad battery + low-battery alerts
- Quick notes & Calendar widgets
- Camera Mirror (check your appearance)
- Keep Awake (caffeine toggle)
- Teleprompter (Cuely) for Zoom calls
- Focus-aware alerts & native haptic feedback
- Lock screen widgets & hide-the-notch mode
- 133 languages, fully localized
- Native SwiftUI, tuned for Apple Silicon
ccusage alternative — FAQ
Is there a Mac app alternative to ccusage?
Yes — Notchy. Instead of running ccusage in the terminal, Notchy shows a live, animated Claude Code usage dashboard right in your Mac’s notch — no commands to remember.
Do I still need to run ccusage in the terminal?
No. Notchy reads your usage automatically and keeps a live counter on the notch, so you never open a terminal or type a command to check token burn.
Which AI tools does Notchy track?
Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, OpenAI/ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and DeepSeek — 60+ providers in total, all from the notch.
Is Notchy free?
Yes — completely free, funded only by optional donations.
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