Close the Terminal. Track AI Tokens in Your Notch.
Claude-Code-Usage-Monitor requires you to keep a dedicated terminal dashboard open to see your token burn. Notchyreclaims your screen space by putting a live, animated AI usage dashboard right inside your Mac's physical notch.
Why use Notchy instead of a terminal monitor?
- Smart Pace Projections
Notchy's usage engine predicts if your current quota will last until reset, warning you before you hit a rate limit.
- Zero Wasted Screen Space
Terminal dashboards take up valuable window space that could be used for your IDE or browser. Notchy lives in the dead space of your MacBook's notch, turning a hardware limitation into a fully functional HUD.
- Animated Visualizations
Instead of scanning rows of ASCII text in a terminal, Notchy provides a stunning, hardware-accelerated sunburst chart. It actively shimmers and counts up seamlessly as your AI agents chew through context.
- Seamless Background Polling
Notchy polls your `.claude` logs and reads actual Codex rate limits in the background with negligible CPU footprint (under ~0.1%). You get real-time truth without needing a node script hijacking a terminal tab.
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
Claude-Code-Usage-Monitor alternative — FAQ
Is there a native Mac alternative to Claude-Code-Usage-Monitor?
Yes — Notchy. Instead of keeping a terminal dashboard open, Notchy tracks your Claude Code tokens natively in your Mac’s notch.
Do I need to keep a terminal window open?
No. Notchy runs in the background and shows a live usage counter on the notch, freeing the screen space a terminal monitor would take.
Which AI providers does Notchy track?
Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, OpenAI/ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and DeepSeek — 60+ providers in total.
Is Notchy free?
Yes — completely free, funded only by optional donations.
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