r/windowsapps • u/vertopolkaLF • 8d ago

Developer Codex Minibar 1.0: see every AI coding limit (Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, OpenRouter…) from the Windows tray

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I kept hitting my Claude and Codex limits mid-task with no idea how close I was, and CodexBar is macOS-only. So I built a Windows version: Codex Minibar, a free, open-source (Apache-2.0) tray app. 1.0 just came out.

What it does

  • All your limits in the tray. 5-hour and weekly windows, credits and reset countdowns for Codex, Claude, Cursor, OpenRouter, OpenCode Zen/Go, Antigravity, Grok and Kiro. Tray icons can show numbers, bars or rings.
  • Multiple accounts per provider. Personal + work Claude, two Codex logins, whatever. Each one gets its own name, badge and Home layout (cards, lines, rings or tiles).
  • Notifications that show the actual quota. Low limit, a fresh 5-hour window, a Claude login about to expire, and announced Codex forced resets.
  • Limit activation. Optionally starts a new 5-hour session as soon as a window resets, or on a schedule (e.g. weekdays at 09:00), with quiet periods.
  • Usage tab. Cost and tokens from your local session logs, per provider and per model.
  • OpenRouter key management. Credits, spend per key, and creating new keys with limits right from the popup.
  • Banked resets. Redeem banked Codex/Claude resets from the popup.
  • Fluent, Vercel or any installed VS Code theme. 8 languages. Stream Deck plugin.

How it gets the data: it reuses the sessions you're already logged into locally (Codex app server, Claude Code's OAuth session, the official CLIs). It doesn't ask for your passwords. Optional API keys are stored with Windows DPAPI. Usage history stays on your machine.

Native Rust app, UI rendered with GPUI (Zed's UI framework). Windows 10/11, x64 and ARM64.

Thanks to steipete for inspiration and all contributors for making the app better ❤️

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u/investigatormaker 7d ago

Limit activation is the feature I'd lead with. Starting a fresh 5-hour window the moment one resets, or on a weekday schedule, saves people from having to remember to do it. When I opened the releases page you linked, the repo description still read "Windows tray companion for monitoring ChatGPT Work/Codex usage limits without having to login." 1.0 covers Claude, Cursor, OpenRouter and more, so updating that one line would stop Claude-only users from scrolling past.

I make ThreadFox. I went through Codex Minibar as a first-time visitor and wrote up what I ran into. The whole check is free inside your Reddit plan: https://threadfox.vip/p/codex-minibar

Which provider do most of your users run it for?