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A local-first macOS command center for AI-assisted development — usage, spend and provider limits in the menu bar.

LivePlatform: macOS appLast updated July 28, 2026

In one sentence

A local-first macOS command center for AI-assisted development — usage, spend and provider limits in the menu bar.

The problem

Working across several AI coding providers means several dashboards, several billing pages, and no single answer to 'how much have I spent today and which limit am I about to hit'.

Why I built it

I use AI tooling across every project on this site. I wanted the number in the menu bar, computed on my own machine, without shipping my usage history to another service.

Who it is for

Developers using AI coding tools daily across more than one provider.

Current status

Live

Public and usable today. The link below was fetched and confirmed.

Screenshots

Screenshots pending — real captures only, never mocked.

Technology

  • Swift 6
  • SwiftPM
  • Rust
  • macOS menu bar
  • SQLite

Role

Sole developer. Open source under MIT.

What I learned

Pricing tables are the sharpest edge in the whole system. Matching a model by substring silently mispriced a newer release and overstated my spend by nearly 3×. Parse the version, pin the rates, and put a test on every one of them.

Public links

Timeline

  1. 2026Public repository, MIT licensed

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