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See it in action
Click the menu bar icon and get the full picture — 5-hour session, weekly usage, sync status, and off-peak timing — all at a glance.
Features
Klaude Fuel Gauge lives quietly in your menu bar, watching your Claude quota so you never hit a wall mid-conversation. Whether you're debugging code, writing long-form content, or running deep research sessions — it keeps you in the zone.
Monitor your 5-hour rolling window in real-time. Know exactly how many messages remain before Claude slows you down — so you can pace yourself instead of hitting a wall.
Track your 7-day usage alongside your session limit. Get the complete picture of your Claude consumption at a glance — and spot patterns before they cost you a Monday morning.
Configurable notifications at 40%, 70%, and 90% thresholds. Get nudged before you're out — not after you've lost your train of thought mid-session.
Automatically detects your plan — Pro, Max 5×, or Max 20×. No manual configuration needed; it just works. The right limits, from the first launch.
Set refresh from 15 seconds to 2 hours. Balance live accuracy with API courtesy — your call, your cadence. Crank it up during heavy sessions; dial it back when you're in flow.
Built with SwiftUI and MenuBarExtra. Zero clutter, zero browser tabs — just a tiny icon in exactly the right place. Works across every app on your Mac, not just in one browser or editor.
Full Feature List
A comprehensive look at all Klaude Fuel Gauge capabilities.
Confirms when data was last retrieved (e.g. "Synced 53s ago") and displays the active polling interval. Ensures displayed figures are never stale without requiring a manual refresh.
Detects whether you are currently in an off-peak period and flags it as a good time to batch high-volume tasks. Configurable peak windows for weekday evenings and all-day weekends in your local timezone.
Tiny directional arrows appear next to your 5-hour session and weekly headings, powered by the UsageHistory engine running silently in the background. ↑ means usage has climbed more than 5% since your earlier data points; ↓ means it has dropped; → means consumption is holding steady. If there is not yet enough history to form a reliable trend, the arrow is omitted entirely. The result is a quick read on whether you are accelerating toward your limit or easing off — without opening a single chart.
One-click access to Reset, Stats, Export, and Pause directly from the menu. Fast control over tracking state without navigating into settings.
Manually adjust the recorded usage count if the app's tally diverges from your actual account state. Keeps the gauge accurate without waiting for an automatic resync.
Set your own 5-hour session cap and weekly message ceiling to match your subscription tier. Ensures threshold alerts and gauge colours reflect your actual plan.
Configure which events trigger alerts — approaching session or weekly limits — so you are warned before hitting a cap, never after.
Built-in guidance on how to spread usage effectively, avoid rate limiting, and get the most out of available message allocations across the day and week.
Reference panels explaining what each gauge colour and menu-bar icon state means. Eliminates guesswork when interpreting visual indicators at a glance.
Built-in test modes that cycle through all gauge colours (30 seconds) and all status bar icon states (12 seconds). Useful for verifying display output and demonstrating app behaviour.
A guided onboarding flow for first-time configuration, plus an on-demand setup verification tool to diagnose connection or configuration issues at any time.
Check for the latest version directly from the menu. Keeps the app current with any changes to Claude's API response format or rate-limit structure.
Force an immediate data fetch at any time using ⌘R, without waiting for the next polling interval.
Authenticate your Claude account directly within the app to authorise usage data retrieval. Your credentials never leave your Mac.
Central configuration panel (⌘,) for all app preferences, accessed via the standard macOS keyboard shortcut.
Testimonials
From casual users, solo developers to content teams.
Anyone who uses Claude needs this in their Mac menu bar.
Finally stopped getting blindsided by Claude rate limits mid-session. The menu bar gauge is exactly what I needed.
As someone who burns through Claude quota debugging code all day, having this in my menu bar is a genuine game changer.
Mid-article Claude hitting limits was my nightmare. Klaude Fuel Gauge turned blind panic into quiet planning.
The 5-hour session tracker alone is worth it. I never realised how predictably I was burning through quota until I saw the gauge.
Finally stopped getting blindsided by Claude rate limits mid-session. The menu bar gauge is exactly what I needed.
As someone who burns through Claude quota debugging code all day, having this in my menu bar is a genuine game changer.
Mid-article Claude hitting limits was my nightmare. Klaude Fuel Gauge turned blind panic into quiet planning.
The 5-hour session tracker alone is worth it. I never realised how predictably I was burning through quota until I saw the gauge.
The colour-coded icon is genius. Just glance at the menu bar and know exactly where I stand. No clicking needed.
My whole team is asking how to get this. Native macOS, no browser tab, no setup fuss. It just works.
We rely on Claude heavily. Klaude Fuel Gauge helps us pace usage so we never go dark at the worst moment.
Auto tier detection is surprisingly sharp. It picked up my Max 20× plan immediately. Zero configuration needed.
The colour-coded icon is genius. Just glance at the menu bar and know exactly where I stand. No clicking needed.
My whole team is asking how to get this. Native macOS, no browser tab, no setup fuss. It just works.
We rely on Claude heavily. Klaude Fuel Gauge helps us pace usage so we never go dark at the worst moment.
Auto tier detection is surprisingly sharp. It picked up my Max 20× plan immediately. Zero configuration needed.
The 40/70/90% alerts feel perfectly calibrated. Not too noisy, not too quiet. Never caught off guard any more.
Simple, focused, and essential. Exactly what a menu bar tool should be — and exactly nothing more.
Losing productivity every time someone hit the Claude wall was a real cost. Klaude Fuel Gauge has saved us hours every week.
Running long literature reviews in Claude, I need to pace my sessions. This makes that trivially easy.
The 40/70/90% alerts feel perfectly calibrated. Not too noisy, not too quiet. Never caught off guard any more.
Simple, focused, and essential. Exactly what a menu bar tool should be — and exactly nothing more.
Losing productivity every time someone hit the Claude wall was a real cost. Klaude Fuel Gauge has saved us hours every week.
Running long literature reviews in Claude, I need to pace my sessions. This makes that trivially easy.
I was sceptical about yet another menu bar app. This one earned its place — and I don't say that lightly.
The weekly overview put things in perspective. I realised I was burning quota on tasks I could batch. Big efficiency win.
Configurable polling is underrated. I set mine to 30 seconds for live accuracy during heavy sessions. Exactly right.
SwiftUI, native macOS, zero data collection. Checked every box on my list before I even opened the app.
I was sceptical about yet another menu bar app. This one earned its place — and I don't say that lightly.
The weekly overview put things in perspective. I realised I was burning quota on tasks I could batch. Big efficiency win.
Configurable polling is underrated. I set mine to 30 seconds for live accuracy during heavy sessions. Exactly right.
SwiftUI, native macOS, zero data collection. Checked every box on my list before I even opened the app.