Under the notch, where nothing lives
Your menu bar is crowded, and a dashboard is another window. The hairline lives in the empty centre instead — it dissolves as your allowance goes, so a glance tells you where you stand.
See your Claude limits
before you hit them.
Claude’s limits always hit mid-thought. Burnrate draws a faint hairline in your Mac menu bar that drains as you spend — every limit, your burn rate, and twelve weeks of history, one hover away. The wall is never a surprise again.
hi — i’m pip, your claude meter. scroll, i’ll show you around.
this was me before burnrate. never again.
No window.
No dock icon.
No account.
Checking a dashboard means breaking flow. Burnrate keeps the number you care about visible without a click — and the detail one hover away.
Every limit, one hover
Which wall hits first — the five-hour session or the weekly cap? One hover shows every window with its own meter and reset time. No mental math, no guessing.
Burn rate, two ways
Being at 60% means nothing without knowing how fast it’s going. Percent per hour says when you’ll be cut off; tokens per hour says how hard you’re pushing. Both, live.
Twelve weeks of history
One busy day is a fluke; a pattern is information. The heatmap is built from transcripts already on your disk and graded by quartile, so your real rhythm shows. Hover any square for totals.
Nothing leaves your Mac
Most usage tools want an API key or an account. Burnrate reads the credentials Claude Code already stores — never writes, never sends. One request goes out: the usage check to Anthropic.
Native, notarized, honest
Software that phones home dies when the server does. Burnrate is signed and notarized, runs on local data without network — and license keys verify offline, so nothing can ever lock you out.
No telemetry.
No analytics.
No account.
Transcripts are read locally and only daily totals are kept, identified by a salted hash — the file Burnrate writes can’t say which projects you work on. No filename, no path, no content is ever stored or sent. There’s simply nothing to leak.
Pay once.
Meter forever.
Everything is a subscription now — your usage meter shouldn’t be.
Burnrate is $29 once, and Claude tracking stays free forever for every license. That promise is wired into the app.
pay once. burn forever.
Burnrate for macOS
$29one-time
- One-time payment — no subscription
- Claude tracking free forever
- Updates included
- Native, notarized macOS app
- License verified offline — no activation server can lock you out
Secure checkout via Lemon Squeezy. Prices in USD.
Requires macOS 15 or later and Claude Code signed in at least once.
Planned: Burnrate Pro adds meters for other AI coding tools — strictly additive. Everything above stays exactly as sold.
ask me anything.
Questions, answered.
How does Burnrate know my usage?
It reads the credentials Claude Code already stores on your Mac and makes the same usage check Claude’s own tooling makes. Your transcripts are read locally to build the activity heatmap. Nothing else is collected.
Do I need an API key or a new account?
No. If Claude Code has signed in at least once on your Mac, Burnrate works. There is no Burnrate account to create.
Why does macOS ask for my keychain password?
That prompt is expected the first time you open Burnrate — macOS protects one app’s credentials from another. Choose Always Allow. Burnrate only reads; it never writes to your credentials and never sends them anywhere.
Is it a subscription?
No. Burnrate is $29 once, with updates included. License keys are verified offline, so there is no server that can go down and lock you out of software you paid for.
What does Burnrate send off my Mac?
One request: the usage check to Anthropic, made with the credentials Claude Code already holds. Locally it keeps only daily totals identified by a salted hash — no filenames, no paths, no content. No telemetry, no analytics.
Will it track other AI tools?
Claude today. A Pro tier is planned that adds meters for other AI coding tools — strictly additive. Claude tracking stays free forever for every license, and that promise is hardcoded in the app.