How much Claude Code you've got left? Glance at your menu bar
WHAT IT SOLVES
Claude Code caps you at 5 hours per session and 7 days per week — and the surprise cutoff always hits mid-thought
WHY IT'S INTERESTING
It calls zero APIs
Claude Code already renders usage numbers in the terminal. Headroom just reads them. No network calls, no API key, no login. The author found a shortcut and built exactly 270KB to walk down it
Double-click and it runs. Signed & notarized
Universal binary (Apple Silicon + Intel), macOS 13+, one-line Homebrew install. The screenshot shows real data — not a mock, the actual app reading your actual numbers
Color shift, not a pop-up
Color-coded percentages in the menu bar — when it turns red, you know to adjust before the limit kicks in mid-task. Peripheral vision, not a dashboard
「Wall #003 from WALLS.SH — one of a series, not a standalone launch」
TECH GUESS
Swift, native macOS menu bar app — likely reads terminal output via Accessibility or filesystem
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