Swapbar vs Claude Usage
Claude Usage is a simple menu bar app for the Claude Code account you are signed in to. Swapbar shows every claude-swap account at once, switches between them, and adds token and cost.
Pick Claude Usage if
- You have one account and want the simplest setup.
- You want alerts when Claude itself is down.
- You don’t want to install claude-swap.
Side by side
| Swapbar | Claude Usage | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Menu bar app | Menu bar app |
| Runs on | macOS 14 or later | macOS 13 or later |
| Built with | Rust and gpui (the UI framework behind Zed) | Swift |
| Tools it tracks | Claude Code | Claude Code |
| Several Claude accounts | Yes, every claude-swap account in one list | No, the signed-in account |
| Switches Claude Code’s account | Yes, one click or ⌃⌥⇧S, through claude-swap | No |
| Where the numbers come from | claude-swap’s quota polling, plus local Claude Code transcripts for cost | Claude Code’s sign-in from the Keychain and the usage API |
| Low-quota alerts | Yes, and it names the account to switch to | Session alerts and Claude outage alerts |
| Token and cost | Today and 30 days, per model and per account | Overage spend only |
| Install | DMG or Homebrew cask | Download |
| Price and license | Free, MIT | Free, MIT |
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One account or all of them
Claude Usage reads Claude Code’s own sign-in and shows that account’s quota. Swapbar reads every account from claude-swap, so you see which one has room before you switch.
Setup
Claude Usage works as soon as Claude Code is signed in. Swapbar needs claude-swap installed with your accounts added; after that it finds them on its own.
Questions
- Is there a Claude usage tracker for several accounts?
- Yes. Swapbar shows every claude-swap account’s quota in the menu bar and switches with a click. Claude Usage Tracker and CodexBar can also handle several accounts.
- Does Swapbar work with one account?
- Yes, but it shines with several. With one account, Claude Usage or ClaudeBar are simpler to set up.
Keep your limits in view.
Download for MacmacOS 14 or later · Free and open source · Needs claude-swap
or with Homebrewbrew install --cask afatmustafa/tap/swapbar