Claude Viewer is a lightweight macOS app that displays the live status of all running Claude Code sessions and your claude.ai usage limits right in your menu bar.
Why it matters
Claude Viewer is a unique macOS app that helps you track all active Claude Code sessions on your computer in real-time. With its clean menu bar interface, you can quickly see session statuses (waiting, working, idle) and claude.ai usage limits without switching apps. The app also provides detailed information for each session, including the title, repository, and context window usage.
Who is it for
This app is ideal for programmers and developers who use Claude Code to assist in their workflow. If you frequently work with multiple Claude Code sessions simultaneously and want a quick overview of progress and resource consumption, Claude Viewer will be a powerful tool to help you manage and optimize your workflow.
Quick comparison
While tools like GitHub Copilot or JetBrains AI Assistant integrate AI directly into the IDE to assist with coding, Claude Viewer provides an overview of running Claude Code sessions. Cursor AI is also a powerful AI-integrated IDE but lacks a dedicated session status monitoring feature like Claude Viewer, focusing instead on overall workflow management.
How to get started
To install Claude Viewer, you need macOS 13+ and the Swift toolchain (xcode-select --install). After cloning the repository, simply run the script to build and install:
sh git clone https://github.com/joshwallerr/claudeviewer cd claude-viewer ./scripts/build-app.sh open ~/Applications/ClaudeViewer.app
Then, you need to configure the app to read usage limits from your browser (supports Chromium-based browsers).
Repo: joshwallerr/claudeviewer • ≲★