About

TokenBar is a macOS menu bar app for AI usage visibility.

If you searched for Token Bar with a space, this is the same TokenBar app. It keeps AI and LLM usage, credits, reset timing, and cost movement visible across supported providers and editor workflows.

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Overview

Start with the plain definition.

TokenBar, sometimes searched as Token Bar, is software for people who use AI tools heavily enough that visibility changes their behavior. It lives in the macOS menu bar and helps keep OpenAI, Codex, Claude, supported Cursor workflows, Gemini, and similar tools legible while work is still active.

The practical definition is simple: TokenBar is a Mac utility for live AI usage visibility, not a hosted dashboard and not a vague brand with no product boundary.

For more context, read See who runs TokenBar, continue with Track Codex usage, and keep See what it actually does open if you want the next step from this page.

What it tracks

Usage, credits, resets, and session growth across supported AI tools.

TokenBar is for seeing usage movement early enough to catch usage spikes, repeated requests, supported provider activity, and background editor activity before the context disappears.

Who it is for

Developers and AI power users on macOS.

The best fit is people running prompt-heavy or mixed-provider workflows across OpenAI, Codex, Claude, Cursor, and related tools who want one lightweight signal instead of checking several vendor dashboards.

What it is not

A direct-download utility with a narrow, useful job.

TokenBar is a direct-download Mac utility sold as software. It is built to keep usage visible during active work without turning into a bloated analytics stack.

What TokenBar actually measures

The app is built around AI and LLM usage visibility: remaining credits, reset windows, session growth, and the kinds of movement that matter during active work. That includes usage spikes, repeated requests, supported provider activity, and supported editor-side traffic across OpenAI, Codex, Claude, Cursor, and related tools.

The practical goal is simple. Keep the signal close enough that people can still intervene while the run is live instead of only seeing a flattened total later.

Why the menu bar format matters

A menu bar utility is easier to keep nearby than another analytics tab. That matters because the problem is usually timing, not a lack of reports.

TokenBar is intentionally narrow and lightweight so it fits real Mac workflows instead of asking people to build a new habit around monitoring.

What makes the product boundary clear

It is a direct-download macOS utility for AI usage visibility. It is also intentionally narrower than a full hosted observability platform.

The site is meant to make that boundary obvious through the About page, Trust page, FAQ, pricing, privacy policy, terms, provider pages, and direct download flow.

FAQ

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Site network

More TokenBar pages worth linking together

These grouped internal links keep TokenBar pages tightly connected around product fit, trust, provider coverage, setup, pricing, and guides.

Core pages

TokenBar core pages and buying flow

Brand and trust

TokenBar brand, company, and trust pages

Provider pages

Provider-specific TokenBar tracking pages

Workflow pages

Workflow fit, evaluation, and use-case pages