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Two visible regressions from the previous pass:
1. Codex bars still rendered orange even though the accent stripe was
white — `ring_color_for_percent` only knew the percentage, not the
provider, so it returned the Claude-style orange/amber/red ramp for
both models. Replaced with `bar_fill_color(model, is_dark, pct)`:
- <60% → accent_color_for(model, is_dark) (Claude orange / Codex
white-on-dark / Codex charcoal-on-light)
- 60-80% → amber (#E0A040)
- 80-95% → red (#C45020)
- ≥95% → deep red (#A01818)
Alarm bands stay model-agnostic so an approaching limit always looks
the same. The "safe" band carries the provider's identity. Mirrored
into the panel via `bar_color_for(model, percent, is_dark)`.
2. Big visible gap between bar end and countdown text — the column
was sized for the old combined "100% · 23h" probe string (~9 chars)
but the bubble now renders countdown-only (~3 chars). Probe template
shrunk to "999d" so the right column is no longer ~70 px reserved
for ~14 px of text. Countdown also flipped from DT_RIGHT to DT_LEFT
so "3h" / "19h" sit immediately next to the bar with just the
`label_pad` gap, instead of floating at the bubble's far edge.
Inline-percent contrast calc uses `bar_fill_color` so the
luminance-based foreground colour responds to the new white/charcoal
Codex bars (black-on-white in safe band, white-on-amber/red in alarm).
Side effect: `ring_color_for_percent` is gone — it had no internal
callers outside the two replaced sites. `bar_fill_color` is now the
only public bar-color helper.
Claude Code Usage Bubble
A floating, draggable circular bubble that shows your Claude Code and/or Codex usage on Windows — inspired by the floating "memory boost ball" UX of 360 Security and IObit Advanced SystemCare.
Drop it anywhere on screen, drag it around, snap it to a monitor edge, left-click for a panel with both your 5-hour and 7-day windows, right-click for the menu.
Acknowledgements
Inspired by CodeZeno/Claude-Code-Usage-Monitor, which solves the same "how close am I to the Claude Code limit?" problem with a horizontal taskbar widget. This project takes the UX in a different direction — a floating, draggable circular bubble that the user can place anywhere on screen — and is a clean-room implementation: the HTTP client, provider polling, credential discovery, localisation, tray rendering, and self-updater are all written from scratch against the same public APIs (Anthropic, ChatGPT, GitHub Releases).
What you get
- A circular floating bubble showing your current 5-hour Claude Code or Codex usage as a percentage and a colored progress ring
- Drag anywhere — the bubble snaps to monitor work-area edges when released
- Resize with
Ctrl + MouseWheelon the bubble (32–128 pixels) - Left-click the bubble for an expanded panel with both 5h and 7d bars plus reset countdowns
- Right-click for refresh, displayed models, update frequency, language, startup, updates, exit
- Optional system tray icons (one per enabled model)
- Auto-hide when a fullscreen app is in the foreground (games, video, presentations) — reappears when you leave fullscreen
Who this is for
Windows 10/11 users who already have Claude Code (CLI or App) installed and signed in. Codex support is optional — install and sign in to the Codex CLI, then enable Codex from the right-click Models menu.
If you use Claude Code through WSL, that is supported too. The monitor can read your Claude Code credentials from Windows or from your WSL environment.
Requirements
- Windows 10 or Windows 11
- Claude Code (CLI or App) installed and authenticated
- Optional: Codex CLI installed and authenticated, if you want Codex usage
Install
Until packaged binaries are published, build from source:
git clone https://github.com/<your-fork>/claude-code-usage-bubble
cd claude-code-usage-bubble
cargo build --release
The binary lands at target/release/claude-code-usage-bubble.exe.
Use
Run claude-code-usage-bubble.exe. The bubble appears near the bottom-right
corner of your primary monitor on first launch. Drag it where you want it,
release to snap to the nearest edge if you let go close to one.
- Left-click the bubble to open the expanded panel (5h + 7d + countdowns)
- Right-click for refresh, models, update frequency, language, "Start with Windows", updates, exit
- Drag anywhere — it floats on top of all other windows
- Ctrl + MouseWheel on the bubble to resize it
- Tray icon (if enabled): left-click toggles the bubble visibility, right-click opens the same menu
Models
Use the right-click Models menu to choose what is shown:
- Claude Code is enabled by default
- Codex can be enabled alongside Claude Code or shown by itself
When both models are shown, each gets its own bubble that you can position independently.
Diagnostics
claude-code-usage-bubble.exe --diagnose
This writes a log file to:
%TEMP%\claude-code-usage-bubble.log
Settings are saved to:
%APPDATA%\ClaudeCodeUsageBubble\settings.json
Privacy and security
What the app reads:
- Your local Claude Code OAuth credentials from
~/.claude/.credentials.json - If needed, the same credentials file inside an installed WSL distro
- If Codex is enabled, your local Codex credentials from
$CODEX_HOME/auth.jsonor~/.codex/auth.json
What the app sends over the network:
- Requests to Anthropic's Claude endpoints to read your usage
- Requests to ChatGPT's Codex usage endpoint, if Codex is enabled
- Requests to GitHub only if you use the app's update-check feature
What the app stores locally:
- Bubble position(s) per model
- Bubble size
- Polling frequency
- Language preference
- Last update check time
- Displayed model preferences
What it does not do: send credentials to any third-party server, run a
backend service, collect analytics, upload your project files, or write to
your Codex auth.json directly.
License
Apache License 2.0 — see LICENSE.