Compared
Notchlet vs ClaudeBar
ClaudeBar covers twelve providers, including Gemini and Copilot, which Notchlet does not. It shows the windows and stops there. Notchlet covers four agents, adds history, cost at list price and a share image, and runs on macOS 14.
Side by side. Checked Sep 4, 2026.
| Notchlet | ClaudeBar | |
|---|---|---|
| Lives in | The notch. Nothing until you hover. | The menu bar, with a popover. |
| Tracks | Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and OpenCode, three at a time. | Claude, Codex, Gemini, GitHub Copilot, Antigravity, Z.ai, Kimi, Kiro, Amp, OpenCode Go, Oh My Pi and Grok. |
| Reads | The login each CLI already saved, then the usage endpoint behind /usage or /status. Never browser cookies. | CLI credentials and tokens, local SQLite databases, and browser cookies for Kimi with Full Disk Access. |
| History and cost | Cost and tokens for today, 7 and 30 days, a 12 month activity graph and per-model tokens, from the logs on your Mac. | Usage percentages and windows. No cost or history. |
| Share | A PNG of your numbers, graph and models. | None listed. |
| Price | Free. | Free. |
| Source | MIT on GitHub. | MIT on GitHub. |
| Runs on | macOS 14 or later. | macOS 15 or later. |
ClaudeBar facts from its README. If one is wrong, open an issue and it gets fixed.
Which one. Pick by what you run.
ClaudeBar if
- You use Gemini, Copilot, Antigravity or another agent Notchlet does not track.
- You want a menu bar popover.
Notchlet if
- You want cost and tokens per day, not only percentages.
- You are on macOS 14.
- You want the numbers in the notch and nothing in the menu bar.