New macOS App Tracks AI Coding Assistant Activity in Real-Time Through Menu Bar

Jan 08, 2026
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Summary

New macOS app AgentNotch transforms your Mac's notch into a real-time dashboard for AI coding assistants, tracking Claude Code and OpenAI Codex activity, token usage, and costs with color-coded indicators while keeping all data completely local.

Key Points

  • AgentNotch is a macOS menu bar app that displays real-time activity from AI coding assistants like Claude Code and OpenAI Codex directly in the Mac's notch
  • The app tracks tool calls, token usage, and estimated costs while providing visual indicators (orange for Claude, blue for Codex) to distinguish between different AI sources
  • AgentNotch operates entirely locally without sending data anywhere, requires macOS 14.0+, and can be installed via Homebrew or manual download from GitHub releases

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