Burnrate

macOS menu-bar advisor for Claude Code + Codex usage.

Live · 2025 · Personal project

What it is

macOS menu bar + notch app that turns local usage history into a live advisor. Pressure gauges, pattern cards, personal usage stories. Answers "can I keep coding right now?" with a verdict, reason, forecast, live burn rate, and primary driver. Local Claude and Codex readers; usage windows, reset timestamps, context percentages, cache health, compaction signals.

Why I built it this way

AI usage is a real local resource. Most surfaces are dashboards-in-the-cloud or invasive. Burnrate is local-first, story-led, and treats the menu bar and notch as native product surfaces.

Implementation and public artifacts

Swift, SwiftUI, Keychain / OAuth, Homebrew Cask

burnrate.fyi

Published artifacts and reported outcomes have different evidential limits. How to read this portfolio's evidence.