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A local app for tracking AI subscription limits and usage across Codex, Claude, and Cursor.
- Works without an API subscription,
- No separate AI Limits account: use your existing provider authorization,
- All providers in one place,
- Completely free,
- Private: no third-party services, proxies, or registrations,
- Lightweight desktop app for macOS, Windows, and Linux,
- Limit notifications,
- Open source.
- Shows limits, reset date and time, available tokens, and available manual resets,
- Works with Codex, Claude, and Cursor,
- Retrieves data from local files, provider CLIs, and APIs,
- Falls back to another source when one is unavailable,
- Lightweight desktop app for macOS, Windows, and Linux,
- CLI with several output formats,
- Native system notifications when limits reach configured thresholds,
- Manual refresh of all data and one shared automatic refresh frequency.
| ai-limits | CodexBar | caut | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Desktop app and CLI | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |
| Codex, Claude, and Cursor | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| macOS, Windows, and Linux | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |
| No intermediary service | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
The full comparison covers 18 alternatives and 16 criteria: alternatives catalog.
- macOS: supported release; the app is signed, notarized, and stapled; notifications work,
- Windows and Linux: unsigned pre-release builds are available; support evolves based on user feedback,
- Desktop notifications are currently available only on macOS,
- Some local Codex and Claude sources may not work on Windows and Linux yet; CLI sources work everywhere.
- Codex and Claude CLI sources require authorization with the respective provider; Cursor requires a valid token from an authorized Cursor Agent.