Always-visible rings
Session, weekly, and per-model limits in any corner of the monitor you choose, as rings or bars, in three sizes. Hover for the full breakdown with reset countdowns. Everything stays exactly where it is when the panel opens.
01.
§ Section 01
What's inside
Display
Signal
Color-coded, status-aware
Blue when you're fine, yellow when a limit is filling up, red when you're about to hit the wall. When Claude itself has an incident, a yellow band says so before you start wondering why everything is slow.
Forecast
See the wall coming
Quota watches how fast you burn through a session and says "wall in ~40 min" before it happens. A small mark on each ring shows where you'll land at the reset if you keep this pace.
Keep awake
One click, Mac stays up
A switch above the rings keeps your Mac from sleeping while a long job runs - until you switch it off, or for 15 minutes to 2 hours. Lets go below 20% battery. Also on ⌥⇧K.
Balances
API credit, in the same glance
Add an OpenRouter, DataForSEO or Firecrawl key and what you have left sits under your rings: money for OpenRouter and DataForSEO, monthly credits for Firecrawl. It turns red when it runs low. Optional, off until you add a key.
Auth
Sign in once, done
One click on Sign in with Claude, then Authorize in your browser - the official login, with the subscription you already pay for. No new account, no Terminal. Keys live in your macOS Keychain, nowhere else.
Privacy
Nothing stored. Nothing tracked.
No analytics, no tracking, no servers, no database. I store no information about you - there is literally nowhere for your data to go.
Native
Actually native
Swift and SwiftUI, not a bundled browser. Around 50 MB of memory, no fans, instant hover. Hides itself over fullscreen apps and games.
Updates
Quiet auto-updates
Cryptographically signed updates delivered inside the app. When a provider changes something, the fix reaches you in hours, not weeks.
§ Roadmap
V1.0 shipping now
1.0.
Claude limits as corner rings - session, weekly, per-model. Burn-rate forecast, any corner, three sizes, rings or bars, keep-awake switch, Claude status band, and OpenRouter, DataForSEO and Firecrawl balances.
Now
1.1.
More widget designs beyond rings and bars.
Next
1.2.
Custom colors - any palette, not just the three accents.
Planned
1.3.
Multiple accounts - switch between Claude logins from the widget.
Planned
2.0.
OpenAI support - Codex limits next to your Claude limits.
Planned
02.
§ Section 02
How it works
1.
Download & open
Grab the DMG, drag Quota to Applications. No command line, ever. Quota is not notarized by Apple yet, so the first launch takes one extra click in System Settings - the steps are printed right inside the installer.
2.
Sign in once
Click Sign in with Claude. Your browser opens the official login, you approve, done. Quota never sees your password.
3.
Glance forever
The rings live in your chosen corner and refresh every 30 seconds while Claude Code works, every 5 minutes when it rests. Hover to expand, right-click for Settings.
03.
§ Section 03
Pricing
One license · Yours forever
Quota for macOS
$15
One-time payment · No subscription · Early price
- Every future update included free - v1.1, v2.0, all of it
- The price rises with every version shipped; buying now locks it in
- Use on every Mac you personally own
- 14-day money-back guarantee, no questions asked
$15 is the v1.0 price. Each release on the roadmap raises it - early buyers pay once and get everything that ships after, free. Checkout is handled by a payment provider acting as merchant of record - invoices and applicable taxes are handled automatically, so your receipt is proper wherever you are.
04.
§ Section 04
Honest FAQ
Is this an official Anthropic product?
No. Quota is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Anthropic. It reads the same usage data the official apps display, using your own authenticated session.
What data does Quota collect about me?
None. There is no telemetry, no analytics, no crash reporting, and no account system on my side. Your sign-in and any API keys you add are stored in the macOS Keychain on your Mac, and each one is sent only to its own provider. Every connection the app makes is listed in the privacy policy.
What happens if the provider changes their API?
Straight answer: the rings can go stale until I ship a fix. The usage endpoint Quota reads is not a publicly documented API, and I do not pretend otherwise. When something changes, the app degrades gracefully instead of breaking, and auto-update delivers the fix fast. If Quota ever stops working for good within your first 14 days, you get your money back.
Which providers are supported?
Claude plans (Pro and Max - session, weekly, and per-model limits). Optionally, the prepaid balances of OpenRouter and DataForSEO and your monthly Firecrawl credits, if you add their keys in Settings. OpenAI Codex limits are next on the roadmap.
How does the "wall in" forecast work?
Quota keeps the last hour of readings and measures how fast each limit is rising. If that pace would reach 100% before the limit resets, it shows how long you have left, and the mark on the ring shows where you would land at the reset. It needs a few minutes of readings to start, and it stays quiet when you are on track.
Why does macOS say it "could not verify" Quota?
Because Quota is not notarized by Apple. Notarization needs an Apple Developer account, which I have not been able to open from where I live - a payment-region problem, not a security one. macOS shows the same warning for every app outside that program. The fix is a one-time, no-Terminal step: click Done, open System Settings → Privacy & Security, click Open Anyway. Full instructions with screenshots. If notarization becomes possible later, it ships as a regular update.
Can Quota keep my Mac awake?
Yes. Click the square above the rings and the Mac stays awake for 15 minutes, 30, an hour, two, or until you switch it off - or press ⌥⇧K. It uses the same power assertion as Apple's own caffeinate, releases below 20 percent battery, never survives a relaunch by accident, and keeps a closed MacBook awake on external monitors while it is plugged in. On battery, macOS always sleeps a closed Mac - no app can stop that.
What are the system requirements?
macOS 14 Sonoma or newer, Apple Silicon or Intel. The app is a few megabytes and uses a negligible amount of memory.
Do you guarantee my usage numbers are exact?
Quota shows what the provider's own API reports, at the refresh interval you choose. I do not guarantee the provider's numbers themselves - nobody outside the provider can.
Your limits,
on the wall.
§ One-time purchase · $15
Buy Quota once at the early price, sign in with your own account, and see every limit before it sees you. Every future version is a free update. 14-day money-back guarantee.
Buy Quota - $15