Built a tiny macOS menu bar app that shows Claude Code's live status animated spark while thinking or running a tool, a yellow dot when it needs your permission, and a live timer for the current turn. no bloat.. free, open source. signed DMG or one-line CLI plugin install

You should make it into a little dancing Claude Bot on a dynamic island!

This is cool! How does it handle situation where multiple claude code sessions are running

i run claude code alongside codex daily and the number of times i've sat there wondering if it's still thinking or stuck waiting for permission is embarrassing. this solves a real pain point. installing today.

thats great to hear! i might add an optional subtle sound when those long turns finally finish in v4

This will be fire if it works as a dynamic island in my MacBook's notch

很需要了

bold of you to assume I only have one Claude code session, and that I only use Claude Code, lol

This should also display other metrics like token, cost, multi session ect

what if you have multiple sessions?

@juliarlaine

this is awesome. thoughts on making this an "always on top" widget/window that stays on screen even when you click out of it? think it would be cool to bring it out of the status/menu bar because there's not enough room in mine for what you built :(

This is the kind of tiny Claude Code UX I actually want. The yellow permission dot matters more than another dashboard: it tells me whether the run is working, blocked, or waiting to spend my attention.

Hey can you tell me how you the animated the Claude svg? Did you create it from scratch or source it from somewhere?

which one? the chat verson or claude code version? different techniques

The animation playing in the top toolbar

Eh.. what if there are MULTIPLE Claude's running?

This is so dope, & it would be even cooler if it worked w claude code and codex

yoo this is sick man great job !!

@DanielWhit21874 Daniel is the most supportive person on x 🤝 thanks

Heheeh I try man thank you :D

Does it track the CLI?

looks good! what about multiple session?

the live timer for each turn is smart

NICE

thats fun, ill check it out

Lets get it for the notch, thatd be sic

Pretty cool man! How would I know for multi session

Maybe compatible with codex etc?

@claudeai @ClaudeDevs needs to steal this idea. so good

@Teknium this for hermes desktop?

Need this

we need one for Codex too, I'm assuming this would work similarly as well

can you make it as @raycast extension? 🙏

很棒，加上结束task时的声音提示就更好了。

@cursor_ai

Ahahha, this is nice

awesome!

Built the same thing for Hermes 😉

Instalando

If there are several sessions running at the same time, what logic will be used to display them?