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usage-beacon for Mac

Native macOS menu bar budget runway for Cursor, Claude, and extensible AI usage providers.

By David-Cohen974. Free and open source, MIT licence.

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usage-beacon at a glance

Version
1.3.3
Released
23 September 2026
Download size
9.0 MB
Works on
Apple silicon and Intel
Licence
MIT
Category
Utilities
Developer
David-Cohen974
GitHub stars
4

How to install usage-beacon on a Mac

  1. Get OpenDMG. It is a free app store for open source Mac apps. Download OpenDMG.
  2. Search for usage-beacon and press Get. OpenDMG downloads version 1.3.3 from David-Cohen974's own GitHub release.
  3. Open it. The download is checked against its SHA-256 fingerprint and its signature is checked on your Mac before it lands in Applications.

Updates to usage-beacon show up in OpenDMG and install with one button. No account is needed.

Prefer to do it by hand? The developer's file is on GitHub: UsageBeacon-1.3.3.dmg (9.0 MB).

What is new in usage-beacon 1.3.3

# UsageBeacon 1.3.3

- Claude usage refreshes wait for readable data and reuse the connected session to discover the usage endpoint, reducing intermittent loading errors.
- Provider edits are saved when quitting, including changes made immediately before closing the app.
- Canceled refreshes stop cleanly without publishing late results or retrying canceled requests.
- Claude and Cursor personal connections now pass server retry delays to the refresh scheduler. Cursor avoids opening its dashboard as a fallback when rate limited.
- Provider settings have aligned status badges, shorter labels, and a wider adaptive usage layout.
- Widgets keep their title on one line and show failed sources instead of hiding errors behind cached totals.
- Turning launch at login off no longer attempts to unregister an unavailable service.

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