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macOS Menu Bar App to Track Live Claude Code Sessions Released

July 1, 2026 at 00:52 EDT

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A native macOS menu bar app called "CC Status Bar" that monitors active Claude Code and Codex CLI sessions in real time has been released. The app shows session state through the color of its menu bar icon, aiming to help developers keep track of multiple parallel tasks. The source code is available on GitHub.

macOS Menu Bar App · Developer Tools

CC Status Bar: Watch Every Claude Code Session From One Spot

A native macOS menu bar app that monitors multiple Claude Code (and Codex CLI) sessions in real time — color-coding each state and jumping you straight to a waiting terminal with one click.

color-coded session states, seen at a glance

click to focus the relevant terminal or editor window

13.0+

macOS required · Apple Silicon & Intel

The color language of the menu bar icon

● GREEN

Running

● RED

Waiting on a permission prompt

● YELLOW

Command done, awaiting attention

● WHITE

Idle

Why it exists — the parallel-session problem

The more Claude Code sessions run at once, the harder it is to catch a prompt. State flows from hooks into a single view.

Claude Code hooks
Notification / Stop / UserPromptSubmit

→

sessions.json
state store

→

Menu bar icon
color + click-to-focus

Where it helps

Running many sessions in parallel
Never missing a permission prompt or completion notice
Autofocus brings a waiting session forward (500ms debounce, 30s cooldown)
Global hotkey ⌘⇧C, themes, Stream Deck & iOS companion

Open questions

A crowded space — rivals include c9watch and Switchboard
Category often criticized for tmux / terminal dependence
Lack of native VS Code UI support
Hands-on feedback still thin; reception unsettled

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