Why Every AI Developer Needs a Usage Dashboard in 2026

If you use multiple AI coding tools, you know the pain: different limits, different reset windows, different dashboards. The Multi-Provider Problem Most devs in 2026 use 2-5 AI tools simultaneously. Claude for reasoning, Cursor for IDE work, Copilot for completions, OpenRouter for flexibility. Each one has its own usage limits and billing. The problem? There's no unified view. You find out you've hit a limit when your tool stops working mid-session. What I Built TokenBar sits in your macOS menu bar and tracks usage across 20+ AI providers in real time. It shows: Current usage vs limits for each provider Reset window countdowns Burn rate (will you hit the limit at this pace?) Provider incident detection CLI output for automation Supports Claude, Cursor, Copilot, Gemini, OpenRouter, Codex, Augment, Amp, JetBrains AI, Ollama, Warp, and more. Why Local-First Your usage data stays on your machine. No cloud accounts, no telemetry. One-time $4.99 purchase. I built this because I was spending