| Product | Price · source | Platforms | Surface | Live state | Usage | Best fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agent Island | Free · MIT | macOS + Windows | Menu bar, notch + floating bar | Claude · Codex · Antigravity · Grok · Cursor | Claude · Codex · Antigravity · Grok · Cursor | Cross-platform session attention |
| CodexBar | Free · MIT | macOS | Menu bar | Not documented; quota alerts | Broad provider coverage | Compact multi-provider quotas |
| ClaudeBar | Free · public repo, no license declared | macOS | Menu bar | Not documented | Claude, Codex, Antigravity, Copilot + others | Native provider usage view |
| Usage4Claude | Free · MIT | macOS | Menu bar | Not documented | Claude + Codex limits | Focused quota countdowns |
| Vibe Island | Paid · closed source | macOS | Native Swift notch app | Sessions, permissions + sounds | Documented | Native Mac agent control |
| ccusage | Free · public repo | CLI / Node-supported OS | Terminal | Not documented | Reports + machine-readable output | Scriptable cost analysis |
| Open Island | Free · GPL-3.0 | macOS 14+ | Notch / top bar | Sessions, permissions, jump-back + sounds | Claude + Codex tracking | Open-source Mac control surface |
| Agent Notch | Free · MIT | macOS 12+ | Notch indicator + panel | Busy, idle, done by process/transcript inference | Not documented | Zero-config Claude + Codex status |
Product-by-product guides
Agent IslandVS
CodexBarAgent Island vs CodexBar
Live session attention and Windows support versus broad macOS quota visibility.
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ccusageAgent Island vs ccusage
Persistent desktop attention versus terminal reports, filters, and JSON output.
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Vibe IslandAgent Island vs Vibe Island
Native Swift control from the Mac notch, with approvals and exact jump-back.
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Open IslandAgent Island vs Open Island
Cross-platform attention versus an open-source Mac notch control center.
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ClaudeBarAgent Island vs ClaudeBar
Live coding-session state versus a native macOS quota dashboard.
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