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Claude Nein — Productivity skill for Claude Code

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A native macOS menu bar application that monitors your Claude Code spending in real-time.

How to install Claude Nein

This entry records only its repository, not the path inside it, so there is no exact command to give. Open forketyfork/claude-nein and copy the folder into ~/.claude/skills/, or the file into ~/.claude/agents/.

What Claude Nein does

A native macOS menu bar application that monitors your Claude Code spending in real-time.

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README

Claude Nein - Claude Code Spend Monitor

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A native macOS menu bar application that monitors your Claude Code spending in real-time, providing intuitive visual feedback and detailed breakdowns. Inspired by [ccusage](https://github.com/ryoppippi/ccusage/).

Overview

Claude Nein lives in your macOS menu bar, keeping you constantly updated on your Claude Code API usage costs. It automatically discovers your Claude project log files, parses them efficiently, and presents a clear summary of your spending.

Installation

Visit the Releases page and download the ClaudeNein--unsigned.zip asset from the latest release.
Unzip the archive and move ClaudeNein.app to your /Applications folder.
Reset the quarantine flag on the app: xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /Applications/ClaudeNein.app
Open the app. On first run, the app will ask you for access to the Claude directories.

Features

Real-Time Menu Bar Display – today's spend appears in the menu bar and animates smoothly when the value changes.
Detailed Spend Summaries – the dropdown menu shows totals for today, this week and this month.
Model‑Specific Costs – see which models account for the most spend.
Automatic & Efficient Monitoring – uses FSEvents to watch Claude log files with minimal overhead