Providers

Providers

The AI coding tools UsageNow reports on, and how to turn each one on or off.

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A provider is an AI coding tool UsageNow can report on. Each one exposes different information, so UsageNow shows only what a provider actually reports.

Available#

Coming soon#

Gemini CLI, DeepSeek, and Qwen are planned. None of them is supported yet. See Coming Soon.

Turning a provider off#

Codex and Claude Code are on by default. Turn either one on or off in Settings › Providers.

When a provider is off, UsageNow doesn’t:

  • refresh the provider
  • access the provider’s local files
  • access the provider’s credentials
  • include the provider’s values in menu bar calculations
  • include the provider in widget data

UsageNow never deletes or changes anything belonging to a provider when you turn it off. Turning it back on picks up where things are.

How data differs between providers#

Providers measure usage in their own ways, so their numbers aren’t directly comparable:

  • Windows differ. One provider may report a 5-hour and a weekly window; another may report only one, or a window for a single model family.
  • Sources differ. Codex reports limits through its own app-server. Claude Code doesn’t expose limits locally, so they’re only available through an experimental source.
  • Local activity is separate. Tokens and requests come from session files on your Mac and aren’t the same as quota consumption.

UsageNow never fills a gap with an estimate. When a value isn’t reported, it isn’t shown.

Suggested

  • Getting Started
  • Claude Code usage limits
  • Reading the menu bar
  • Troubleshooting
  • Privacy