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Glint is a lightweight macOS menu-bar app that surfaces what your Claude Code sessions are doing - live status, the current tool, token spend, the plan, subagents, usage meters, and conte...
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Glint is a lightweight macOS menu-bar app that surfaces what your Claude Code sessions are doing - live status, the current tool, token spend, the plan, subagents, usage meters, and conte...
Researched with AIData refreshed 8 hours ago2 sourcesUpdated 1 time this year
Data refreshed 8 hours ago2 sources
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Glint is a practical fit for buyers evaluating focused AI tooling.
- Who is it for?
- Developers using Claude Code who need real-time session monitoring; better than terminal-only workflows for glanceable status.
- Pricing
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What this product does
Glint is a lightweight macOS menu-bar app that surfaces what your Claude Code sessions are doing - live status, the current tool, token spend, the plan, subagents, usage meters, and context window - in a glanceable island near your notch, a floating pill, or beside the Dock. Reads ~/.claude locally; your session data never leaves your Mac. Support for other providers like Codex, Kiro and etc are on the roadmap to be release ASAP!
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Platforms
- Web
- Mac
- iOS
Company & Maker
Who built Glint?
- Product
- Claude Code activity, right where you want it.
- Live since
- Jun 2026
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Glint is a macOS menu-bar app that displays live status, token spend, and context window data from Claude Code sessions, designed for developers who want to monitor AI coding sessions at a glance.
Who should use
Buyer-fit is derived from approved personas and use-case evidence. Search-volume noise stays labeled separately.
Best-fit workflows
- Monitors live Claude Code session status and current tool in a menu-bar island.
- Tracks token spend and context window usage across active sessions.
- Displays subagent activity and plan progress during complex coding tasks.
- Provides glanceable usage meters and session history near the notch or dock.
- Developers using Claude Code who need real-time session monitoring; better than terminal-only workflows for glanceable status.
- Vibe coders who run multiple AI coding sessions and want to track token usage and context window live.
Inferred from public dataView source →
5 minutesDeveloper requiredSoloSmall team
Pricing reality
Vendor stated
Free with optional Pro subscription
Actual cost
Pro subscription required for advanced features like multi-session history and custom alerts
Hidden costs
2 hidden cost warnings — unlock to view
Migration effort from 3 platforms analyzed
Pricing reality
Verified Jun 2026 / Vendor pricing evidence only
Starting price
From $0.04
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Everything the status line knows - at a glance.
Glint reads your local session logs and mirrors exactly what Claude Code is doing, so you never have to alt-tab to check.
$0.04
- Idle, Thinking, or Awaiting - blocked on you - with the live tool verb, like “Editing NotchView.swift”. Usage-limit lockouts surface too, with their reset time.
- Output tokens, cost, and elapsed time - matched to Claude Code’s own status line, and reset on every prompt.
- The current TodoWrite checklist, ticking off as work lands.
- When a session delegates, Glint shows how many agents are out and what they’re on.
- A ring that matches Claude Code’s own auto-compact gauge - it turns red past 90%, and 200k or 1M-context sessions both read correctly.
- The busiest - or most attention-needing - session leads; the rest list in the expanded view, each with its model and reasoning effort, like “claude-fable-5 · Ultracode Xhigh”.
Live status
Idle, Thinking, or Awaiting - blocked on you - with the live tool verb, like “Editing NotchView.swift”.
$0.04
- Idle, Thinking, or Awaiting - blocked on you - with the live tool verb, like “Editing NotchView.swift”. Usage-limit lockouts surface too, with their reset time.
- Output tokens, cost, and elapsed time - matched to Claude Code’s own status line, and reset on every prompt.
- The current TodoWrite checklist, ticking off as work lands.
- When a session delegates, Glint shows how many agents are out and what they’re on.
- A ring that matches Claude Code’s own auto-compact gauge - it turns red past 90%, and 200k or 1M-context sessions both read correctly.
- The busiest - or most attention-needing - session leads; the rest list in the expanded view, each with its model and reasoning effort, like “claude-fable-5 · Ultracode Xhigh”.
Per-turn metrics
Output tokens, cost, and elapsed time - matched to Claude Code’s own status line, and reset on every prompt.
$0.04
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Beta, Linux, or recovery edge cases often ship without SLA coverage.
Team and business tiers usually move to sales-led quoting.
One-time or lifetime offers tend to disappear at version boundaries.
True cost for your case
LIVE ESTIMATEEstimated spend
$0Recurring billing is usually the real cost driver, not the first-month sticker price.
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Engagement signals (30d)
Based on 6 linked public signals.
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HOW THIS TOOL SCORES
Scores compare this tool with 22 similar tools in Developer Tools. Use it to judge Innovation and Capability before you shortlist.
Updated Jun 16, 2026Baseline refreshed May 25, 2026
Innovation Index™
Is it new, different, and easy to understand?
Top 10%8.1/10
Does it stand out from similar tools?7.0/10
Is this idea actually new?8.0/10
Can buyers understand it quickly?9.0/10
Functionality Score™
Does it cover the jobs buyers expect, and can it keep up?
above median5.0/10
Does it cover the core jobs?5.0/10
Are the main features deep enough?6.0/10
Will it fit into your stack?3.0/10
Can users trust it to stay usable?5.0/10
Low confidence (30%) - some sub-scores have thin evidence.What this means →
Category baseline: Developer ToolsInnovation median: 7.7Capability median: 4.5n = 22
Data sources
Engagement: declining (29/100)Homepage load: 0.1sBaseline source: live product websites
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Tracks 12-month Google search interest on a 0-100 relative interest scale.
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Includes related topics and related queries to surface adjacent demand and search intent.
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