QuotaWatch
Never get blindsided by a Codex CLI rate limit again
I use Codex CLI a lot, and the thing that kept killing my flow wasn't the limit itself — it was having no idea it was coming. I'd be mid-refactor and it would just stop responding.
So I built QuotaWatch. It's a VS Code extension that shows your Codex usage live in the status bar — percentage, burn rate, reset timer — and alerts you before you hit the wall instead of after. It also catches "velocity spikes" (usage climbing way faster than normal, usually a runaway loop or an oversized prompt) and scans your repo for files quietly wasting AI context.
Everything runs locally off Codex's own session files — no account, no telemetry, no server. That was a deliberate choice: a tool that watches your AI usage shouldn't itself be phoning home.
Free tier covers all the core tracking and alerts. I added a $5.99 one-time Pro tier (usage chart, CSV export, prediction, custom thresholds) mostly to see if a niche dev tool like this can sustain itself without a subscription model.
Would love feedback, especially from anyone else fighting with Codex quotas:
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The lack of warning before hitting a quota is a very specific frustration. Curious which part of QuotaWatch users end up checking most often.
Good question — so far it's the status bar itself people check most, almost like a fuel gauge, more than the actual threshold alerts. Having the number always visible seems to change how people pace their sessions. Still early days, but curious what you'd want to see at a glance if you tried it.
That makes sense — the always-visible status seems more useful than waiting for an alert. I’d be curious what other signals users start asking for as usage grows.
I mean you could try it yourself, there are plenty features available and has minimal one time fees to access all pro features that saves tokens by alot.
Yeah, I’ll give it a try. Happy to continue the conversation beyond IH too — what’s the best email to reach you at?
Its in my landing page in last as Contact quick links
Thanks! I’ve just sent it over.
Looking forward to hearing your thoughts whenever you have a chance.