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Glideslope 0.4.0 for macOS
Unsigned technical alpha with a Sparkle-signed update channel and immutable release artifact.
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v0.4.0 build 8 · signed auto-updates
Glideslope
Public surface A native macOS menu bar gauge that shows whether Codex and Claude Code usage is ahead of pace before a model rollout burns through your plan.
- Type:
- Native menu bar app
- Access:
- Open source
- Version:
- 0.4.0 (build 8)
- Updates:
- Sparkle-signed automatic channel
- Distribution:
- Unsigned technical-alpha ZIP + source
Runnable state
What Glideslope Does
Glideslope is a tiny open-source menu bar app that tracks Codex and Claude Code usage pressure side by side, so a new model series does not quietly consume a weekly plan faster than expected.
The icon is a dark circular gauge with bold line hands: a long line from the hub for each provider's weekly window and a short line at the rim for the ~5-hour window, color-coded (Codex teal, Claude coral). A bright-red redline marks the hot end, so the most-constrained window reads at a glance.
Each provider is polled independently. A transient outage keeps the last-good reading with its age instead of blanking the gauge, and each cached window retires at its own reset boundary.
Version 0.4.0 adds Sparkle-signed automatic updates, resilient Claude usage caching, a scoped Fable marker, and configurable gauge geometry and colors. The app bundle is still an unsigned technical alpha, so first launch may require macOS Privacy & Security approval.
Quick actions
Install
Download version 0.4.0 for macOS, or rebuild from source if you prefer the local script path. The first unsigned-alpha launch may require Privacy & Security approval.
Clone and run
One click to copy. No GitHub tab-hopping required.
Install command
git clone https://github.com/owl-and-kestrel/glideslope.git && cd glideslope && ./script/build_and_run.sh