Two follow-ups from the budget review: - Currency consistency: the daily cost budget is defined in USD (the presets and the custom field are labeled "$"), but the "exceeded" banner ran the value through the display-currency rate, so a non-USD user saw the field and banner disagree (e.g. field "$100", banner "EUR 92"). Render the budget label in USD via a new asUSD() helper so the picker, field, and banner all agree. The over-budget comparison was already USD vs USD and is unchanged. - Empty custom cue: selecting "Custom..." and leaving the field blank stores 0, which silently disables the alert while the picker still shows "Custom...". The help text now says "Enter an amount above, or the alert stays off." in that state so it does not look armed when it isn't. |
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CodeBurn Menubar (macOS)
Native Swift + SwiftUI menubar app. The codeburn menubar surface.
Requirements
- macOS 14+ (Sonoma)
- Swift 6.0+ toolchain (bundled with Xcode 16 or standalone)
codeburnCLI installed globally (npm install -g codeburn)
Install (end users)
One command:
codeburn menubar
That's it. The command records the persistent codeburn CLI path, downloads the latest .app from the newest mac-v* GitHub Release with a matching checksum, verifies it, drops it into ~/Applications, clears Gatekeeper quarantine, and launches it. Re-running it upgrades in place with --force, or just launches the existing copy otherwise.
Build from source
For contributors running a local build instead of the packaged release:
npm install -g codeburn # CLI the app shells out to for data
git clone https://github.com/getagentseal/codeburn.git
cd codeburn/mac
swift build -c release
.build/release/CodeBurnMenubar # launch
Build & run (dev against a local CLI checkout)
cd mac
swift build
# Point the app at your dev CLI build instead of the globally installed `codeburn`:
npm --prefix .. run build
CODEBURN_ALLOW_DEV_BIN=1 CODEBURN_BIN="node $(pwd)/../dist/cli.js" swift run
The app registers itself as a menubar accessory (LSUIElement = true at runtime). No Dock icon.
Data source
On launch and every 60 seconds thereafter, the app spawns codeburn status --format menubar-json --no-optimize directly (argv, no shell) via CodeburnCLI.makeProcess and decodes the JSON into MenubarPayload. The manual refresh button in the footer invokes the same command without --no-optimize, which includes optimize findings but takes longer.
Release installs record a persistent absolute CLI path in ~/Library/Application Support/CodeBurn/codeburn-cli-path.v1, then fall back to Homebrew's common codeburn locations. For development only, set CODEBURN_ALLOW_DEV_BIN=1 with CODEBURN_BIN; the value is validated against a strict allowlist before use, so a malicious env var can't inject shell commands.
Project layout
mac/
├── Package.swift SwiftPM manifest
├── Sources/CodeBurnMenubar/
│ ├── CodeBurnApp.swift @main + MenuBarExtra scene
│ ├── AppStore.swift @Observable store + enums
│ ├── Data/MenubarPayload.swift Codable payload types + placeholder
│ ├── Theme/Theme.swift Design tokens (warm terracotta palette)
│ └── Views/MenuBarContent.swift Popover layout + footer action bar
└── README.md This file
Status
Live data wired. Next iterations:
- FSEvents watch for
~/.claude/projects/changes (debounced refresh on real edits) - Persistent disk cache for optimize findings so the default refresh can include them without the 30-second penalty
- Currency metadata in the JSON payload + Swift-side formatting
- Sparkle auto-update
- DMG packaging + Homebrew Cask tap
Design tokens
Sourced from ~/codeburn-menubar-mac-swiftui.html. Warm terracotta-ember palette:
- Accent (light):
#C9521D - Accent (dark):
#E8774A - Ember deep:
#8B3E13 - Ember glow:
#F0A070 - Surface (light):
#FAF7F3 - Surface (dark):
#1C1816
SF Mono for currency values; SF Pro Rounded for hero.