v0.4.2 — Windows About detects Grok Bot

0.4.2 — Windows About detects Grok Bot

GrokBot Meter is an unofficial tray companion for Grok Bot. Weekly usage %, today, and reset timing. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or a product of xAI, Cursor, Apple, or Microsoft. Uses official Grok Bot meters only.

This patch rebuilds the Mac and Windows installers so Windows About no longer shows Grok Bot — not installed when %APPDATA%\Grok Bot is present (#24). When a version string can be read, About shows that version. When the support directory is there but no version turns up, About shows Grok Bot (installed). v0.4.1 is unchanged.

macOS (Apple Silicon)

Ad-hoc signed, not notarized. Open the DMG and drag GrokBot Meter to Applications. Requires macOS 13 (Ventura) or later. macOS asks you to approve the app once. See First launch.

• GrokBot-Meter-0.4.2-arm64.dmg
• GrokBot-Meter-0.4.2-arm64.zip

Windows (x64, unsigned, loaner / test)

Notification-area tray shows the weekly %.

Weekly and Today read %APPDATA%\Grok Bot: sand-secrets.json, sand-client-persistence, and Local State. Tokens are decrypted with that app's DPAPI key. Grok Bot must be signed in on the same Windows user.

Open at login works on Windows. Settings has the toggle. Turning it on writes HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run for this Windows user. No administrator password.

Built with npm run dist:win (NSIS installer and portable zip).

• GrokBot-Meter-0.4.2-x64.exe — NSIS one-click per-user installer
• GrokBot-Meter-0.4.2-x64.zip — portable zip. Unzip and run GrokBot Meter.exe

These files are not Authenticode-signed. Windows SmartScreen will warn on first launch. Choose More info, then Run anyway.

v0.4.1 — Open at login on Windows

0.4.1 — Open at login on Windows

GrokBot Meter is an unofficial tray companion for Grok Bot. Weekly usage %, today, and reset timing. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or a product of xAI, Cursor, Apple, or Microsoft. Uses official Grok Bot meters only.

This patch rebuilds the Mac and Windows installers so they include Open at login on Windows (#22), which landed on main after v0.4.0. v0.4.0 and v0.3.1 are unchanged.

macOS (Apple Silicon)

Ad-hoc signed, not notarized. Open the DMG and drag GrokBot Meter to Applications. Requires macOS 13 (Ventura) or later. macOS asks you to approve the app once. See First launch.

• GrokBot-Meter-0.4.1-arm64.dmg
• GrokBot-Meter-0.4.1-arm64.zip

Windows (x64, unsigned, loaner / test)

Notification-area tray shows the weekly %.

Weekly and Today read %APPDATA%\Grok Bot: sand-secrets.json, sand-client-persistence, and Local State. Tokens are decrypted with that app's DPAPI key. Grok Bot must be signed in on the same Windows user.

Open at login works on Windows. Settings has the toggle. Turning it on writes HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run for this Windows user. No administrator password.

Built with npm run dist:win (NSIS installer and portable zip).

• GrokBot-Meter-0.4.1-x64.exe — NSIS one-click per-user installer
• GrokBot-Meter-0.4.1-x64.zip — portable zip. Unzip and run GrokBot Meter.exe

These files are not Authenticode-signed. Windows SmartScreen will warn on first launch. Choose More info, then Run anyway.

v0.4.0 — Mac and Windows

0.4.0 — Mac and Windows

GrokBot Meter is an unofficial tray companion for Grok Bot. Weekly usage %, today, and reset timing. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or a product of xAI, Cursor, Apple, or Microsoft. Uses official Grok Bot meters only.

Mac and Windows ship together at 0.4.0. The existing v0.3.1 macOS release is unchanged.

macOS (Apple Silicon)

The Mac DMG and zip are a fresh build at this same version. Ad-hoc signed, not notarized. Open the DMG and drag GrokBot Meter to Applications. Requires macOS 13 (Ventura) or later. macOS asks you to approve the app once. See First launch.

• GrokBot-Meter-0.4.0-arm64.dmg
• GrokBot-Meter-0.4.0-arm64.zip

Windows (x64, unsigned, loaner / test)

Notification-area tray shows the weekly %.

Weekly and Today read %APPDATA%\Grok Bot: sand-secrets.json, sand-client-persistence, and Local State. Tokens are decrypted with that app's DPAPI key. Grok Bot must be signed in on the same Windows user.

Built with npm run dist:win (NSIS installer and portable zip).

• GrokBot-Meter-0.4.0-x64.exe — NSIS one-click per-user installer
• GrokBot-Meter-0.4.0-x64.zip — portable zip. Unzip and run GrokBot Meter.exe

These files are not Authenticode-signed. Windows SmartScreen will warn on first launch. Choose More info, then Run anyway.

v0.3.1 — Early public beta (runtime security)

Early public beta — runtime security

GrokBot Meter is an unofficial menu-bar companion for Grok Bot on macOS. Tiny tray app: weekly usage %, today, and reset timing — no Dock clutter.

Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or a product of xAI, Cursor, or Apple. Uses official Grok Bot meters only.

What's new in 0.3.1

• Runtime dependencies. Electron 44.5.1, electron-builder 26, and React 19.3. npm audit reports 0 vulnerabilities.
• macOS 13+ required. Electron 44 needs macOS 13 (Ventura) or later. Packaging sets minimumSystemVersion to 13.0.
• Signing unchanged. Builds stay ad-hoc signed and are not notarized. First launch still needs the one-time Gatekeeper approval.
• Coffee theme unchanged.

Download (Apple Silicon)

Open the DMG and drag GrokBot Meter to Applications. Requires macOS 13 (Ventura) or later on Apple Silicon. Builds are ad-hoc signed but not notarized, so macOS asks you to approve the app once. See First launch.

v0.3.0 — Early public beta (Coffee theme)

Early public beta — Coffee theme

GrokBot Meter is an unofficial menu-bar companion for Grok Bot on macOS. Tiny tray app: weekly usage %, today, and reset timing — no Dock clutter.

Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or a product of xAI, Cursor, or Apple. Uses official Grok Bot meters only.

What's new in 0.3.0

• Coffee theme. Settings → Theme switches the weekly meter from the system bar to a metal cup that fills with your weekly usage. The spotlight warms from white through amber to red as the week runs out.
• On-demand sits in the credit corner when a spend cap exists. If the account has no cap, the cup shows a "no spend limit" mark. A failed spend request stays hidden instead of claiming there is no limit.
• Day rail marks the day of the weekly window (day 1 when a full week remains) and stays in step with the "Resets in" line.

Download (Apple Silicon)

Open the DMG and drag GrokBot Meter to Applications. Builds are ad-hoc signed but not notarized, so macOS asks you to approve the app once. See First launch.

v0.2.7 — Early public beta (safer sign-in)

Early public beta — safer sign-in and Keychain handling

GrokBot Meter is an unofficial menu-bar companion for Grok Bot on macOS. Tiny tray app: weekly usage %, today, and reset timing — no Dock clutter.

Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or a product of xAI, Cursor, or Apple. Uses official Grok Bot meters only.

What's new in 0.2.7

• Never touches your Grok Bot sign-in. The meter no longer refreshes Grok Bot's token, which could have signed you out of Grok Bot. It only reads the current access token; when that expires, the Weekly card says Open Grok Bot to refresh sign-in.
• No more frozen menu bar while the macOS Keychain prompt is open.
• Deny means deny. If you click Deny on the Keychain prompt, it won't reappear until you reopen the app, and the Weekly card says Keychain access denied.
• New What it accesses section in the README: every file, Keychain item, and endpoint the app uses. No telemetry, no server of its own.

The Keychain prompt

When the app loads your weekly usage, macOS asks whether security may use "Grok Bot Safe Storage". That's macOS's built-in Keychain tool reading the key Grok Bot uses to protect your sign-in. Click Allow. "Always Allow" also works but lets other programs on your Mac read that key without asking — details.

Download (Apple Silicon)

Grab the DMG below (or the zip), drag GrokBot Meter to Applications, then launch.

First launch (Gatekeeper)

This build is ad-hoc signed but not notarized, so macOS asks you to approve it once.

macOS 15 Sequoia and later

1. Open GrokBot Meter. macOS says it can't verify the developer — click Done.
2. Open System Settings → Privacy & Security, scroll to Security, and click Open Anyway next to "GrokBot Meter was blocked".
3. Confirm with Open Anyway and your password.

macOS 14 Sonoma and earlier: right-click GrokBot Meter → Open → Open.

If macOS still refuses, run:

xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/GrokBot Meter.app"

SHA-256

33a34f908ec1fefe41ca20ba28280d5dcf3be0df6a76d1b96471458c7ca522d0  GrokBot-Meter-0.2.7-arm64.dmg
23413de6c3881dca4e26e1c5a15ea319c31b97675fa0c11618514fbf24f7e895  GrokBot-Meter-0.2.7-arm64.zip

Feedback

Please file bugs and ideas in Issues.

arm64 only — Intel Macs are not packaged in this release.

v0.2.6 — Early public beta (install fix)

Early public beta — install fix

GrokBot Meter is an unofficial menu-bar companion for Grok Bot on macOS. Tiny tray app: weekly usage %, today, and reset timing — no Dock clutter.

Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or a product of xAI, Cursor, or Apple. Uses official Grok Bot meters only.

What's new in 0.2.6

• Fixes "GrokBot Meter is damaged and can't be opened" on downloaded copies. The app bundle is now properly ad-hoc signed, so macOS offers the normal approval flow instead. If you're on 0.2.5, replace it with this build.
• Refresh now fetches fresh weekly data instead of returning a cached value, and concurrent weekly requests are merged into one.
• Expired access tokens are detected before calling the API, and the refreshed token is reused instead of refreshing on every poll.
• Clearer signed-out message: "Sign in to Grok Bot to see weekly".

Download (Apple Silicon)

Grab the DMG below (or the zip), drag GrokBot Meter to Applications, then launch.

First launch (Gatekeeper)

This build is ad-hoc signed but not notarized, so macOS asks you to approve it once.

macOS 15 Sequoia and later

1. Open GrokBot Meter. macOS says it can't verify the developer — click Done.
2. Open System Settings → Privacy & Security, scroll to Security, and click Open Anyway next to "GrokBot Meter was blocked".
3. Confirm with Open Anyway and your password.

macOS 14 Sonoma and earlier: right-click GrokBot Meter → Open → Open.

If macOS still refuses, run:

xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/GrokBot Meter.app"

SHA-256

18421e1b975178d27a333c019222a15fe0a0a0dd3d93730ed72d27eaaef382f6  GrokBot-Meter-0.2.6-arm64.dmg
8eb89ccb7ae97d10564b38de4238542cf9b3a4155edd2e1fb2198e596ec35e1a  GrokBot-Meter-0.2.6-arm64.zip

Feedback

Please file bugs and ideas in Issues.

arm64 only — Intel Macs are not packaged in this release.