codexbar

Waybar widget that displays your OpenAI Codex subscription usage — session (5h) limit, weekly limit, code review limit, and credits — with colored progress bars and countdown timers.

Features

Session (5h) and weekly usage with progress bars
Code review usage tracking
Credits balance display
Pacing indicators — ratio-based and point-based, with optional per-window coloring
Tooltip elapsed markers — visual pacing reference in progress bars
Colored severity levels (green → yellow → orange → red)
Rich Pango tooltip with box-drawing borders
Token auto-refresh with background sync
Response cache (60s TTL) — fast even on multi-monitor setups
Graceful fallback on network errors
Pure Bash — no runtime dependencies beyond curl, jq, GNU date, and base64
Works with any Waybar setup (Hyprland, Sway, etc.)

Requirements

Codex CLI — must be logged in (codex login)
curl, jq, GNU date, base64 (standard on most Linux distros)
Waybar
A Nerd Font for tooltip icons
(Optional) Font Awesome ≥ 7.0.0 OTF for the OpenAI brand icon

Installation

Arch Linux (AUR)

yay -S codexbar

From source

git clone https://github.com/mryll/codexbar.git
cd codexbar
make install PREFIX=~/.local

Or system-wide:

sudo make install

To uninstall:

make uninstall PREFIX=~/.local

Quick install

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mryll/codexbar/master/codexbar \
  -o ~/.local/bin/codexbar && chmod +x ~/.local/bin/codexbar

Quick start

Add the module to your ~/.config/waybar/config.jsonc:

"modules-right": ["custom/codexbar", ...],

"custom/codexbar": {
    "exec": "codexbar",
    "return-type": "json",
    "interval": 300,
    "signal": 12,
    "tooltip": true,
    "on-click": "xdg-open https://chatgpt.com/codex/settings/usage"
}

Configuration

Icon

Use --icon to prepend an icon to the widget text. The icon inherits the same color as the usage text.

Emoji:

"exec": "codexbar --icon '🤖'"
// => 🤖 42% · 1h 30m

Nerd Font glyph:

"exec": "codexbar --icon '󰚩'"
// => 󰚩 42% · 1h 30m

OpenAI brand icon (requires Font Awesome ≥ 7.0.0 OTF):

"exec": "codexbar --icon \"<span font='Font Awesome 7 Brands'>&#xe7cf;</span>\""

Note

On Arch Linux, install the OTF package (sudo pacman -S otf-font-awesome). The WOFF2 variant (woff2-font-awesome) does not render in Waybar due to a Pango compatibility issue.

Colors

The bar text is colored by severity level out of the box (One Dark palette):

Class	Range	Default color
`low`	0–49%	`#98c379` (green)
`mid`	50–74%	`#e5c07b` (yellow)
`high`	75–89%	`#d19a66` (orange)
`critical`	90–100%	`#e06c75` (red)

To override, pass --color-* flags in the exec field:

"custom/codexbar": {
    "exec": "codexbar --color-low '#50fa7b' --color-critical '#ff5555'",
    ...
}

Available flags: --color-low, --color-mid, --color-high, --color-critical.

CSS classes (low, mid, high, critical) are also emitted for additional styling via ~/.config/waybar/style.css.

Theming (Omarchy)

Tooltip and bar text colors are automatically read from the active Omarchy theme at ~/.config/omarchy/current/theme/colors.toml on every execution. On non-Omarchy systems, the One Dark palette is used as fallback.

The priority chain is: CLI flags (--color-*) > Omarchy theme > One Dark defaults.

Tokyo Night	Gruvbox	Catppuccin Latte

Format customization

Use --format to control the bar text:

# Default (session usage + countdown)
codexbar
# => 42% · 1h 30m

# Session + weekly
codexbar --format '{session_pct}% · {weekly_pct}%'
# => 42% · 27%

# With pacing indicator
codexbar --format '{session_pct}% {session_pace} · {session_reset}'
# => 42% ↑ · 1h 30m

# Minimal
codexbar --format '{session_pct}%'
# => 42%

Use --tooltip-format for a custom plain-text tooltip (overrides the default rich tooltip):

codexbar --tooltip-format 'Session: {session_pct}% | Weekly: {weekly_pct}%'

Example Waybar config with custom format:

"custom/codexbar": {
    "exec": "codexbar --format '{session_pct}% {session_pace}'",
    "return-type": "json",
    "interval": 300,
    "signal": 12,
    "tooltip": true,
    "on-click": "xdg-open https://chatgpt.com/codex/settings/usage"
}

Available placeholders

Placeholder	Description	Example
`{plan}`	Plan label	`Plus`
`{session_pct}`	Session (5h) usage %	`42`
`{session_reset}`	Session countdown	`1h 30m`
`{session_elapsed}`	Session time elapsed %	`58`
`{session_bar}`	Session usage progress bar (Pango)	`████████░░░░░░░░░░░░`
`{session_pace}`	Session pacing icon (ratio-based)	`↑` / `↓` / `→`
`{session_pace_indicator}`	Session pacing icon (point-based)	`↑` / `↓` / `→`
`{session_pace_pct}`	Session pacing deviation (ratio)	`12% ahead`
`{session_pace_pts}`	Session pacing deviation (points)	`5pts ahead`
`{session_pace_delta}`	Session pacing delta (signed)	`-12`
`{session_pace_abs_delta}`	Session pacing delta (unsigned)	`12`
`{weekly_pct}`	Weekly usage %	`27`
`{weekly_reset}`	Weekly countdown	`4d 1h`
`{weekly_elapsed}`	Weekly elapsed %	`42`
`{weekly_bar}`	Weekly usage progress bar (Pango)	`█████░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░`
`{weekly_pace}`	Weekly pacing icon (ratio-based)	`↑` / `↓` / `→`
`{weekly_pace_indicator}`	Weekly pacing icon (point-based)	`↑` / `↓` / `→`
`{weekly_pace_pct}`	Weekly pacing deviation (ratio)	`5% under`
`{weekly_pace_pts}`	Weekly pacing deviation (points)	`8pts under`
`{weekly_pace_delta}`	Weekly pacing delta (signed)	`-8`
`{weekly_pace_abs_delta}`	Weekly pacing delta (unsigned)	`8`
`{review_pct}`	Code review usage %	`4`
`{review_reset}`	Code review countdown	`6d 23h`
`{review_elapsed}`	Code review time elapsed %	`42`
`{review_bar}`	Code review usage progress bar (Pango)	`░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░`
`{review_pace}`	Code review pacing icon (ratio-based)	`↑` / `↓` / `→`
`{review_pace_indicator}`	Code review pacing icon (point-based)	`↑` / `↓` / `→`
`{review_pace_pct}`	Code review pacing deviation (ratio)	`3% ahead`
`{review_pace_pts}`	Code review pacing deviation (points)	`3pts ahead`
`{review_pace_delta}`	Code review pacing delta (signed)	`3`
`{review_pace_abs_delta}`	Code review pacing delta (unsigned)	`3`
`{credits_balance}`	Credits balance	`0`
`{credits_local}`	Approx local messages	`10–15`
`{credits_cloud}`	Approx cloud messages	`5–8`

Note

Bar placeholders are colored by their own window's usage thresholds (low/mid/high/critical), independently of the surrounding bar text color, which reflects the worst window overall. A {session_bar} can render green while the surrounding text is red because weekly or review hit the critical threshold.

Pacing indicators

Pacing compares your actual usage against where you "should" be if you spread your quota evenly across the window. It answers: "at this rate, will I run out before the window resets?"

↑ — ahead of pace (using faster than sustainable)
→ — on track
↓ — under pace (plenty of room left)

How it works: if 30% of the session time has elapsed, you "should" have used ~30% of your quota. The widget divides your actual usage by the expected usage and flags deviations beyond a tolerance band:

Scenario	Time elapsed	Usage	Pacing	Icon
Burning through quota	25%	60%	140% ahead	↑
Slightly ahead	50%	52%	on track (within tolerance)	→
Perfectly even	50%	50%	on track	→
Conserving	70%	30%	57% under	↓

By default the tolerance is ±5% — deviations of 5% or less show as "on track" to avoid noise. You can tune it with --pace-tolerance:

# More sensitive (±2%) — flags smaller deviations
codexbar --pace-tolerance 2

# More relaxed (±10%) — only flags large deviations
codexbar --pace-tolerance 10

The {session_pace_pct} / {weekly_pace_pct} placeholders show the deviation (e.g. "12% ahead", "5% under", "on track").

Point-based pacing

In addition to ratio-based pacing, there's a point-based alternative that computes actual_usage - expected_usage. At 22% usage with 78% elapsed, the delta is -56 -- intuitive and stable across the window.

Placeholder	Type	Example	Description
`{*_pace}`	Ratio	↑	Icon with tolerance band (±5% default)
`{*_pace_indicator}`	Points	↑	Icon without tolerance (any non-zero = ↑/↓)
`{*_pace_pct}`	Ratio	12% ahead	Ratio-based deviation label
`{*_pace_pts}`	Points	5pts ahead	Point-based deviation label
`{*_pace_delta}`	Points	-12	Signed integer delta
`{*_pace_abs_delta}`	Points	12	Unsigned integer delta

Replace * with session, weekly, or review.

Per-window pace coloring

Use --format-pace-color to color pace placeholders individually per window based on their point delta, instead of the global usage-based color:

codexbar --format-pace-color \
  --format '{session_pace_indicator}{session_pace_abs_delta}·{weekly_pace_indicator}{weekly_pace_abs_delta}'
# => ↑4·↓10  (↑4 in orange, ↓10 in green, · in neutral)

Delta	Color	Meaning
≤ -10	Green	Well under pace
-10 to 0	Yellow	Slightly under or on pace
1 to 9	Orange	Slightly ahead
≥ 10	Red	Burning fast

Without this flag, the entire bar text is colored by usage percentage -- identical to the default behavior.

Tooltip elapsed markers

Use --tooltip-pace-pts to add an elapsed marker to each tooltip progress bar, showing where even pacing would put you:

Without --tooltip-pace-pts:
  Session
    ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░  27% ↑

With --tooltip-pace-pts:
  Session
    ░░░░░░░░░░█░░░░░░░░░  27% ↑
                  ^ marker at 32% (even pace position)

The marker color adapts to the active theme. Without this flag, the tooltip is unchanged.

Spacing

Adjust padding (inside the widget) and margin (outside the widget) in ~/.config/waybar/style.css:

#custom-codexbar {
    padding: 0 8px;
    margin: 0 4px;
}

How it works

Reads OAuth tokens from ~/.codex/auth.json (created by codex login)
Auto-refreshes expired tokens via OpenAI's OAuth endpoint
Fetches usage data from the ChatGPT backend API
Caches responses for 60 seconds
Outputs JSON for Waybar: {text, tooltip, class}

Troubleshooting

Bar shows	Meaning	Fix
`↻`	Syncing	Normal at boot — data appears on next refresh
`⚠`	Auth error	Run `codex login` to authenticate
`⚠`	Token expired	Run `codex login` to re-authenticate
`⚠`	API error	Check your internet connection
Nothing	Module not loaded	Check Waybar config and restart Waybar

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