Beeplight

What it is

Beeplight is a Mac menu bar tool by derek920 (BeepLight), free and open source. The official site describes it as a status light in your menu bar for every Claude Code and Codex session on your Mac. The author says on X that he runs 4 to 5 Claude Code sessions at once and kept switching windows just to see which one was waiting on him, so he built it, and it tells you the moment a session needs you. The site states it does not need hooks, meaning you do not add hooks to your assistant's configuration. What sets it apart is that the state of several sessions is visible at a glance in the menu bar.

Highlights:

A menu bar status light for every Claude Code and Codex session
It tells you the moment a session needs you
The site states it does not need hooks
Free and open source, under Apache-2.0

How to use:

First, download and install it from beeplight.dev.
Then open your Claude Code and Codex sessions as usual.
Finally, check the light in the menu bar to see which session is waiting for you.

Who it's for:

Mac users who keep several Claude Code or Codex sessions open at once.

Before you start:

You need macOS 14 or later, on Apple silicon or Intel.
It has to read the state of your local Claude Code and Codex sessions to show the light; check the website and repository for how it does that.
Free, under Apache-2.0 (as stated on the website).

Based on the official website and the author's posts on X. Not tested by AI Inspiration World.