Claude Companion

A lightweight VS Code extension that displays live Claude Code usage directly in the status bar.

Features

• Built-in local proxy
• Live 5-hour usage
• Live 7-day usage
• Visual usage bars in the status bar
• Detailed hover information
• Automatic proxy startup
• Windows
• macOS
• Linux
• WSL

Installation

Install the extension.

Configure Claude Code by adding the following to your Claude settings.

Linux / macOS / WSL

~/.claude/settings.json

Windows

%USERPROFILE%\.claude\settings.json

{
  "env": {
    "ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL": "http://127.0.0.1:3456"
  }
}

Reload VS Code.

How it works

Claude Code
      │
      ▼
Claude Companion
(local proxy)
      │
      ▼
Anthropic API

Claude Companion transparently proxies all requests to Anthropic and reads the usage headers returned by the API. Prompts, responses and API keys are never stored.

Privacy

• Listens only on 127.0.0.1
• No prompts are stored
• No responses are stored
• No API keys are stored
• Stops automatically when VS Code closes

Roadmap

Planned features include:

• Current model (Opus / Sonnet)
• Context window usage
• Automatic Claude configuration
• Customizable status bar
• Marketplace release

License

MIT