# AirtableBar: an almost-live Airtable usage readout in your menu bar

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**Created:** [June 29, 2026, 11:44am UTC](https://air.tableforums.com/t/airtablebar-an-almost-live-airtable-usage-readout-in-your-menu-bar/1663 "2026-06-29T11:44:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![kibermaks](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/air.tableforums.com/kibermaks/32/1238_2.png) [@kibermaks](https://air.tableforums.com/u/kibermaks)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2026, 11:44am UTC](https://air.tableforums.com/t/airtablebar-an-almost-live-airtable-usage-readout-in-your-menu-bar/1663/1 "2026-06-29T11:44:26Z")

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**See your Airtable usage move, not just sit there**

Airtable shows workspace usage as a number on a settings page. A snapshot. It only changes when you reload the page, and only if you remember to go look.

I wanted to watch it move. So I built AirtableBar.

It lives in your Mac menu bar and refreshes your workspace usage as often as every 30 seconds. Not real time, but close. Almost live.

It shows the current numbers per workspace:

- AI credits
- Public API calls
- Automation runs
- Largest base record count
- Attachment storage

Each one is plan-aware, so you see usage against your limit and the cycle reset date. 12,847 / 15,000, resets in 14 days. The number actually means something.

The part power users seem to like: run an automation, glance up at the menu bar, watch the API calls tick up on the next poll. Fire an AI action, see the credits move. Usage stops being a thing you audit after the fact. It becomes a live gauge you already have open.

No API key. It reads your existing Airtable browser session, so there’s nothing to generate or rotate. Usage history stays on your Mac. No telemetry.

> **[AirtableBar: Airtable usage in your macOS menu bar](https://airtablebar.com)**
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> Shows Airtable workspace AI credits, API calls, automation runs, records, attachments, reset dates, and utilization trends in the macOS menu bar.

![airtablebar-hero-loop-20fps-ezgif.com-optimize](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/tableforums/original/2X/3/32fd96a2585e0551ec3aa2b262c7c471c5127edc.gif)

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**Author:** ![kibermaks](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/air.tableforums.com/kibermaks/32/1238_2.png) [@kibermaks](https://air.tableforums.com/u/kibermaks)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2026, 3:00pm UTC](https://air.tableforums.com/t/airtablebar-an-almost-live-airtable-usage-readout-in-your-menu-bar/1663/2 "2026-06-29T15:00:10Z")

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Monitor available workspaces with dashboard: quotas, utilization, graphs and settings

 ![Workspaces Dashboard: quotas, utilization, settings](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/tableforums/original/2X/f/f0df2e4bf7efbfe65f7ec308e5abb7dc496625c6.jpeg)