KodexBar

AI provider usage in your KDE Plasma panel.

KodexBar is a native KDE Plasma widget inspired by CodexBar. It keeps Codex, Claude, OpenAI, Gemini, Copilot, OpenRouter, Bedrock, GroqCloud, and other CodexBar-supported provider limits visible from a Plasma panel popup.

The widget intentionally uses the upstream codexbar CLI as its data source instead of reimplementing provider backends. CodexBar owns auth, provider config, API calls, local CLI probing, and ~/.codexbar/config.json; KodexBar focuses on the Plasma panel and popup UI.

Why

• Panel visibility. Show the active provider, used percent, and remaining credits directly in your KDE panel.
• CodexBar-compatible data. Reads the same JSON payloads as the upstream app and Linux CLI.
• Local cost estimates. Shows codexbar cost token and estimated-cost summaries when the upstream CLI can scan local logs.
• Provider fallback. Best available tries Linux-friendly source combinations before surfacing an error.
• Plasma-native UI. Built as a Plasma 6 applet with Kirigami styling, provider icons, compact panel text, and a scrollable popup.

Requirements

• KDE Plasma 6
• kpackagetool6
• Upstream codexbar CLI on PATH, or a full path configured in the widget settings

Install the upstream CLI with Homebrew on Linux:

brew install steipete/tap/codexbar
codexbar --version
codexbar usage --format json --pretty

Or download a Linux CLI tarball from the CodexBar releases.

Make sure the provider CLIs or credentials you rely on are already configured. For example, sign in with codex login, claude /login, cloud/provider CLIs, or API keys supported by CodexBar.

Install

Clone this repository and install the applet:

git clone https://github.com/tylxr59/KodexBar.git
cd KodexBar
kpackagetool6 -t Plasma/Applet -i .

Then add KodexBar to a Plasma panel.

For development reloads:

kpackagetool6 -t Plasma/Applet -u .
plasmashell --replace

Usage

• Click the panel item to open the popup.
• Use the refresh button in the popup to query the CLI immediately.
• Open widget settings to change provider, source, refresh cadence, and compact label fields.
• Leave Provider as Best available if you want KodexBar to find the first usable Linux-capable provider/source combination.
• Choose All enabled to ask the CLI for all providers enabled in ~/.codexbar/config.json.

The popup renders common CodexBar CLI fields:

• session, weekly, tertiary, and extra rate-limit windows
• reset countdowns and usage bars
• provider spend/budget rows
• credit balances
• OpenAI dashboard summaries where present
• provider status when status fetching is enabled
• per-provider CLI/runtime errors

Provider-specific charts, account management, cookie/API-key editing, notifications, and cost scans remain available through the upstream CodexBar app and CLI.

Settings

KodexBar exposes these Plasma widget settings:

Setting	Purpose
Command	codexbar binary name or full path.
Provider	Best available, All enabled, or a specific CodexBar provider ID.
Source	Best available, auto, web, cli, oauth, or api.
Refresh	Poll interval, from 10 to 3600 seconds.
Show provider in panel	Include the provider name in the compact label.
Show used percent in panel	Include primary window usage in the compact label.
Show credits in panel	Include remaining credits in the compact label when available.
Show email in widget	Show the account email inside the popup when available.
Fetch provider status	Add --status to CLI calls and display incident/maintenance state.

Provider credentials and provider toggles are still controlled by the CodexBar CLI config at ~/.codexbar/config.json.

Linux provider fallback

Some CodexBar sources are macOS-specific, especially WebKit/browser integrations from the upstream app. KodexBar's Best available mode first lets the CLI use its configured defaults, then falls back through Linux-friendly combinations such as:

• Codex via CLI, OAuth, or API
• Claude via CLI, OAuth, or API
• OpenAI, Gemini, Copilot, Kilo, Kimi, z.ai, MiniMax, Vertex AI, Warp, OpenRouter, ElevenLabs, Ollama, DeepSeek, Bedrock, GroqCloud, LLM Proxy, Deepgram, and other API/CLI-backed providers

If you already know which provider works on your system, select it directly and leave Source as Auto or Best available.

Test The CLI

Run these before debugging the widget:

codexbar usage --format json --json-only --provider all --source auto | python3 -m json.tool
codexbar usage --format json --json-only --provider codex --source oauth | python3 -m json.tool

If the widget shows a CLI error, either install the CLI, configure provider credentials, or set the full command path in the widget settings.

How It Works

1. Plasma runs the applet from metadata.json and contents/ui/main.qml.
2. The applet shells out to codexbar usage --format json --json-only.
3. The JSON payload is normalized into provider cards, usage rows, credit rows, status text, and compact panel text.
4. A timer refreshes the data at the configured interval.
5. Provider icons are loaded from contents/icons/providers/.

Troubleshooting

Symptom	Likely fix
Widget says No data	Run codexbar usage --format json --pretty in a terminal and verify the CLI returns usable data.
Cost section is missing	Run codexbar cost --format json --pretty and verify the CLI reports local cost data for the selected provider.
Widget says Codex is signed out	Run codex login in a terminal, then refresh the widget.
Widget shows a CLI/runtime error	Install codexbar, set the full command path, or select a provider/source that works on Linux.
Provider works in terminal but not in the widget	Use an absolute command path in settings if Plasma does not inherit your shell PATH.
Best available picks the wrong provider	Select the provider explicitly in settings.
Status never appears	Enable Fetch provider status in widget settings.

License

MIT. See LICENSE.