codex-cli-usage

Codex CLI usage monitor. Fetches your rate limit data through Codex and displays it in the terminal.

Example output

codex-cli-usage command:

Plan: plus
  Weekly               39%  resets 143h26m

Codex statusline (self-caching — refreshes from API when stale, no daemon needed):

weekly:39% plus reset:143h26m

Install

uv tool install codex-cli-usage

Then run:

# Check usage once
codex-cli-usage

# Run the daemon (keeps usage-limits.json updated)
codex-cli-usage daemon

Commands

Command	Description
`codex-cli-usage`	Show current usage (colored terminal output)
`codex-cli-usage json`	Print raw JSON
`codex-cli-usage daemon [-i SECS]`	Run in foreground, refresh every 5 min (customizable)
`codex-cli-usage statusline`	Compact statusline (self-caching, no daemon needed)
`codex-cli-usage install`	Print setup instructions

How Codex CLI rate limiting works

Discovered by inspecting the Codex CLI and its authentication flow.

Data sources

codex-cli-usage gets rate limit data from:

codex app-server --stdio — Preferred. Codex owns authentication and returns rate limits through account/rateLimits/read.
/backend-api/codex/usage endpoint — Compatibility fallback when Codex is missing or its app-server does not support the rate-limit method.

Rate limit types

Type	Description
`primary_window`	Primary window; duration comes from `limit_window_seconds`
`secondary_window`	Secondary window; duration comes from `limit_window_seconds`
`additional_rate_limits`	Per-model limits (e.g. specific model caps)
`code_review_rate_limit`	Code review usage limit

Window names are derived from limit_window_seconds, not from whether the backend calls a window primary or secondary. Approximately 5-hour, daily, weekly, monthly, and annual windows receive duration labels. Other or missing durations are shown as Primary or Secondary. Additional per-model limits remain available in JSON for compatibility but are not shown in normal output.

Cache format

Schema version 2 stores aggregate windows by their backend role while retaining their actual duration:

{
  "schema_version": 2,
  "primary": {
    "pct": 39,
    "resets_at": "2026-07-18T20:00:00+00:00",
    "window_secs": 604800
  }
}

Legacy 5h and 7d aliases are written only when the corresponding aggregate window actually classifies as 5-hour or weekly. Readers should prefer primary and secondary.

Authentication

The OAuth tokens live at ~/.codex/auth.json, written by the Codex CLI on login.

Codex owns automatic token refresh and credential persistence. The compatibility fallback reads auth.json but never modifies credentials.

Local files

File	Written by	Contains
`~/.codex/auth.json`	Codex CLI	OAuth tokens (access, refresh, id_token)
`~/.codex/usage-limits.json`	codex-cli-usage daemon	Cached API usage data (this tool)

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