CASE STUDY
Pulse
A lightweight macOS menu bar app to manage local dev services and monitor AI coding quotas.
Core capabilities: - Services: start/stop/restart local processes, monitor by port or PID, show live status - Quotas: track usage for Claude Code, Codex/OpenAI, and OpenRouter with usage bars + reset timers
HIGHLIGHTS
- No Electron/webview dependency, menu bar-only app. Typical memory usage: ~15–25 MB RAM
STACK
Swift 6SwiftUIFoundationmacOS 14+
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