Getting Started

First launch

On first launch Burnrate auto-detects existing Claude Code and Codex accounts from their local CLI config (~/.claude, ~/.codex / CODEX_HOME). If you already use either CLI, your account shows up with its email and usage — nothing to configure.

The tray icon appears in the menu bar; left-click for the usage popover, right-click for Preferences, Refresh, and Quit.

Adding accounts

Open Preferences (tray right-click, or the gear in the popover header) and use Add account:

• Sign in with browser (Claude Code, Codex) — Burnrate shells out to the official claude / codex CLI, opens your browser, and reads back the resulting email and usage. For Claude Code, copy the authentication code shown in the browser at the end and paste it into the login dialog.
• Manual token (Claude Code, Codex) — paste an existing OAuth token instead of signing in.
• API key (OpenRouter, Runpod) — paste the provider API key.
• AWS — pick a credential profile (or leave blank for the default chain). See the AWS provider page.

Multiple accounts

Extra Claude Code and Codex accounts are isolated in their own CLI config dirs under <config-dir>/cli/<provider>/<id>, so your first auto-detected account keeps using the shared terminal session (~/.claude, ~/.codex) while additional accounts stay separate. Signing in the same email twice refreshes the existing account instead of creating a duplicate.

Re-authenticating

Sign in again (in an account's edit panel) re-authenticates that account in place. For the auto-detected account this refreshes your real ~/.claude / ~/.codex session — it doubles as the fix for a stale or expired default login.

Removing accounts

Sign out (or removing the account) clears only that managed account — running the CLI sign-out and deleting its isolated dir. It never touches your system session.

Reordering

Drag account cards to reorder them — in the tray popover or the Preferences list. The order persists and is shared by both windows.