Agent Island keeps Claude Code and Codex sessions visible in the menu bar on macOS and Windows, with live status, your-turn alerts, and weekly usage reporting. It is built for people who work with coding agents and want a lightweight way to see what is happening without opening another window.
What it offers
The app stays out of the way while still giving you enough context to know whether an agent is working, waiting, or stalled. A rotating island state indicates active sessions, and the status view is designed for quick, repeated checks throughout the day. It also surfaces report-card style summaries that bring together token usage, model distribution, and session activity into a local visual snapshot.
Local and private by design
Agent Island reads the transcript files your tools already write to disk and uses the official usage APIs with the tokens already available on your machine. It does not require a separate account, and it does not send data to a remote service for monitoring. That makes it a practical fit for developers who want visibility without giving up local control.
Who it is for
This is a good match for:
- developers using Claude Code or Codex regularly
- people who want session state and turn-taking alerts in the menu bar
- macOS and Windows users who prefer native desktop tools
- anyone who wants a local companion rather than a cloud dashboard
Why it stands apart
Agent Island focuses on the narrow job of tracking coding-agent status well. It is open source, runs natively on both major desktop platforms, and keeps the interaction model simple: glance at the menu bar, see the current state, and act when it is your turn. The weekly report card adds a useful layer for reviewing usage patterns without turning the tool into a full workspace or analytics suite.
For teams and individual builders who spend a lot of time inside agent-driven coding sessions, Agent Island fits as a compact desktop monitor that keeps the current state visible and the workflow moving.
