FAQ
Frequently asked questions about QuotaMew.
Find answers to common questions about QuotaMew, installation, privacy, and compatibility.
General
Yes. QuotaMew is free and open source and is distributed under the MIT License.
No separate OpenAI API key is required for the supported Codex integration.
Do not provide your OpenAI password or credentials to QuotaMew. Sign in through Codex itself; see Providers.
QuotaMew communicates with the compatible Codex runtime installed on your Mac. Codex remains responsible for its own authentication and provider communication.
QuotaMew is an independent open-source project and is not an official product of OpenAI or Anthropic.
OpenAI, ChatGPT, Codex, Anthropic, Claude, and other product names and trademarks belong to their respective owners.
Installation & Updates
Because of this, macOS may require additional approval before allowing QuotaMew to open.
See the First Launch guide for the recommended steps.
No.
Quit the currently running version of QuotaMew, open the new disk image, and drag QuotaMew into the Applications folder.
When Finder asks whether you want to replace the existing application, select Replace.
See the Updating guide for the complete process.
Your existing settings should normally remain available when you replace QuotaMew with a newer version.
QuotaMew stores application preferences locally, and replacing the application itself does not normally remove those preferences.
Privacy
QuotaMew is designed not to intentionally upload your prompts, conversations, source code, coding history, authentication credentials, or provider session contents.
Usage information needed by QuotaMew is processed locally on your Mac.
For more details, see Privacy.
QuotaMew does not read or copy your Codex authentication file.
For Codex, authentication remains the responsibility of the locally installed Codex runtime.
No. The current app has no telemetry, advertising analytics, QuotaMew account, backend or cloud sync. It stores local settings and bounded notification/reset state; Privacy explains the boundary.
Compatibility
QuotaMew currently requires macOS 14 or later.
Intel Macs are not currently validated.
QuotaMew is currently tested primarily on Apple silicon. Intel compatibility should be treated as unverified until it has been tested and documented.
Codex is the currently validated provider integration.
Claude Code is Experimental / Unverified. Stable includes a limited snapshot reader, but no bridge setup or live subscribed-account validation. Installing Claude alone does not enable quota monitoring. See Providers.
Quota and display
No. QuotaMew displays provider-reported limits and reset times. It does not add quota, reset it, or activate Luna Reserve.
Yes. Choose Remaining or Used in Settings → General. Single and Overview control how many quota windows appear in the menu bar. See Menu Bar and Settings.