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Every agent, every allowance, one calm place.

Overtem is a native Mac menu-bar companion for people who run AI coding sessions. See what’s running, what it costs and what’s safe to close, then share your building if you want.

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Free to use. Native for macOS 14 or later. Bring your own AI accounts.

Sample workspace. An illustration of the Overtem popover: CPU 32% across 16 cores, memory 22.8 of 48 GiB, one Codex session waiting for input, three active agents, one owned storybook leftover worth a look, and per-account usage where the provider reports it.

Monitor

Your Mac, read honestly.

CPU across every core. Memory by what’s actually holding it. Swap in use, kept separate from swap activity.

Sample workspaceLive readings in the app · updated about once a second

CPU

32%

all 16 cores combined

Per-core bars are percent of one core.

Memory

22.8 / 48 GiB

used by apps, wired and compressed

  • App memory 13.4
  • Wired 4.6
  • Compressed 4.8
  • Cached files 9.6 reclaimable
  • Free 15.6
Pressure
Normal
Swap in use
0.4 GiB
Swap activity
0 B/s
Network
1.2 MB/s down
Disk
412 GB free
Battery
86%, on power

Cached isn’t pressure. Files macOS can drop instantly are shown, never counted against you.

Swap size isn’t swapping. What’s parked on disk and what’s moving right now are two readings.

Unknown stays unknown. If a reading isn’t valid, Overtem says so instead of showing zero.

Agents

Every agent. Every child process. One tree.

Claude Code, Codex and your own CLIs, grouped by project, with whatever is waiting on you at the top.

Agents
Sample workspace

Needs you Codex in bai8-api is waiting for input · 4 min

Open session
NameStateLast activityCPUMemory
gradiently-web~/Code/gradiently
Claude CodeRunning testsWorkingnow18%1.4 GiB
SubagentReviewing diffWorking6s4%0.3 GiB
vitestpid 48211Childnow61%0.8 GiB
next dev:3000 · 2 clientsPinnedIn use · heavynow9%9.4 GiB
bai8-api~/Code/bai8
CodexAsked which migration to keepWaiting for input4m0%0.2 GiB
marketing-site~/Code/site
storybook:6006 · session ended 42m agoWorth a look42m0%0.6 GiB
Not owned by an agentdiagnostics only
nodeowner unknownUnknown · protected1m2%0.4 GiB

Reported, not guessed. Task text comes from the agent’s own session files. If it isn’t reported, it says so.

Ownership is proven. Processes join a tree only through verified session registration.

Pins stick. Pin anything essential and nothing in Overtem will offer to stop it.

Safe cleanup

Heavy isn’t stale.

Overtem only offers to stop what it can prove your agents left behind, and shows its evidence first. Everything else is protected.

Worth a look

storybook pid 51022

marketing-site · 0.6 GiB · 0% CPU · last activity 42m

Sample workspace

Evidence

  • OwnedStarted by Claude Code in marketing-site, verified at launch
  • Session ended42 min ago, exit reported by the agent
  • No clientsNo established connections in 3 snapshots over 6 min

Counter-evidence

  • Listening on :6006A browser tab could reconnect later

Candidate. Nothing happens until you ask.

Protected by construction

  • next devHeavy, 9.4 GiB, 2 active clients
    In use
  • nodeOwner unknown
    Unknown
  • postgresUsed by two projects
    Shared
  • mds_storesmacOS Spotlight
    System
  • redis-serverPinned by you
    Pinned

Diagnostics only. No stop button unless you explicitly own it, and even then a preview comes first.

Auto-clean is opt-in. Narrow rules start as dry runs and show everything they would have touched.

No stale signals. Process identity is revalidated by start time, never by PID alone.

Graceful first. Force is a separate, explicit decision.

AI efficiency

Watching is free. Thinking is on request.

Readings are local and deterministic. A model runs only when you ask, on the account you choose, within a budget you set.

Local readingsCPU, memory, processes, session metadata · no model, no network

You asked “Why is my Mac slow?” · one model call · 2,140 of 4,000 tokens

Ask Overtem

Sample workspace
Why is my Mac slow right now?
Account
Claude · Max (personal)
Model
Your selected model · source labelled
Effort
Medium
Project
gradiently-web
Access
Read-only
Budget
4,000 tokens

Context is redacted metadata: process names, sizes, states. No prompts, no file contents, unless you approve them. Edits need a separate approval, and Overtem never runs shell commands a model writes.

Bring your own

Use the AI you already pay for.

Connect several Claude, Codex, API or custom accounts. Overtem shows the quota each provider actually reports, and says plainly when it doesn’t.

AccountsSample workspace
  • Codex · PlusSubscription · Codex CLI
    41%

    5-hour window · resets in 2h 13mProvider reported

  • Claude · Max (work)Subscription · Claude Code CLI

    Tokens counted from local session logsQuota not reported

  • Claude · Max (personal)Subscription · Claude Code CLI

    Separate account · local token historyQuota not reported

  • API · Team keyAPI key · Keychain

    Provider billing source not connectedCost unavailable

  • Custom · Local CLIYour executable · argument template

    Runs only with your templateNo usage source

Tokens by day · all accounts · 26 weeks

Sample workspace
  • Model sources stay clear. Codex models come from its local catalogue. Claude and custom model names you enter are labelled unverified.
  • Estimates are labelled. Counted tokens, reported cost and missing quota each say where they came from.
  • Analysis has a budget. Input estimates and provider-reported tokens are labelled separately. Routine monitoring makes no model calls.

Privacy

It stays on your Mac.

Monitoring runs on your Mac. Usage metadata is read only after you allow it, and observation pauses in one click while your jobs keep running.

On your Mac

  • Process list, sizes and states
  • Project paths and session metadata
  • Usage history and heatmaps
  • Rules, pins and audit history
  • API keys, in your Keychain

Never read by default

  • Your prompts and transcripts
  • Your code and file contents
  • Anything from excluded paths

Leaves only when you choose

  • A profile you made public
  • A share card you previewed and published
  • Optional account sign-in for your Mac

Pause observation stops collection and new analysis. It never stops your agents. Cancelling a model run is its own, separate button.

Your Mac. Your AI. Your control.

All current features are free to use, without a purchase or expiring trial. Your AI accounts and usage stay with your provider.

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