Guides · Claude Code & Codex
Know your limits.
Then stop worrying.
Plain answers about Claude Code and Codex usage limits: how the windows work, when they reset and where to check them. Each guide links to Anthropic’s and OpenAI’s own documentation.
Usage limit guides
Start here if Claude Code or Codex just told you that you’re out, or you want to plan around the next reset.
- Guide · Claude Code
Claude Code usage limits, explained
The five-hour session window, weekly limits, how to check them with /usage, and what to do when you hit one.
Read the guide → - Guide · Claude Code
When does my Claude Code limit reset?
Session limits reset every five hours; weekly limits at a fixed time for your account. Where to find your exact reset time.
Read the guide → - Guide · Codex
Codex usage limits, explained
How the five-hour and weekly windows work on ChatGPT plans, how Pro differs, and checking usage with /status.
Read the guide → - Guide · Claude Code
Your usage limits, in the Claude Code status line
Show your five-hour and weekly usage and reset time in the status line with a short jq script.
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Go deeper
- Guide · Claude Code
Claude Code usage limit reached: what to do
Every limit message, what it means, and your options right now: wait, check /usage, add credits or switch tools.
Read the guide → - Comparison
Claude Code vs Codex limits
Plans, windows, how to check usage and how resets work, side by side.
Read the comparison → - Guide · Plans
Claude Max vs Pro: which plan fits?
What 5x and 20x actually mean, and a simple rule based on how often limits stop you.
Read the guide → - Guide · Codex
How to check your Codex usage
/status, the usage dashboard, the CLI status line and banked resets.
Read the guide → - Reference
Glossary of AI coding limits
39 terms, from session windows to cache writes, in plain words.
Open the glossary →
Just for fun
Free tools
Run entirely in your browser. Nothing you paste is uploaded.
- Tool · Calculator
Is my Claude plan worth it?
Paste your ccusage output and see what the same tokens would cost at API prices, next to Pro and Max.
Open the calculator → - Tool · Calculator
Reset time calculator
Paste “resets 3:45pm” from Claude Code and get your local time, a countdown and a calendar reminder.
Open the calculator → - Tool · Generator
Status line generator
Pick segments, preview them, and copy a ready-to-run script for Claude Code’s status line.
Open the generator →
Rather just glance?
Quotchi keeps your Claude Code and Codex usage and reset times in your Mac menu bar, so you can skip the commands. The core features are Free.
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