Overlord
AI usage widget · v2.0.1 · free to useOverlord 2.0.1 for Windows 10 and 11. A small widget that floats over your windows and shows how much of your Claude or Gemini plan you've used, with the time each limit resets, plus your drives, a Resources page with CPU, RAM and network, and a This PC card with your PC's details and IP addresses, in any order you like. Its mascot, Lord Blink, never blinks: the ring around his eye is a usage gauge.
Overlord is free. If it keeps you from hitting your limit mid-task, you can buy me a coffee ☕
What you need
- 64-bit Windows 10 or 11
- For Claude usage: a paid Claude plan (Pro or Max) and Claude Code installed and signed in
- For Gemini usage: a paid Google AI plan (Pro or Ultra) and Antigravity installed, signed in and running
- Neither? Turn the AI usage card off in ⋯ › Options › Cards and use the rest
- Optional: start Overlord as administrator to see which programs use the network
What Overlord does
A widget that stays out of your way and tells you, at a glance, how much AI you have left and how your PC is doing.
AI plan usage
- Claude: the current session and the weekly limit, with the time each one resets
- Gemini: the quota for each model, read from Antigravity
- One click to switch between Claude and Gemini
- Lord Blink's eye ring doubles as a usage gauge
Drives
- Disk space for every drive, tagged SSD, HDD or USB
- Eject a USB drive, and see what's still using it if Windows won't let go
- Force Stop a stuck drive: end what's using it and force it out
Resources and network
- CPU, RAM and network use, with the busiest programs
- Click NET to see which programs are using the network (run as administrator)
- Look up your public IP on the Network page, only when you ask
This PC
- Your PC's name, uptime and local IP as tiles
- Windows version with the serial number
- Hardware and Network tiles that open to show CPU, graphics, memory and IP addresses
- Click anything to copy it
Your widget, your way
- Stays on top, or tucks away behind Lord Blink near the tray
- Rearrange the cards by dragging, or with the arrows in ⋯ › Options › Cards
- Every setting in one Options window, from opacity to alerts and an eject shortcut
- Light, dark or match Windows, plus the Abyss, Ember, Evergreen, Garnet and Neon themes
- Starts with Windows if you want, and checks once a day for a newer version (you can turn that off)
Overlord is an unofficial app, not made or supported by Anthropic or Google. The usage numbers come from the same places Claude Code and Antigravity read them, which aren't public and may change. Your sign-ins stay on your PC; the only things Overlord sends anywhere are the Claude usage check to Anthropic, a once-a-day check of this site for a newer version (you can turn that off in its menu) and, only if you click Look up on the Network page, a request to this site to show your public IP.
Questions about Overlord
Can't find yours? Email support@bitsbybm.com.
Why do I need a paid Claude or Gemini plan?
Overlord shows the limits of a plan, and only paid plans have them in a form Overlord can read. For Claude, that's Pro or Max with Claude Code installed and signed in. For Gemini, that's Google AI Pro or Ultra with Antigravity installed, signed in and running.
Have neither? Turn the AI usage card off in ⋯ › Options › Cards and use the drives, Resources and This PC cards on their own.
Is my sign-in safe?
Overlord only reads the sign-in Claude Code already saved on your PC, and only to ask Anthropic for your usage, the same request Claude Code's /usage makes. It never changes, copies or stores it. Gemini numbers come from Antigravity's local service on your own PC, so nothing leaves it.
What does Overlord send over the internet?
- The Claude usage check, to Anthropic
- A check of this site for a newer version, about once a day (turn it off in ⋯ › Options › Updates)
- The new version's download from this site, only when you press Update now
- Your public IP lookup, only when you click Look up in the Network tile
That's all. There's no account, no tracking and no analytics.
Why does Windows say "Windows protected your PC"?
Overlord is code-signed: right-click Overlord.exe, then Properties › Digital Signatures shows Bernardo Moreno as the publisher. SmartScreen still warns about new apps until enough people have run them. Click More info, then Run anyway.
My USB drive won't eject. Why does Overlord list nothing?
Overlord lists every program it can see holding the drive, plus any program Windows names when it refuses the eject. If nothing is listed, it's usually Windows itself, antivirus, backup or search indexing still reading the drive. Wait a few seconds and click Try again.
Programs running as administrator are only visible to Overlord when it runs as administrator too, or when the helper service is on (the installer adds it). Without either, the eject panel offers Restart as administrator.
Still stuck? Click Force Stop. It asks once, ends the programs using the drive (never Windows' own), and if Windows still refuses, takes the drive away from whatever has it open and ejects it. Unsaved work in those programs is lost, and a file still being copied can end up broken, so use it when you're sure.
Do I need to run Overlord as administrator?
No. Everything works with normal rights. With the installer's helper service on, Overlord sees every program blocking a USB eject and can Force Stop without administrator rights. Run as administrator, Overlord can also name the programs using the network in Resources. To do that every time, turn on ⋯ › Options › Advanced › Start Overlord as administrator; Windows asks for permission at each start.
How do updates work?
About once a day Overlord checks this site for a newer version. When there is one, a banner shows what's new. Update now downloads it from this site, checks its SHA-256 and that it's signed by Bernardo Moreno, swaps it in and restarts Overlord; your settings stay. Later hides the banner for now and Skip this version stops it coming back. Overlord never downloads or installs anything until you press Update now. With the installer, Update now downloads the new installer and runs it, and Windows asks for permission once. Versions before 1.6.0 open this page instead, so download the new version once by hand. Turn the check off in ⋯ › Options › Updates.
The usage numbers are missing or look old. What's wrong?
For Claude, run claude once in a terminal; that renews Claude Code's sign-in and Overlord picks it up. Anthropic limits how often usage can be read, so Overlord refreshes every 5 minutes and waits longer if Anthropic asks it to. For Gemini, Antigravity has to be open; the card offers a Start Antigravity button when it isn't.
Which versions of Windows does it run on?
64-bit Windows 10 and 11.
Installer or portable zip: which should I pick?
Pick the installer unless you have a reason not to. It adds a Start menu entry and an uninstaller, and its updates install with one click and one Windows permission prompt. The portable zip is for when you can't or don't want to install anything, or want to carry Overlord on a USB stick: unzip it anywhere and run Overlord.exe. Both are the same signed app, keep the same settings, and update themselves. If you switch from the zip to the installer, it offers to delete the old copy.
What is the Overlord helper service?
A small Windows service the installer adds (it's ticked by default, and copies updated from 1.8.0 get it too). It does the administrator parts of ejecting for Overlord, so you don't have to run Overlord as administrator: it sees every program blocking a USB drive, ends one of them when you ask, and does Force Stop's last step.
It only answers Overlord on your own PC, never the network, only for USB drives, and it never goes online. It never ends another user's programs, and ends programs running as administrator only if an administrator allows it in ⋯ › Options › Helper service (off by default). It runs from the Program Files folder, so only an administrator can change it. Turn it off in ⋯ › Options › Helper service; updates keep your choice. The portable zip doesn't use it.
We reviewed the helper's security after 2.0.0 and fixed what we found in 2.0.1. See the version history.
How do I remove Overlord?
Installed: open Windows Settings › Apps, find Overlord and click Uninstall. It closes Overlord, removes it, its helper service and its Start with Windows entry, and asks whether to delete your settings too.
Portable: if you turned on Start with Windows, turn it off in ⋯ › Options › General first. Then click Exit in the ⋯ menu (or the tray icon's menu) and delete the folder with Overlord.exe. To remove your settings too, delete %APPDATA%\Overlord.
Is it free?
Yes. If it keeps you from hitting your limit mid-task, you can buy me a coffee.
Version history
Every public release of Overlord, newest first.
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Overlord 2.0.1
latest- Security: fixed a way another account on the same PC could have gotten the helper service to run its own code. The helper now keeps everything it runs in Overlord's Program Files folder, which only administrators can change. If you use the installer, please update
- Force Stop through the helper won't take a drive away from another signed-in user's programs, or from programs running as administrator unless an administrator allowed it
- The helper no longer shows the names of files other users have open, and a program that connects to it and stalls can't keep it busy
- Found in our own security review of the helper. Only installed copies with the helper on were affected; the portable zip never uses it
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Overlord 2.0.0
- New: Force Stop. When a USB drive won't eject, Force Stop ends the programs using it (never Windows' own) and, if Windows still refuses, takes the drive away from whatever has it open and ejects it. It asks once first
- New: the Overlord helper service, added by the installer. With it, Overlord sees every program blocking an eject, and can always Force Stop, without running Overlord as administrator
- The helper never ends another user's programs, and ends programs running as administrator only if an administrator turns that on in Options › Helper service (off by default)
- The helper only answers Overlord on this PC, only for USB drives, and never goes online. Turn it off in Options › Helper service
- New: Options › Drives and eject turns Force Stop and its question on or off
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Overlord 1.8.0
- New: an installer. OverlordSetup installs Overlord into Program Files with a Start menu entry, an optional desktop icon and an uninstaller in Settings › Apps, and can start Overlord with Windows
- Coming from the portable zip? The installer offers to delete the old copy. Your settings are shared, so nothing is lost
- Update now in the installed version downloads the new installer, checks its SHA-256 and signature, and runs it. Windows asks for permission once, then Overlord restarts on the new version
- Uninstalling asks whether to delete your settings too
- The portable zip stays, and still updates itself in one click. Options › Updates says which one you have
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Overlord 1.7.0
- New: Options, one window for every setting, with pages for General, Cards, Drives and eject, Notifications, Updates, Privacy and Advanced. Open it from ⋯ › Options, the tray menu, or by right-clicking Lord Blink. The ⋯ menu is short again
- New: widget opacity, down to 60%
- New: hide drives by type (SSD, HDD, USB) or one by one
- New: an eject shortcut (Ctrl+Alt+E, Ctrl+Shift+E or Ctrl+Alt+U) that ejects the USB drive you plugged in last, from anywhere in Windows
- Ejecting closes File Explorer windows on the drive first, the most common blocker. You can turn that off, and turn off the extra question before End task
- New: notifications when Claude or Gemini usage passes a level you pick (80% and 95% to start), and when a drive is safe to remove while Overlord is tucked away
- New: start Overlord as administrator every time, and export, import or reset your settings
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Overlord 1.6.0
- New: Update now. The update banner downloads the new version, checks its SHA-256 and its signature, swaps it in and restarts Overlord, with no zip to unpack. If anything doesn't check out, nothing changes and the banner offers this page instead
- The banner has Later, which hides it for now, and Skip this version, which stops it coming back
- After an update, Overlord says which version it was updated to
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Overlord 1.5.2
- Better at finding what blocks a USB eject. Overlord asks Windows which program refused the eject, finds programs that hold the whole drive open, and, run as administrator, looks inside Windows services too
- When it still can't tell, the message no longer tells you to run as administrator if you already are
- New: a Restart as administrator button in the eject panel when only an administrator could see what's blocking it
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Overlord 1.5.1
- No more scrollbar on the side. When the cards are taller than your screen, the mouse wheel and touch still scroll, and a thin bar fades in only while you scroll
- New: ⋯ › This PC tiles lets you choose which tiles the This PC card shows, so you can hide Hardware and Network, say
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Overlord 1.5.0
- This PC is all tiles now: name, uptime, local IP, and Windows with the serial number, plus Hardware and Network tiles that open to show the rest
- New: rearrange the cards: drag the grip in a card's header, or use the arrows in ⋯ › Cards
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Overlord 1.4.1
- A cleaner This PC card that matches the other cards: your PC's name with its Windows version underneath, uptime as a big number, and tiles for the CPU, graphics, memory and local IP
- The Network page gets the same look. Click anything to copy it
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Overlord 1.4.0
- New: a This PC card with your computer's name, Windows version, uptime and hardware, and a Network page for IP addresses. Click any line to copy it
- New: five themes: Abyss, Ember, Evergreen, Garnet and Neon
- Overlord starts faster
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Overlord 1.3.0
- Update notices match everywhere: the banner keeps what's new after a restart, the tray menu shows when an update is waiting, and failed checks say what went wrong
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Overlord 1.2.1
- Fix: with the Lord Blink shortcut on, Overlord now starts with just Lord Blink, and one click opens the widget
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Overlord 1.2.0
- New: a Resources page with CPU, RAM, network and the busiest programs. Scroll over the drives card to switch
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Overlord 1.1.0
- New: Overlord checks for updates once a day. Turn it off in the menu
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Overlord 1.0.0
- First public release, code-signed: Claude and Gemini usage with reset times, one click to switch
- Disk space with SSD, HDD and USB tags, and eject a USB drive to see what's still using it
- Stays on top, or tucks away behind Lord Blink near the tray