Connect LLM Gateway
You need API key. About two minutes.
1Get your API key
API key
Paste the LLM Gateway key- Sign in to the LLM Gateway dashboard and open your project.
- Go to the API Keys section and click Create API Key.
- Copy the key, which starts with llmgtwy_.
Reading the balance is free and consumes no credit.
Open the pagehttps://llmgateway.io/dashboard
2Add it to CreditBar
- Open CreditBar from the menu bar and choose Settings, then Accounts.
- Click Add account and pick LLM Gateway.
- Paste the API key into the matching field, and give the account a label you will recognise.
- Click Test connection, then Add. Numbers appear in the menu bar within a minute.
Keys are stored in your Mac's Keychain and only ever sent to LLM Gateway. Nothing passes through a CreditBar server.
3What it reads
- Reports
- remaining credit and the total spent through the gateway
- Calls
- https://api.llmgateway.io/v1/credits
- Refreshes
- At most every 5 minutes
- API docs
- LLM Gateway reference, checked 2026-09-16
Covers spend routed through the gateway only, not the upstream providers directly.