Connect Runway
You need API secret. About two minutes.
1Get your API secret
API secret
key_…- Sign in to the Runway developer portal and open your project (organization).
- Open API Keys and create a new key with a descriptive name.
- Copy the key now: it is shown only once.
From the Runway developer portal, not the web app.
Open the pagehttps://dev.runwayml.com/
2Add it to CreditBar
- Open CreditBar from the menu bar and choose Settings, then Accounts.
- Click Add account and pick Runway.
- Paste the API secret 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 Runway. Nothing passes through a CreditBar server.
3What it reads
- Reports
- credit balance, tier limits and per-model usage
- Calls
- https://api.dev.runwayml.com/v1/organization
- Refreshes
- At most every 5 minutes
- API docs
- Runway reference, checked 2026-09-15
API credits are a separate pool from the credits shown in the Runway web app.