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Coding agent usage trackers
Tools that show how much of a coding agent's plan limits, tokens, or money you've used.
22 projects82% active100% build on a shared standardMapped 2026-10-26
What they agree on
- Is it actively maintained? active (82% of 22)
- Can it run entirely on your own device or infrastructure, without the maker's servers? yes (86% of 22)
- Do you need an account to use it? no account (73% of 22)
- Who is it for? developers (100% of 22)
- Does it only report, or does it change what the agent does? only reports and alerts; you decide (91% of 22)
- Does your usage data leave your machine? no; the only outside calls are to the AI provider itself or a public price list (73% of 22)
- Whose usage is it built around? one developer's own usage (77% of 22)
What they argue about
How is the main thing licensed?
How is it mainly sustained?
Which shared standard or format does it mainly build on?
What does it mainly measure?
Where do you mainly see it?
Which coding agents does it cover?
What access to your provider accounts does it take?
What is the main way to install it?
Projects
| Project | Status | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| agent-usage-guard | Active | A Claude Code mod that reads the plan's live 5-hour and weekly percentages and holds subagent fan-out, heavy-context prompts and retry loop… |
| AI Usage (menu bar) | Maintenance | A native macOS 26 menu bar app showing Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Antigravity, Copilot, Devin and Grok limits from each provider's first-p… |
| Aimeterly | Active | A hosted dashboard that turns Claude Code's built-in OpenTelemetry export into per-user and per-org usage, cost and adoption views. |
| ASU (agent subscription usage) | Active | A TypeScript CLI that fetches subscription usage windows for Claude, Codex, Copilot and others straight from each provider's account API, f… |
| CC Meter | Active | A Windows tray widget (and optional ESP32 desk display) showing Claude Code and Codex limit use with a burn-pace badge. |
| ccusage | Active | The best-known usage CLI: reads local logs from Claude Code, Codex and about 16 other agents and prints daily, weekly, session and 5-hour-b… |
| Claude Code Usage Monitor | Maintenance | A Python terminal UI (claude-monitor) that watches Claude Code logs live and predicts when you'll hit your plan's 5-hour limit. |
| claude-trofeo-hud | Maintenance | A desk HUD that streams live Claude limits, tokens and API-equivalent cost from macOS to a $38 Thermalright USB LCD. |
| ClaudeStatsBar | Active | A Python Claude Code status line showing session context size, what the next turn will cost, and 5-hour and weekly window use. |
| CodexBar | Active | A macOS menu bar app (plus Linux desktop app and CLI) by Peter Steinberger that shows session, weekly and credit limits for Codex, Claude a… |
| CostClaw | Active | A local CLI audit of Claude Code logs that estimates spend at list prices, finds 'spend leaks', and scores your setup. |
| Decant | Active | Dosu's local-first tool that indexes Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI and OpenCode logs into SQLite and shows token, cost, context, file and… |
| Die With Me | Active | A free Mac app that shows your friends' remaining Claude and Codex allowance like an AIM buddy list, and opens a chatroom when you're under… |
| Frugal Tokens | Active | A local, read-only web app showing token usage and reported cost across OpenCode, Claude Code, Pi, Codex and Cursor sessions. |
| Fuel Gauge | Active | A Claude Code plugin that feeds the 5-hour, weekly and context readings to Claude on every message, draws a gauge by the prompt, and hard-s… |
| Nowdex | Active | An iPhone, iPad, Mac and Windows app with Home and Lock Screen widgets showing Codex, Claude, Cursor and other providers' usage and reset t… |
| Pacer (dkremsa) | Changed direction | A macOS menu bar app with two rings showing whether your AI coding subscriptions will last until reset, with one line of advice and API-equ… |
| Tallyhook | Active | A one-file Node CLI that prices Claude Code and Codex logs per repo, team, or billed client with markup, with an optional paid hosted ledge… |
| tare | Active | A Claude Code skill from Kelviq that teaches Claude Code to read its own session logs and explain where your usage went and why you hit a l… |
| TokenMaxxer | Active | A hosted dashboard and global leaderboard of AI coding tokens and spend, fed by a CLI that syncs usage metadata from 18 tools' local files. |
| Tokimeter | Active | A local-first usage and cost meter for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Grok Build, Goose and other agents, with budgets, limit warnings and sta… |
| UseJunction | Active | AI coding spend management for engineering teams: a local agent on each machine reports Cursor, Claude Code, Codex and Copilot usage, cost,… |
Where they meet
- awesome-claude-code: Usage & Cost section awesome list
56k stars, pushed 2026-10-26; lists ccusage, Pacer (EricAndrechek), ClaudeBar, Codeburn, toktrack and ~15 more trackers. - Claude Code Usage Monitor: Related Tools GitHub README list
Lists companion tray apps, status bars and ESP32 displays built on its state protocol; contributors add entries by PR (latest 2026-10-21). - Show HN (Hacker News) forum
About 60 Show HN posts for usage trackers between 2026-07-27 and 2026-10-25; the top one (tare) got 88 points. - r/ClaudeAI subreddit
Cited as inspiration in claude-trofeo-hud's README and in agent-usage-guard's README; reddit.com could not be fetched directly, so it was checked only through those links and a search.
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The poll
Every project above was answered against these questions. Core questions are shared by all communities; the rest are this community's own.
- Is it actively maintained? core
active · active, but changed direction (pivot, fork, or rename) · maintenance or slowing · dormant, sunsetting, or archived - How is the main thing licensed? core
permissive open source (MIT/Apache/BSD) · copyleft or source-available with restrictions · open parts around a closed core · proprietary or closed source - How is it mainly sustained? core
individual side project, no revenue · individual with revenue (paid app, tier, ads, or donations) · community, foundation, or research · company with a paid product, tier, or ads · company or startup with a free product (no revenue yet) · big company side project - Can it run entirely on your own device or infrastructure, without the maker's servers? core
yes · yes, but it calls a third-party service you choose (your own API key or account) · partly (some features need the maker's servers) · no, it needs the maker's servers · not applicable - Do you need an account to use it? core
no account · optional account · account required - Who is it for? core
developers · non-developers · both - Is there public evidence it's built with AI coding agents? core
yes, the repo shows it (agent instruction files or agent co-authored commits) · yes, the maker says so · no public evidence - Which shared standard or format does it mainly build on? core
the agents' local session logs (Claude Code JSONL and similar) · the providers' usage and limit APIs (e.g. Anthropic's OAuth usage endpoint) · Claude Code's status line and plugin hook interface · OpenTelemetry · ccusage's JSON output · none of these (its own format or interface) · not applicable - What does it mainly measure? approach
plan-limit use (% of the 5-hour, weekly, or monthly window and reset times) · tokens and API-equivalent or billed cost · both limits and cost, side by side · where the tokens go (context size, per-turn cost, waste, files, tools) - Where do you mainly see it? approach
menu bar, system tray, or desktop app/widget · a command-line report or terminal UI · inside the agent (status line, hook, plugin, mod, or skill) · a web dashboard (local or hosted) · a separate device (phone widget, desk LCD, e-ink, watch) - Which coding agents does it cover? approach
Claude Code only · Claude Code and Codex · three or more agents or providers - Does it only report, or does it change what the agent does? value
only reports and alerts; you decide · steers or stops the agent (tells it its limits, holds or blocks work near a limit) - Does your usage data leave your machine? value
no; the only outside calls are to the AI provider itself or a public price list · only if you opt into a hosted, sync, or sharing feature · yes; uploading it is the point (team dashboard, friends, leaderboard) - What access to your provider accounts does it take? value
none; it reads local files or data the agent hands it · it reuses the agent's stored login (OAuth token in keychain or credentials file) · browser cookies or a pasted session key · a mix, depending on provider (OAuth, cookies, API keys, local files) - Whose usage is it built around? approach
one developer's own usage · a team or organization (per-user costs, seats) · clients you bill (per repo or client, with markup) · friends or a public leaderboard - What is the main way to install it? approach
a package runner or registry (npx, pip/uv, Homebrew formula, agent plugin marketplace) · a downloaded or app-store app (DMG, installer, App Store) · clone the repo and run or build it · sign up for a hosted service (plus a small collector or config)
Sources
Show HN posts 2026-07-27 to 2026-10-25 in this kind, plus well-known reference projects.
38 sources across 22 projects, read on 2026-10-26. Each project page lists its own. Poll version: core-v4.