Tokmeter — AI Agent Usage & Cost

Name: Tokmeter — AI Agent Usage & Cost
Author: sriinnu

by sriinnuversion 1.21.0i★ –iRuns on your computer

Registry nameio.github.sriinnu/tokmeter

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Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

Tokens and cost for Claude Code, Codex and 22 more AI coding agents, from local session files.

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What you can do with it

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Connection: Runs on your computer
Transport: stdio
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Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

Before you install

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You need

npmNode.js installed (for the npx command)

Which app do you use?

ClaudeClaude CodeCursorVS CodeChatGPT

Pick your app above. We remember it, so next time the button says “Install in …”.

Open Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config, and paste this into claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tokmeter": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@sriinnu/tokmeter-mcp",
        "serve"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add tokmeter -- npx -y @sriinnu/tokmeter-mcp serve

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tokmeter": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@sriinnu/tokmeter-mcp",
        "serve"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "tokmeter": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@sriinnu/tokmeter-mcp",
        "serve"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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What it can do

Runs on your computer; the tool list appears in your AI app after you install it.

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Common questions

Is Tokmeter — AI Agent Usage & Cost safe?

It passed 1 of 1 applicable basic checks. We have not read the code. Before adding a key or token, see what access the server asks for and use a key with only the permissions you need.

What keys or codes does it need?

The registry does not list a required key, though some servers ask you to sign in on first use.

Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

It runs on your computer. Your AI app starts it when needed, and data does not pass through the maker’s servers (unless it calls an online service itself).

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (1.21.0) reached the registry 3 days ago.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. You also need Node.js on your computer.

What can I use instead?

In the same category: Spec Driven Development, Remote Desktop Commander, Signoff

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README from the maker

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Tokmeter

Every AI coding agent you run, on one ledger.

Tokmeter reads the session files your agents already write to disk and turns them into token and cost totals by project, model, provider, and day — across 24 agents and editors, including Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, Muse, Cline, Augment, Copilot CLI, Kimi Code and DeepSeek Harness. An agent it has no built-in parser for can register a path and emit a simple usage line to show up too. No API keys, no telemetry, no account. Your data never leaves the machine.

Why

Every agent bills you separately and shows you its own slice. Claude Code knows what Claude Code cost. Codex knows what Codex cost. Nothing knows what *today* cost, or which project is quietly burning the most, or whether the model you switched to is actually cheaper for the work you do.

Tokmeter answers that from data already on your disk. It parses each agent's local session logs, prices them against a live model catalog, and keeps an append-only daily ledger so history survives even after the agents rotate their own logs away.

npx @sriinnu/tokmeter --today

Docs and the theme gallery: [tokmeter.srinivas.dev](https://tokmeter.srinivas.dev).

What it looks like



CLI — usage by project, model and provider	Digest — a weekly report card

macOS menubar — today's tokens and cost, always visible

There is also a terminal UI (tokmeter-tui), a local web dashboard, a statusline for Claude Code, and an MCP server so an agent can query its own spending.

Install

Requires Node.js 22+. Tools that keep history in SQLite need 22.13+, and DeepSeek Harness logs need 22.15+. Reading session files needs no provider credentials. Pricing fetches public catalogs, and --light skips that for one command.

# Try it without installing

npx @sriinnu/tokmeter --today

Install the CLI, and the daemon/MCP server

npm install -g @sriinnu/tokmeter @sriinnu/tokmeter-mcp

Package	Contents
`@sriinnu/tokmeter`	Core API, CLI, and terminal UI
`@sriinnu/tokmeter-mcp`	MCP server, daemon, statusline, and live terminal UI

packages/core, packages/cli, and packages/tui are private workspace packages bundled into @sriinnu/tokmeter. packages/web is a separate private workspace app run from source.

To keep the daemon always-on (so the menubar and statusline survive reboots), install the launchd agent once: tokmeter-mcp daemon install-agent (macOS). It auto-starts at login and respawns on crash.

Claude Code and Codex are the primary validation targets. See provider compatibility for the other parsers and their known limits.

CLI

tokmeter --today

tokmeter models --project my-app --json tokmeter daily --week tokmeter projects tokmeter stats --month tokmeter digest --period week tokmeter pricing sonnet

Filters include --project, --claude, --codex, --week, --month, and --since YYYY-MM-DD --until YYYY-MM-DD. Use --json for machine-readable output and --light for token-only reports.

Aliases: merge display names, tag projects, or hide them from lists.
Backup and restore: portable snapshots, cleanup preview, restore. Cleanup deletes source files; keep the confirmation and backup steps.
CLI reference: every command with examples.
How the numbers work: what each bucket means and where estimates enter.

TypeScript API

The root export provides the core API. Convenience query helpers use the /cli subpath.

import { TokmeterCore } from "@sriinnu/tokmeter";

import { loadTokmeterSummary } from "@sriinnu/tokmeter/cli";

const core = new TokmeterCore(); await core.scan({ providers: ["codex", "claude-code"], today: true }); const models = core.getModelCosts(); const daily = core.getDailyBreakdown();

const summary = await loadTokmeterSummary({ week: true, light: true });

Reuse one core scan when querying several breakdowns. See integration guidance, core API usage, and the tokmeter agent skill (npx skills add sriinnu/tokmeter-skill --skill tokmeter -g) for agent-facing integration instructions.

Daemon, MCP, and statusline

tokmeter-mcp daemon start

tokmeter-mcp daemon status tokmeter-mcp serve # MCP server over stdio tokmeter-mcp statusline # one statusline tick tokmeter-mcp live # live terminal UI

The daemon uses local HTTP port 9877 for queries and WebSocket port 9876 for live registration. Private reads and WebSocket connections require the per-user token in ~/.tokmeter/daemon/daemon.token; /api/ready is the public health check. The macOS app, statusline, and MCP server read that credential at use time. Daemon commands belong to @sriinnu/tokmeter-mcp; install it for these surfaces.

MCP tools use the tokmeter_ prefix and cover usage queries, comparisons, forecasts, export, and cleanup previews. All 22 are read-only: deleting and restoring sessions stays in the CLI and TUI, where you confirm it. See the MCP tool reference for every tool grouped by purpose, and the package MCP README for configuration and programmatic exports.

tokmeter-mcp editors lists installer targets. tokmeter-mcp install-mcp and tokmeter-mcp install-statusline write editor configuration; inspect the generated settings for your editor. For Claude Code, register the MCP server with claude mcp add tokmeter --scope user -- npx -y @sriinnu/tokmeter-mcp serve (from 1.15.0, install-mcp runs claude mcp add itself; 1.14.1 and earlier wrote the entry to ~/.claude/settings.json, which Claude Code doesn't read). See architecture for registration, authentication, refresh, storage, and daemon lifecycle details.

Terminal and web interfaces

# After installing @sriinnu/tokmeter

tokmeter-tui

Without a global install

npx -p @sriinnu/tokmeter tokmeter-tui

The terminal UI supports overview, model, daily, statistics, and cleanup views. See its keys and commands.

Run the web workspace from a source checkout:

bun install

bun run dev:web

Vite opens the dashboard in your browser on 127.0.0.1:3000 with a per-launch session link; a plain request to that port can't read your usage. See web setup and data sources.

macOS app

Release builds target Apple silicon and macOS 14+. Node.js 22+ with npx is also required for the local daemon.

Install it with brew install --cask sriinnu/homebrew-tap/tokmeterbar, or download TokmeterBar- .zip from GitHub Releases and move it to /Applications. The app starts the version-matched @sriinnu/tokmeter-mcp daemon itself when none is running, and updates through Sparkle.

The popup gives today's tokens and estimated API cost equal prominence, with models and projects below. Chart hover cards show exact daily tokens and cost. Usage details expands lifetime totals, trends, and signals. Themes: Terminal, Paper, Prism, Lagoon, Carbon, Glass, and (since 1.15.0) the instrument themes Meter, Pump, Rams, Deck, and Passbook. A $/M button in the models header shows each model's list price per million tokens (input, output, cache read, cache write) and where that price came from, and the dashboard port is configurable. The Hub provides larger breakdowns and settings. Settings → Open web dashboard starts its local server on demand; Stop web dashboard or quitting the app stops it.

See macOS build and runtime details, first-use checks, and popover validation. The completion tracker records remaining fresh-machine, reliability, update, accounting, accessibility, and trial gates.

The synthetic walkthrough documents how the example images were generated; it is not a capture of a current local candidate.

Documentation

MCP tool reference — all 22 tokmeter_ tools, grouped
Consuming tokmeter — MCP, daemon HTTP, CLI, and in-process integration
How the numbers work — bucket semantics and where estimates enter
Backup, snapshot & restore — the confirmation/backup model and cross-machine restore
Troubleshooting — daemon, bar updates, "shrinking" history, performance
Architecture — daemon lifecycle, storage, refresh
Security and privacy — what is read, what leaves the machine, and how releases are signed

Privacy

Tokmeter reads session files your agents already wrote, sends no credentials and no telemetry, and requires no account. Your usage data doesn't leave the machine.

It does download public price catalogs: the daemon refreshes them about daily on its own, and --light skips that only for the command it's on. The macOS app also checks GitHub for updates. Security and privacy lists every host and how to check.

Support

Tokmeter is free and open source. If it saves you money, consider chipping in to keep it maintained:

License

AGPL-3.0-only. See licensing notes for what that means if you embed Tokmeter in another product.

Tokmeter — AI Agent Usage & Cost

Overview

PopNx MCP’s three pillars

What you can do with it

Install

Before you install

What it can do

Basic checksi

Maker matches the repo

Still maintained

Has a licence

Endpoint responds

Sign-in with OAuth

No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

Compared with others in Otheri

Common questions

Alternatives

Spec Driven Development

Remote Desktop Commander

Signoff

README from the maker

Tokmeter

Why

What it looks like

Install

Install the CLI, and the daemon/MCP server

CLI

TypeScript API

Daemon, MCP, and statusline

Terminal and web interfaces

Without a global install

macOS app

Documentation

Privacy

Support

License