How do I track Claude Code token usage from the CLI?

Use ccusage (npx ccusage) or Claude-Code-Usage-Monitor — both parse local ~/.claude/projects/*.jsonl session files and display daily, session, and model-level breakdowns.

Why doesn't Claude Code show real-time token cost?

Claude Code's /cost command only covers the current session. There is no rolling or cross-session budget view built in; community tools fill this gap by reading local JSONL files.

What is the Claude-Code-Usage-Monitor?

An 8.2k-star open-source CLI that monitors token burn rate in real time, predicts quota exhaustion in 5-hour rolling windows, and warns before a session hits the plan limit.

How much does the average developer spend on Claude Code per day?

Anthropic's March 2026 data shows $6/day average, with 90% of users under $12/day. Power users running long agentic sessions report $100-$1,400/week.

A CLI + TUI tool (3.7k GitHub stars) that aggregates token usage and costs across 30+ AI coding agents into a single leaderboard dashboard.

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AI Coding Agent Token Cost Has No Native Visibility — Devs Building Their Own CLI Monitors

Claude Code and Codex CLI ship with minimal built-in cost tracking. A community ecosystem of CLI monitors exploded: Claude-Code-Usage-Monitor hit 8.2k stars, CodeBurn (112 HN pts) finds 56% of spend is on idle turns, and the HN launch for the real-time monitor got 245 points. Devs are spending $1,400+/week blind.

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A CLI tool that reads Claude Code and Codex CLI session logs, quantifies token spend burned on idle turns, and shows per-session cost breakdowns devs can actually act on

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Claude Code and Codex CLI ship with no native cross-session cost visibility. Devs spending $1,400+/week have zero built-in way to see where that money went. A community ecosystem filled the gap fast: Claude-Code-Usage-Monitor hit 8.2k GitHub stars and CodeBurn's HN launch (245 pts, 135 comments) found that 56% of spend goes to idle turns where the agent is waiting, retrying, or stalled. The existing tools surface totals but stop there. This CLI parses the raw session logs from both tools, classifies each turn as productive vs idle, ranks the sessions and workflows burning the most waste, and outputs a daily cost breakdown devs can use to cut their bill without changing their workflow.

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