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ccusage: CLI for Claude Code token cost tracking hits 16k GitHub stars

Developers spending $1,400/week on Claude Code had no visibility into where tokens go. ccusage reads local JSONL session files and produces daily/weekly/session cost breakdowns. Written in Rust, zero-config, run via npx. Organic grassroots explosion: 16k+ stars in weeks. Signals deep unmet need for AI coding cost observability.

Score Breakdown

GitHub
16,750
HN
105

Social Proof 2 sources

GH
ryoppippi/ccusage: Analyze coding agent CLI token usage and costs from local data
gh:ryoppippi · 11/1/2025
16,750HN
Ccusage: A CLI tool for analyzing Claude Code usage from local JSONL files
5/1/2026
105

Gap Assessment

UnderservedExisting solutions leave gaps

Multiple token trackers exist (ccusage, CodeBurn, Tokenusage) but all siloed to one agent — no unified cross-agent tracker with alerting.

Virality Score
16,855
across 2 platforms
Details
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Updated2h ago
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