Claude Code Usage Monitor
Dev tools
usage monitor
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How HN took it
8 positive, 12 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 6 critical, out of 28 comments about the project. Thread score +0.15.
Idea: 5 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 3 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful for tracking limits on fixed-price plans.
From 3 comments
This is great. I built a UI tool to run simultaneous Claude Code sessions (https://github.com/stravu/crystal) but by working on multiple features at once I hit the limits of my…
jbentley1 on HNSomething like this would be great for Cursor, I never know how many credits I’m up to for the month or how much my Max calls are costing.
bevan on HNIncredible, thank you for making this! Can this be installed with uv? https://github.com/astral-sh/uv Edit: ``` # Install uv curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh #…
_august on HN
Objections
Wraps the ccusage tool and adds little of its own.
From 2 comments
if you actually look at the code, it's a single 400 line python file that just wraps https://github.com/ryoppippi/ccusage, so it's possible
youcefb on HNUhm, does this do anything else useful besides shelling out to https://github.com/ryoppippi/ccusage ? Idk, this kind of stuff feels a bit disappointing, also feels like it’s…
radicality on HN
Readme emojis and verbose AI-written docs look unprofessional.
From 2 comments
I really like this idea as I find Claude's transparency frustrating. Claude code's killer features revolve around better tools to manage context and limits vs the desktop app…
loufe on HNThe readme is the typical AI verbal diarrhoea of so many words saying so little it hurts. You should ask it to be a bit more concise. As a separate comment, would it not be…
mattmanser on HN
Token usage does not reset after the window unless limit hit.
From 1 comment
I'm noticing that Token usage doesn't reset after the time window unless you hit 100%. This seems like a problem if for example, you hit 90% usage, pass the window, then burn…
_august on HN
Requests
Support uv or a single executable install.
From 2 comments
With uv, is there a way to install Python and Node tools like this in a self-contained way so they appear to the system as a single executable? I guess I don't want to duplicate…
pbowyer on HNIncredible, thank you for making this! Can this be installed with uv? https://github.com/astral-sh/uv Edit: ``` # Install uv curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh #…
_august on HN
Export logs into the project folder.
From 1 comment
Is there anyway to ensure these logs are output in a current project folder? Would like to store a copy in git for reference
Hortinstein on HN
Detect plan automatically and use local timezone.
From 1 comment
The readme is the typical AI verbal diarrhoea of so many words saying so little it hurts. You should ask it to be a bit more concise. As a separate comment, would it not be…
mattmanser on HN
Questions
How does it monitor usage?
From 1 comment
How it does it monitor usage?
alFReD-NSH on HN
Does it work for Gemini?
From 1 comment
Is there something similar to this but for Gemini?
diego_moita on HN
Alternatives named
ccusage
From 2 comments
if you actually look at the code, it's a single 400 line python file that just wraps https://github.com/ryoppippi/ccusage, so it's possible
youcefb on HNUhm, does this do anything else useful besides shelling out to https://github.com/ryoppippi/ccusage ? Idk, this kind of stuff feels a bit disappointing, also feels like it’s…
radicality on HN
cursor-stats
From 1 comment
For cursor users, a similar extension to monitor usage: https://github.com/Dwtexe/cursor-stats
mellosouls on HN
claude-code-log
From 1 comment
Wow, I had no idea Claude Code had this kind of verbose logging turned on by default. Looking around I also found a cool tool for converting these logs to HTML format for easy…
M4v3R on HN