ccbar 0.1.3

Accurate cost tracking and quota monitoring for Claude Code

Vibe coding is no longer just for fun. Know what it costs.

Real-time cost tracking and quota monitoring for Claude Code. Zero dependencies.

Why ccbar

You're burning through API credits or a $200/month Max subscription — but Claude Code doesn't tell you how fast, which project, or what it'll cost by end of day. ccbar fills that gap.

It works with both billing models: whether you're on the API (pay-per-token) or a Pro/Max subscription (quota-based), ccbar tracks your spend in real time. No guessing, no surprises at the end of the month.

Install

pip install ccbar
ccbar --install

Restart Claude Code. Two status lines appear at the bottom. That's it.

What you get

Row 1:  5h quota bar + countdown · today tokens + cost › proj tokens ♻cache/hit% cost · week cost › proj tokens cost │ month tokens cost › proj cost
Row 2:  7d quota bar + countdown · session cost + $/h + →projection + duration + ctx% + lines · total cost › proj tokens ♻cache cost + path

Terminal too narrow? Trailing columns drop automatically. Content within columns is never truncated.

Lightweight by design

ccbar is a single Python file. No frameworks, no background daemons, no node_modules. It reads JSONL logs that Claude Code already writes and the OAuth API you already have. The entire package installs in under a second.

	ccbar	typical alternatives
Dependencies	0	10–50+ npm/pip packages
Install time	< 1s	30s – 2min
Background process	None — runs on each statusline refresh	Persistent daemon
Config	1 JSON file or 1 env var	YAML + env + dashboard setup

Accurate to the cent

Most tools estimate costs with a flat rate. That's wrong — Opus output is 19x more expensive than Haiku. ccbar gets it right:

• Per-model pricing — reads the model ID from every message. Opus, Sonnet, Haiku each priced correctly.
• Streaming dedup — each API call writes 2–7 JSONL entries. ccbar deduplicates by message.id. Every message counted exactly once.
• Cache separation — cache reads cost 10% of fresh input. ccbar tracks them separately and shows ♻hit rate per project.
• Cross-session history — session cost resets when you restart. Your bill doesn't. ccbar scans all JSONL — today, this week, this month, per project.

Full-spectrum monitoring

Metric	What it tells you
5h / 7d quota bars	Green→yellow→red gradient. Know when you'll hit the limit before you hit it.
Burn rate $8.50/h	How fast this session is spending.
Projection →$18	Where you'll land by quota reset at the current pace.
Per-project › proj ♻56M/97% $124	Which project is eating your budget. Cache hit rate included.
Lines changed +250/-40	Code output this session — are you getting value for the spend?
Context %	How full the context window is. Helps you decide when to compact.
Today / Week / Month	Running totals so you always know where the bill stands.

API & Subscription — both covered

API users — ccbar calculates exact costs from per-model token pricing. You see dollars spent per session, per project, per day.

Pro / Max subscribers — ccbar reads your OAuth quota via the Anthropic API. The 5-hour and 7-day progress bars show exactly how much runway you have left, with countdowns to reset.

Either way, you get a single statusline that tells the full story.

Configure

export CCBAR_LAYOUT="5h,today,history|7d,session,total"
# or
ccbar --init-config   # → ~/.config/ccbar.json

Config reference

{
  "rows": [["5h", "today", "history"], ["7d", "session", "total"]],
  "columns": null,
  "colors": {},
  "pricing": {
    "claude-opus-4-6":    { "in": 15,  "out": 75, "cc": 18.75, "cr": 1.5  },
    "claude-sonnet-4-6":  { "in": 3,   "out": 15, "cc": 3.75,  "cr": 0.3  },
    "claude-haiku-4-5":   { "in": 0.8, "out": 4,  "cc": 1,     "cr": 0.08 }
  }
}

Field	Description
rows	Layout grid — items: 5h 7d today history session model total
columns	Override terminal width (null = auto-detect)
pricing	$/million tokens per model
colors	[R, G, B] overrides

How it works

stdin JSON → detect terminal width → fetch OAuth quota (cached 30s)
           → scan ~/.claude/projects/**/*.jsonl (cached 60s)
           → dedup by message.id → per-model pricing → adaptive layout → stdout

OAuth — macOS: auto-reads Keychain. Linux/CI: export CLAUDE_OAUTH_TOKEN="...". Without it, quota bars show --.

Uninstall

ccbar --uninstall && pip uninstall ccbar

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