claude-cost

Live terminal dashboard for tracking Claude Code token usage and costs.

Install as a Claude Code skill

/plugin marketplace add mohsinahad/claudemeter
/plugin install claude-cost@claude-cost

Then use:

/claude-cost             # launch live dashboard in a new tab
/claude-cost summary     # print today/month costs inline
/claude-cost reset       # reset config to defaults

Install as a standalone CLI

pipx install claude-cost        # recommended
# or
pip install claude-cost

Note: If pip warns that the script is installed in ~/.local/bin which is not on PATH, add this to your ~/.zshrc or ~/.bashrc:

export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"

Then run:

claude-cost           # live dashboard
claude-cost summary   # quick inline summary
claude-cost reset     # reset config

Budget alerts

Set spending limits in ~/.claude/dashboard_config.json:

{
  "daily_budget": 5.00,
  "monthly_budget": 50.00
}

To get automatic warnings after each Claude session, add a hook to ~/.claude/settings.json:

{
  "hooks": {
    "Stop": [
      {
        "hooks": [
          {
            "type": "command",
            "command": "claude-cost check-budget"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

Claude will print a warning in your session whenever you hit 80% or 100% of your budget.

Usage

claude-cost --help     # show help
claude-cost --version  # show version
claude-cost            # launch the dashboard
claude-cost summary    # print costs inline (no TUI)
claude-cost check-budget  # check limits (exits 2 if over 80%)
claude-cost reset      # reset config to defaults

Keys inside the dashboard:

What it shows

• Token usage (input / output / cached) per model
• Cost breakdown by session and cumulative
• Human cost estimate (time saved vs. manual coding)
• Live-updating as you work

No API key or extra config needed — reads directly from ~/.claude/.

Requirements

• Python 3.11+
• Claude Code installed and used at least once (data lives in ~/.claude/)