ai-token-monitor alternatives

Curated alternatives to ai-token-monitor — and why you'd switch.

htop for AI coding agents: every Claude Code, Codex and OpenCode session in one TUI — tokens, context-window %, rate limits, child processes, orphan ports. Read-only, no API keys. Rust.

Why switchSame watch-your-agents job, different surface: ai-token-monitor is a menu-bar app focused on token spend and plan limits; abtop is a terminal TUI adding context-window bars, child processes and port detection per live session.

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codeburn

Local-first cost ledger for AI coding: reads the session files 36 tools already write and breaks every token and dollar down by task, model, project. TUI, web, desktop, menubar — no proxy, no keys.

Why switchSame job — watch AI coding spend from local session logs — at different scope: ai-token-monitor is a tray app covering Claude Code, Codex and OpenCode; CodeBurn covers 36 tools across TUI, web, desktop and menubar, adding budget guards and waste analysis.

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claude-code-karma

Local-first dashboard over ~/.claude — sessions, timelines, per-session costs, tool/agent/skill/plugin analytics, live activity via hooks, and ticket linking. No cloud, no telemetry.

Why switchBoth read the session logs your coding CLI already writes, at opposite depths: ai-token-monitor is the glanceable menu-bar spend counter with plan-limit alerts; Karma is the full forensic dashboard — timelines, subagents, tools, tickets.

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cc-lens

npx cc-lens: local analytics dashboard over ~/.claude — sessions with replay, cost and cache breakdowns, insights and budgets, team-adoption mode, a yearly Wrapped card. No cloud, no telemetry.

Why switchBoth read local session logs to answer 'what is Claude Code costing me' — ai-token-monitor as a glanceable menu-bar counter with plan-limit alerts, cc-lens as a full browser dashboard with history, insights and budgets.

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quotio

Native macOS menu-bar front-end for CLIProxyAPI: pool your Claude, Codex, Qwen and Copilot accounts behind one local proxy with live quota bars, auto-failover and one-click CLI wiring.

Why switchTwo menu-bar readouts measuring opposite sides of the same budget. ai-token-monitor parses Claude Code/Codex/OpenCode session logs for tokens actually spent; Quotio reads provider quota for what is left — and unlike the monitor, it can act on it by rotating accounts.

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