Token Tracking

dsh-whale-meter is a one-line-install, zero-configuration plugin for DeepSeek Harness (DSH) that turns your raw token usage into five gamified tiers — from 🐟 small fry to 🐳 blue whale — and estimates your spend in CNY or USD, all stored locally on your machine with no telemetry and no network calls. It went from a nice-to-have to a budgeting necessity on August 17, 2026, when DeepSeek raised v4-flash and v4-pro prices and introduced peak/off-peak billing. This guide explains exactly what it tracks, how the new pricing works, and whether it beats the alternative cost-tracking tools. ...

TokenBar is a free, open-source macOS menu bar application that tracks AI token usage and API spending across 25+ coding agents entirely on your local machine. Built as a native Swift rewrite of the earlier Tauri-based tokcat, TokenBar gives developers real-time visibility into how many tokens Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, and two dozen other agents consume — without sending any data to external servers or requiring an account. ...