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Run it instantly, no install needed:

npx codeburn

That opens the interactive dashboard (last 7 days by default). Arrow keys switch periods, q quits. That is the 30-second version. You now know where your AI budget goes.

Install it for a permanent codeburn command:

npm install -g codeburn

Also runs via bunx codeburn or dx codeburn, or brew install codeburn on macOS.

Menu bar app for macOS, with your spend always in the menu bar:

codeburn menubar

On Linux, a GNOME Shell extension gives the same panel view; see Linux (GNOME).

Requires Node.js 22.13+ and at least one supported tool with session data on disk. For Cursor and OpenCode, better-sqlite3 installs automatically.

Pricing

Prices every API call using input, output, cache read, cache write, and web search token counts, with a fast mode multiplier for Claude. Prices are fetched from LiteLLM and cached locally for 24 hours at ~/.cache/codeburn/. Hardcoded fallbacks for all Claude and GPT-5 models prevent fuzzy-matching mispricing.

Task Categories

13 categories classified from tool usage patterns and user message keywords. No LLM calls, fully deterministic.

Breakdowns

Daily cost chart, per-project, per-model (Opus, Sonnet, Haiku, GPT-5, GPT-4o, Gemini, Kiro, and more), per-activity with one-shot rate, core tools, shell commands, and MCP servers.

One-Shot Rate

For categories that involve code edits, CodeBurn tracks file-aware retry cycles. A retry is when the same file is re-edited after a shell command in between (Edit foo.ts, Bash, Edit foo.ts). Editing different files across shell steps is not a retry. The one-shot column shows the percentage of edit turns that succeeded without retries. Coding at 90% means the AI got it right first try 9 out of 10 times. File-level tracking is available for Claude, Codex, and Goose; other providers fall back to tool-name-based detection.

Plans

codeburn plan set claude-max                                  # $200/month
codeburn plan set claude-pro                                  # $20/month
codeburn plan set cursor-pro                                  # $20/month
codeburn plan set custom --monthly-usd 200 --provider codex   # ChatGPT Pro-style custom plan
codeburn plan reset --provider codex                          # remove one provider plan
codeburn plan set none                                        # disable plan view
codeburn plan                                                 # show configured plans
codeburn plan reset                                           # remove plan config

Subscription tracking for Claude Pro, Claude Max, Cursor Pro, and custom provider plans. Plans are stored per provider, so you can track Claude and Codex/Cursor subscriptions at the same time; the dashboard shows one overage line per active provider plan. A legacy/custom all plan remains a single aggregate plan and is replaced when you add a provider-specific plan, avoiding double-counted overage rows. Existing single-plan config is still read as a fallback. Presets use publicly stated plan prices (as of April 2026); they do not model exact token allowances, because vendors do not publish precise consumer-plan limits.

Currency

codeburn currency GBP          # set to British Pounds
codeburn currency AUD          # set to Australian Dollars
codeburn currency JPY          # set to Japanese Yen
codeburn currency CNY          # set to Chinese Yuan
codeburn currency              # show current setting
codeburn currency --reset      # back to USD

Any ISO 4217 currency code is supported (162 currencies). Exchange rates fetched from Frankfurter (European Central Bank data, free, no API key) and cached for 24 hours. Config stored at ~/.config/codeburn/config.json. The currency setting applies everywhere: dashboard, status bar, menu bar, CSV/JSON exports, and JSON API output.

Model Aliases

If you see $0.00 for some models, the model name reported by your provider does not match any entry in the LiteLLM pricing data. This commonly happens when using a proxy that rewrites model names.

codeburn model-alias "my-proxy-model" "claude-opus-4-6"   # add alias
codeburn model-alias --list                                # show configured aliases
codeburn model-alias --remove "my-proxy-model"             # remove alias

Aliases are stored in ~/.config/codeburn/config.json and applied at runtime before pricing lookup. The target name can be anything in the LiteLLM model list or a canonical name from the fallback table (e.g. claude-sonnet-4-6, claude-opus-4-5, gpt-4o). Built-in aliases ship for known proxy model name variants. User-configured aliases take precedence over built-ins.

Local Models, Custom Prices, and Proxies

codeburn price-override my-model --input 0.27 --output 1.10   # USD per 1M tokens
codeburn model-savings "llama3.1:8b" gpt-4o                   # local model, counted as savings
codeburn proxy-path ~/work/copilot-repo                       # subscription-covered project

price-override sets exact rates for any model (input, output, cache read, cache creation), useful for private deployments or models LiteLLM prices wrong. model-savings maps a free local model to a paid baseline: the local calls stay $0, and the dashboard shows what the same tokens would have cost on the baseline. proxy-path marks a project routed through a subscription-backed proxy (e.g. Claude Code over GitHub Copilot), so its API-rate cost is reported as subscription-covered and your net out-of-pocket stays honest. All three support --list and --remove.

Filtering

codeburn report --project myapp                  # show only projects matching "myapp"
codeburn report --exclude myapp                  # show everything except "myapp"
codeburn report --exclude myapp --exclude tests  # exclude multiple projects
codeburn month --project api --project web       # include multiple projects
codeburn export --project inventory              # export only "inventory" project data

Filter by provider, project name (case-insensitive substring), or exact date range. The --project and --exclude flags work on all commands and can be combined with --provider.

codeburn report --from 2026-04-01 --to 2026-04-10   # explicit window
codeburn report --from 2026-04-01                    # this date through today
codeburn report --to 2026-04-10                      # earliest data through this date

Either flag alone is valid. Inverted or malformed dates exit with a clear error. In the TUI, the custom range sets the initial load only; pressing 1 through 5 switches back to predefined periods.

JSON Output

report, today, and month support --format json to output the full dashboard data as structured JSON to stdout:

codeburn report --format json             # 7-day JSON report
codeburn today --format json              # today's data as JSON
codeburn month --format json              # this month as JSON
codeburn report -p 30days --format json   # 30-day window

The JSON includes all dashboard panels: overview (cost, calls, sessions, cache hit %), daily breakdown, projects (with avgCostPerSession), models with token counts, activities with one-shot rates, core tools, MCP servers, and shell commands. Pipe to jq for filtering:

codeburn report --format json | jq '.projects'
codeburn today --format json | jq '.overview.cost'

For lighter output, use status --format json (today and month totals only), optimize --format json (setup health, findings, and copy-paste fixes), yield --format json (productive/reverted/abandoned spend), or file exports (export -f json).