TokenCat

TokenCat is a local-first CLI that shows how your AI coding agents use tokens across one machine, and optionally across trusted machines on your LAN.

Run tokencat to get a terminal dashboard for Codex, Claude Code, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot Chat/Agent, and GitHub Copilot CLI. TokenCat reads the telemetry files those tools already keep locally; it does not proxy requests, rewrite endpoints, read credentials, or print prompt and response bodies.

Why TokenCat

• One dashboard for several coding agents: Codex, Claude Code, Gemini CLI, VS Code Copilot Chat/Agent, and Copilot CLI.
• Zero-provider setup for normal use: install it and run tokencat.
• Privacy-first scanning: local files only, anonymous session IDs by default, no OAuth/session token reporting.
• Cost estimates with clear coverage: bundled pricing works offline, and unknown models stay visible instead of being guessed.
• Useful terminal views: dashboard, sessions, models, daily usage, doctor, pricing, and JSON output for scripts.
• Multi-machine rollups: trusted TokenCat nodes can be aggregated with --lan, including SSH snapshot hosts from ~/.ssh/config.

Install

TokenCat requires Python 3.9 or newer.

pipx install tokencat

Upgrade later with:

pipx upgrade tokencat

To try a checkout of this repository:

pipx install .

Quick Start

Open the default 7-day dashboard:

tokencat

Look farther back:

tokencat --since 30d
tokencat --since 2026-01-01

Check what TokenCat can see on this machine:

tokencat doctor

LAN and SSH Nodes

TokenCat can roll up trusted machines without sending prompts or responses. Each node exposes or returns a read-only snapshot.

SSH-configured machines and containers do not need a long-running HTTP server. If a host appears in ~/.ssh/config and has tokencat available remotely, tokencat nodes --trust can add it as an SSH snapshot node. Later, tokencat --lan runs ssh <host> tokencat snapshot --json and aggregates the returned snapshot.

Aggregate trusted nodes:

tokencat dashboard --lan
tokencat summary --lan
tokencat sessions --lan

Remove trusted nodes:

tokencat nodes --remove

You can also start an HTTP node on another machine:

export TOKENCAT_NODE_TOKEN="choose-a-shared-secret"
tokencat serve --lan

tokencat serve starts in the background by default:

tokencat serve --status
tokencat serve --logs
tokencat serve --stop

For foreground debugging:

tokencat serve --lan --foreground

Discover and trust nodes:

tokencat nodes --trust

If mDNS is blocked by Docker Desktop, VPNs, or network policy, trust a node by URL:

tokencat nodes --url http://127.0.0.1:8765 --trust

Advanced Usage

Focus on one provider:

tokencat dashboard --provider codex
tokencat sessions --provider claude --limit 20
tokencat models --provider gemini
tokencat daily --provider copilot

Change the terminal theme:

tokencat --theme light
tokencat dashboard --theme dark

Use structured output:

tokencat summary --json
tokencat sessions --json --show-title --show-path

JSON Output

Commands with --json emit stable envelopes with:

• generated_at
• filters
• providers
• summary or items
• warnings

This makes TokenCat easy to pipe into local scripts, dashboards, or personal automation.

Configuration

Most users do not need a config file. TokenCat discovers local agent data from the standard locations for each tool.

Provider	What TokenCat Reads	Optional Configuration
Codex	~/.codex/sessions/**/*.jsonl, ~/.codex/archived_sessions/*.jsonl, and ~/.codex/state_*.sqlite as a fallback.	None.
Claude Code	projects/**/*.jsonl under the Claude config root.	Set CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR to one or more comma-separated roots. Without it, TokenCat checks $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/claude, ~/.config/claude, and legacy ~/.claude.
Gemini CLI	~/.gemini/tmp/**/chats/session-*.json plus non-sensitive settings metadata from ~/.gemini/settings.json.	None.
GitHub Copilot	VS Code `workspaceStorage//chatSessions/.json	.jsonland Copilot CLI shutdown summaries under~/.copilot/session-state//events.jsonl`.

Common environment variables:

Variable	Used For
CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR	Overrides Claude Code data roots. Multiple roots can be separated with commas.
COLORFGBG	Helps --theme auto detect light terminals. TokenCat falls back to the dark palette when it cannot tell.
TOKENCAT_NODE_NAME	Sets the display name for this machine when using TokenCat nodes. Defaults to the hostname.
TOKENCAT_NODE_TOKEN	Default bearer-token environment variable for HTTP LAN nodes.

Local TokenCat state is kept under ~/.tokencat/:

• ~/.tokencat/pricing/ stores the refreshed pricing cache.
• ~/.tokencat/node.json stores this machine's node identity.
• ~/.tokencat/nodes/trust.json stores trusted LAN or SSH nodes.
• ~/.tokencat/logs/node.log and ~/.tokencat/node.pid are used by the detached node server.

Commands

Command	Purpose
tokencat / tokencat dashboard	Terminal dashboard with provider health, token totals, pricing coverage, timeline, top models, and recent sessions.
tokencat summary	Compact totals by provider, model count, tokens, and estimated API cost.
tokencat sessions	Session list with anonymous IDs by default. Use --show-title and --show-path when you want local metadata.
tokencat models	Model-level aggregation across providers.
tokencat daily	Daily usage totals for the selected window.
tokencat doctor	Detection and health report for local providers and pricing data.
tokencat pricing show	Inspect catalog freshness, coverage, and unknown models.
tokencat pricing refresh	Refresh the user pricing cache under ~/.tokencat/pricing/.
tokencat serve	Start a read-only local snapshot node.
tokencat nodes	Discover, trust, inspect, or remove LAN and SSH nodes.
tokencat snapshot --json	Emit a machine-readable snapshot for remote aggregation.

Useful flags:

--provider codex|claude|gemini|copilot
--since 7d
--until 2026-05-31
--daily | --weekly | --monthly    # dashboard usage buckets
--theme auto|dark|light
--json
--no-price
--lan

Session listings also support:

--limit 50
--model gpt-5-codex
--show-title
--show-path

Pricing

TokenCat estimates API-equivalent cost when a model can be matched to known pricing data.

• Pricing works offline with the bundled catalog shipped in the package.
• On first pricing use, TokenCat silently tries to refresh a local cache under ~/.tokencat/pricing/.
• If the refresh fails, it quietly falls back to the bundled catalog.
• tokencat pricing refresh refreshes the local cache manually.
• Resolution is source-aware: direct source pricing first, then official API pricing for the model family, then OpenRouter as the marketplace fallback.
• JSON output includes pricing_source and pricing_model when a row is priced.
• Unknown, renamed, redirected, or unattributed models remain visible with explicit pricing status.

Current pricing references:

• OpenAI API pricing
• OpenAI Codex pricing
• Gemini API pricing
• Anthropic models and pricing
• xAI models
• OpenRouter pricing
• GitHub Copilot plans

Privacy

TokenCat is intentionally conservative.

• Reads local telemetry files only.
• Does not proxy, intercept, or replay model requests.
• Does not rewrite provider endpoints.
• Does not read OAuth/session credentials for reporting.
• Does not print raw prompt or response bodies.
• Uses anonymous session IDs by default.
• Shows titles and paths only when you pass --show-title or --show-path.

Limits

• TokenCat supports macOS and Linux, including typical Docker/containerized Linux environments where the relevant agent state is mounted or available locally.
• Windows is not yet supported.
• LAN discovery uses mDNS, which can be unreliable through Docker Desktop, VPNs, or restrictive networks. Use tokencat nodes --url ... --trust or SSH nodes in those environments.
• Copilot CLI usage is counted from shutdown summaries; active CLI sessions without shutdown summaries are detected but not counted yet.
• Cost is an estimate, not your actual bill.

License

TokenCat is licensed under GNU GPLv3. See LICENSE.