Clawmeter Tim Nunamaker

Use this command to install Clawmeter:

winget install --id=tnunamak.Clawmeter -e

Clawmeter shows AI coding quota status in a system tray icon and command line interface.

Clawmeter

Clawmeter is a system tray and CLI quota meter for AI coding tools.

It answers the questions that matter while you are working: am I on track, what is most likely to run out, and when does it reset?

Install

macOS:

brew install tnunamak/clawmeter/clawmeter
brew services start clawmeter

Linux:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tnunamak/clawmeter/main/install.sh | sh -s -- --start

Windows:

Download ClawmeterSetup.exe from the latest release, verify it with SHA256SUMS.txt, then run the installer. It creates a Start Menu tray shortcut, adds clawmeter to your user PATH, and includes an uninstall entry.

Windows artifacts are currently unsigned. The future signing path is documented in the Code signing policy and SignPath readiness checklist.

clawmeter providers

WinGet will install that same setup exe once the package is accepted:

winget install --id tnunamak.Clawmeter -e

Advanced/manual fallback: download clawmeter-windows-amd64.exe from the same release if you only want the portable binary.

.\clawmeter-windows-amd64.exe providers

You can also download .deb, .rpm, macOS, Linux, and Windows binaries from the latest release.

Then run:

clawmeter setup --all
clawmeter doctor

Setup installs the mainstream local surface Clawmeter can verify today: a Claude Code statusline. Every agent can also pull the same cheap quota summary with clawmeter status --agent.

Why Use It

See your riskiest quota without opening provider dashboards.
Compare current usage with expected pace for the reset window.
See Codex banked reset credits and their earliest known expiry when available.
Cycle the tray icon between concrete provider/quota windows.
Reuse existing credentials without rewriting or refreshing provider tokens.

Read The Icon

The provider logo stays in the circular center chip. The text names the quota window: 5H, 7D, 7A, 7S, or MO.

The radial meter compares actual burn with expected pace. Gray shows the shared baseline; a solid green segment means you are under pace, and a solid red segment means you are over pace.

Left-click the tray icon to cycle through active provider/quota windows.
Double-click the tray icon to return to Auto.
Auto picks the riskiest quota and is not part of the left-click cycle.
Right-click for details, refresh, update, and launch-at-login.
A small blue dot on the tray icon means an update is available.
Use Refresh Now when you want an immediate quota/update check.

CLI

clawmeter

PROVIDER   WINDOW    USAGE                 PCT  resets IN      PACE
Claude     5h        ██░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░  11%  resets 4h00m   est. 55% at reset
           7d All    ██████████████████░░  89%  resets 1d10h   est. 112% at reset · runs out in 16h
           7d Sonnet ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░   2%  resets 4d23h   est. 7% at reset

Useful commands:

clawmeter providers      # detected providers and auth status
clawmeter claude         # one provider
clawmeter --json         # machine-readable output
clawmeter statusline     # compact Claude/statusline segment
clawmeter status --agent # token-efficient all-quota summary for AI agents
clawmeter setup --all    # install mainstream local integrations
clawmeter doctor         # provider and integration readiness
clawmeter --check        # monitoring exit code
clawmeter update         # self-update
clawmeter tray           # run the tray in this session

Providers

Provider	Tracks
Claude	5h, 7d, model-specific windows
OpenAI/Codex	5h and weekly rate limits; banked reset-credit expiry when available
Gemini	24h Pro and Flash quotas
GitHub Copilot	Premium and chat interactions
Kimi	Daily and hourly limits
OpenRouter	Credit balance
JetBrains AI	Monthly credits
Kimi K2	Credit balance

Unavailable providers stay hidden by default. Use clawmeter --all to see everything Clawmeter checked.

Codex reset-credit visibility is read-only. Clawmeter shows available count and earliest expiry when Codex exposes banked resets locally, but it never redeems resets. Design notes and provider coverage are in Reset awareness.

Details

Agent integrations

clawmeter setup --all
clawmeter setup --claude-statusline
clawmeter setup --dry-run --all
clawmeter doctor

clawmeter statusline is cache-only, so Claude Code can call it frequently without refreshing provider APIs or burning quota. clawmeter status --agent is the high-precision pull command for Codex, Claude, Gemini CLI, or any other agent when quota context is useful.

tmux users can opt in explicitly:

clawmeter setup --tmux

Install options

Linux installer defaults to a user install: binary in ~/.local/bin, app launcher entry, no tray start, no launch-at-login, and no system package install. Pass --start to launch the tray now, or --autostart to enable launch-at-login.

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tnunamak/clawmeter/main/install.sh | sh -s -- --dry-run
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tnunamak/clawmeter/main/install.sh | sh -s -- --start --autostart
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tnunamak/clawmeter/main/install.sh | sh -s -- --uninstall

Windows users should prefer ClawmeterSetup.exe. WinGet is the package-manager path after acceptance. clawmeter-windows-amd64.exe is the portable fallback. install.ps1 remains an advanced scripting fallback with -LocalBinary, -Start, -Startup, and -Uninstall; if you use it directly, download the script first and run it from a folder you trust. Avoid copy-pasting download-and-execute one-liners.

macOS Homebrew installs a local app wrapper. To show it in Applications/Launchpad:

mkdir -p ~/Applications
ln -sfn "$(brew --prefix clawmeter)/Clawmeter.app" ~/Applications/Clawmeter.app

Configuration

Config file: ~/.config/clawmeter/config.yaml

clawmeter config show
clawmeter config enable openai
clawmeter config disable copilot
clawmeter config set poll_interval 600
clawmeter config set warning_threshold 80
clawmeter config set critical_threshold 95

Launch at login

clawmeter tray --install
clawmeter tray --uninstall

clawmeter tray starts the tray for the current desktop session. For a persistent desktop tray, use the installer/Start Menu shortcut or clawmeter tray --install.

On macOS with Homebrew, you can also use:

brew services start clawmeter
brew services stop clawmeter

Provider credential sources

Provider	Source
Claude	Claude Code OAuth token
OpenAI/Codex	`~/.codex/auth.json`
Gemini	`~/.gemini/` OAuth credentials
GitHub Copilot	`~/.config/github-copilot/hosts.json`
Kimi	`~/.kimi/credentials/kimi-code.json`
OpenRouter	`OPENROUTER_API_KEY` or config
JetBrains AI	IDE config files
Kimi K2	`KIMI_K2_API_KEY` or config

Build from source

git clone https://github.com/tnunamak/clawmeter.git
cd clawmeter
make install          # CLI only
make install-tray     # with system tray support

Tray builds require CGO. Linux also needs libayatana-appindicator3-dev.

How It Works

Clawmeter reads existing credentials from your AI coding tools and queries their usage APIs. Results are cached at ~/.cache/clawmeter/usage.json for 60 seconds, so the CLI and tray do not hammer provider APIs. See Privacy Policy, Security Policy, and Third-party components.