A cockpit for Claude Code: plan bars and subagent strips, context, usage limits with reset countdowns and burn rates, spend, the model route and a pet. Six bar styles, three collapsed looks. CLI and Desktop.
Burn Meter
Track what a Claude Code session costs
A band above the prompt shows what this session has cost so far, with plan-limit bars and the dollars turned into burritos and McDoubles.
What this mod can do
- Reviewed at commit e6da26c
- Sees each prompt you send and can change or drop it
3 more things it can do
- Remembers data between sessions
- Adds the /burn command
- Runs on a timer
Good to know (3)
- Every figure comes from the usage numbers Claude Code reports to the mod for the session.
- Your lifetime spend is kept in Claude Code's plugin storage, so the total carries across sessions.
- The validator says it can change prompts, but the README says it passes them through untouched.
Preview
Terminal
⎿ burn-meter: Burn demo: $0 to $30 in 20 seconds.
╭────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────✕─╮
│ SESSION BURN lifetime $0.41 │
│ $0.41 = 0.13 McDoubles │
│ │
│ * ▃▅ │
│ ▁ ▃ ▁ ██ │
│ ▄█ █▃█ ██ │
│ ▁ ▁ ▂ ▇ ██ ███ ██ │
│ █▄ ▇▅█ █▅▇▂███▄██ ███▂██ │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯Claude Desktop
What it does
In the author's words
Live session cost odometer above the prompt: a burning fuse, real-world comparisons, threshold alerts
- What you see
- A spend band above the prompt, plus a /burn pane
- Works in
- Terminal and Claude Desktop
- Slash commands
- /burn
- Uses your tokens
- No
- Changes files
- Nothing
- Network access
- None
- Reviewed commit
- e6da26c
- Preview recorded with
- Claude Code 2.1.309
How it works
- Draws the band when a session starts and registers the /burn command
- Notes the session cost each time you send a prompt, to work out that turn's cost
- After each turn, adds its token counts and cost to a per-turn chart
- Shows a toast when spend crosses a threshold; /burn opens the full pane
Common questions
How can I see what my Claude Code session has cost so far?
burn-meter keeps the session's spend on screen in a band above the prompt, built from the usage numbers Claude Code reports. Run /burn to open a pane with what each turn cost.
Can I see my 5-hour and weekly limits next to the cost?
Yes. The band has 5-hour and weekly plan-limit bars with their reset times, next to the session spend.
Can it warn me when spending gets high?
It shows a toast when spend crosses a threshold. The README does not say what the thresholds are or how to change them.
Does burn-meter send my cost data anywhere?
No. The README says it never sends anything off your machine, and statuslin.es found it does not contact the internet. It stores only your lifetime spend and the session's last cost reading.
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