🔥 About Tokaholics
An honest indie project.
Tokaholics measures your Claude Code token burn and turns it into something social: a live dashboard, streaks, levels, and private crews you can race in real time. It's free, web-based, and built by one person.
Why I built it
I'm on the Max plan, so I just code and code. At some point I started wondering how much everyone else was burning through Claude Code — and I wanted to actually see it. Mine, yours, the whole crew's, side by side. Something to make us compete a little, push each other on, and have some fun with it.
So I built Tokaholics. It turns your token burn into a live, shared game instead of a number sitting alone on your own screen. And the
So I built Tokaholics. It turns your token burn into a live, shared game instead of a number sitting alone on your own screen. And the
$ you see? That's the API-rate value of your tokens — not your bill. On a flat plan like mine, it's the burn, not what you pay.What I refuse to compromise on
- Honesty. The dollar figure is the API-rate value of your tokens. On a flat Pro/Max plan that's the burn, not your bill — and it says so everywhere a number appears.
- Privacy. The tool reads usage counts only — never your code, prompts, file names, or project names. You're private by default, and even the global ranking is computed anonymously so no one else is exposed.
- Built in the open. The CLI is open source (MIT) — read exactly what it does. You're not the product: there's no ad tech, and your data isn't for sale.
How it's built
A small open-source CLI (
npx tokaholics) parses the logs Claude Code already writes in ~/.claude, dedupes and aggregates the token counts, and pushes only those numbers. The backend is Postgres (Supabase) with row-level security so no one can read anyone else's data; the live crew “Wall” updates over realtime broadcast; the web app is Next.js. You can read the CLI here: github.com/dragon6sic6/tokaholics-cli.Is it really free? What's the catch?
It's free, and there's no venture money behind it. If it grows I'd rather charge for a clearly-optional team feature than ever sell your data — that's a line I won't cross. For now, just enjoy it.
The honest caveats
This is a one-person indie project, not an enterprise product. There's no formal security audit or compliance certification — what there is, is an open-source CLI you can inspect, a privacy-first design, and a one-command
tokaholics logout that removes everything. It's built for individual developers and small teams. If that's you, welcome. 🔥Not affiliated with Anthropic
Tokaholics is an independent, third-party tool. It is not created, endorsed by, or affiliated with Anthropic or Claude.
— Mathias, the person who built it