Vibe coding is no longer just for fun. Know what it costs.

Real-time cost tracking and quota monitoring for Claude Code. Zero dependencies.

Why ccbar

You're burning through API credits or a $200/month Max subscription — but Claude Code doesn't tell you how fast, which project, or what it'll cost by end of day. ccbar fills that gap.

It works with both billing models: whether you're on the API (pay-per-token) or a Pro/Max subscription (quota-based), ccbar tracks your spend in real time. No guessing, no surprises at the end of the month.

Install

/plugin install ccbar@claude-plugins-official
/ccbar:setup

Use the command above once ccbar is listed in the official Claude Code marketplace.

For local development or pre-listing installs, add this repository as a marketplace first. The repository marketplace manifest lives at .claude-plugin/marketplace.json.

/plugin marketplace add /absolute/path/to/ccbar
/plugin install ccbar@ccbar-dev
/ccbar:setup

ccbar installs as a native Claude Code plugin. setup wires the plugin into statusLine.command, and the bundled SessionStart hook repairs the wiring if it drifts later.

What you get

Row 1:  5h quota bar + countdown · today tokens + cost › proj tokens ♻cache/hit% cost · week cost › proj tokens cost │ month tokens cost › proj cost
Row 2:  7d quota bar + countdown · session cost + $/h + →projection + duration + ctx% + lines · total cost › proj tokens ♻cache cost + path

Terminal too narrow? Trailing columns drop automatically. Content within columns is never truncated.

Lightweight by design

ccbar is now a native Claude Code plugin built on Node.js/TypeScript. There is no PyPI bootstrap layer, no extra daemon requirement for correctness, and no separate ccbar --install step. It reads the JSONL logs Claude Code already writes and renders directly through Claude's plugin-driven statusline flow.

	ccbar	typical alternatives
Runtime path	Native Claude plugin	external script + manual wiring
Setup	/plugin install + /ccbar:setup	package install + shell glue
Background process	None required	Persistent daemon
Config	plugin config JSON + slash commands	YAML + env + dashboard setup

Accurate to the cent

Most tools estimate costs with a flat rate. That's wrong — Opus output is 19x more expensive than Haiku. ccbar gets it right:

• Per-model pricing — reads the model ID from every message. Opus, Sonnet, Haiku each priced correctly.
• Streaming dedup — each API call writes 2–7 JSONL entries. ccbar deduplicates by message.id. Every message counted exactly once.
• Cache separation — cache reads cost 10% of fresh input. ccbar tracks them separately and shows ♻hit rate per project.
• Cross-session history — session cost resets when you restart. Your bill doesn't. ccbar scans all JSONL — today, this week, this month, per project.

Full-spectrum monitoring

Metric	What it tells you
5h / 7d quota bars	Green→yellow→red gradient. Know when you'll hit the limit before you hit it.
Burn rate $8.50/h	How fast this session is spending.
Projection →$18	Where you'll land by quota reset at the current pace.
Per-project › proj ♻56M/97% $124	Which project is eating your budget. Cache hit rate included.
Lines changed +250/-40	Code output this session — are you getting value for the spend?
Context %	How full the context window is. Helps you decide when to compact.
Today / Week / Month	Running totals so you always know where the bill stands.

API & Subscription — both covered

API users — ccbar calculates exact costs from per-model token pricing. You see dollars spent per session, per project, per day.

Pro / Max subscribers — ccbar reads your OAuth quota via the Anthropic API. The 5-hour and 7-day progress bars show exactly how much runway you have left, with countdowns to reset.

Either way, you get a single statusline that tells the full story.

Configure

/ccbar:configure
/ccbar:doctor

Config reference

{
  "rows": [["5h", "today", "history"], ["7d", "session", "total"]],
  "columns": null
}

Field	Description
rows	Layout grid — items: 5h 7d today history session model total
columns	Override terminal width (null = auto-detect)

The plugin stores config under ~/.claude/plugins/ccbar/config.json.

How it works

stdin JSON → plugin runtime → scan ~/.claude/projects/**/*.jsonl
           → dedup by message.id → per-model pricing
           → adaptive layout → stdout

Plugin commands:

• /ccbar:setup wires statusLine.command
• /ccbar:configure edits plugin config
• /ccbar:doctor checks plugin cache and statusline wiring

Uninstall

/plugin remove ccbar

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