v1.0 · open source

What is Claude Code actually doing?

A menu-bar companion that tracks cost, tokens, and sessions in real time — 100% local.

Download freeSource on GitHub
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ClaudeWatch
today

Sessions today

27

across 4 projects

Tokens

12.4M

68% cached

Cost

$3.14

Anthropic direct

Active now

1

Opus 4.7 · 42s

active
00:42
claudewatch · Opus 4.718.2k tok

recent

  • claudewatchOpus 4.7
    $0.42·2m
  • daliSonnet 4.6
    $0.11·18m
  • memcpHaiku 4.5
    $0.03·41m
One window / full picture

Everything Claude Code, in one place.

Sessions, costs, hooks, commands, skills, MCPs — all surfaced without leaving your menu bar.

featured · session explorer

Session Explorer

Every conversation Claude Code has had — searchable, taggable, and always fresh.

  • Live updates
  • Full-text search
  • Export to Markdown or JSON
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Every conversation, searchable and up to date.

01

Menu Bar

Today's cost, tokens, and active session — one click away, always up to date.

  • Live session indicator
  • Recent sessions
  • Quick actions
02

Analytics

Six focused tabs that answer the questions you actually ask.

  • Shared filters
  • What-if calculator
  • Latency distributions
03

Cost Tracking

See what Claude Code costs you — per session, per project, per day.

  • Anthropic & Vertex pricing
  • Cache savings included
  • Estimates only
04

Hooks

Every hook you've registered, grouped and clearly labeled.

  • Event type grouping
  • Command & timeout view
  • Config source
05

Commands

Your slash command library, rendered just like Claude sees it.

  • Browse & search
  • Markdown preview
06

Skills

All your skills in one view, with issues flagged before they bite.

  • Preview & raw toggle
  • Validation warnings
07

MCPs

Every MCP server across all scopes, with live status at a glance.

  • Connection status
  • Masked secrets
  • Capability overview
08

Memory

CLAUDE.md and memory files — global, per-project, auto-memory — all in one panel.

  • Rendered & raw view
  • Per-file stats
09

Tags

Label sessions however you want. Filter everything by them.

  • Free-form tagging
  • Filters everywhere
10

Auto-Update

Always on the latest version. No manual work.

  • Homebrew on macOS
  • Silent updates on Windows
11

Local-First

No accounts. No cloud. Nothing leaves your machine.

  • Zero transmission
  • Local secret scanning
  • No crash reports
Analytics dashboard

Know your usage at a glance.

Six focused tabs. One question each. No noise.

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Your usage, visualized.

/overview

How much am I using Claude Code?

Sessions, tokens, cost — the big picture at a glance.

Privacy first

Your data never leaves your laptop.

Everything runs locally. Period.

No cloud. No account.

Everything stays on your machine. The only network call is an update check.

No telemetry.

No analytics pixels. No fingerprinting. Nothing to opt out of.

Secrets stay yours.

Secret scanning runs locally. We never see them because we never get them.

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  • No session content transmitted
  • No Anthropic API calls
  • No authentication required
  • No background telemetry
  • No crash reporting
  • Source code on GitHub
Install

One command. Any OS.

Pick your platform and you're done.

Homebrew · recommended

brew tap maydali28/tap && brew install --cask claudewatch

auto-updates included

Direct download

ClaudeWatch.dmg

requires Claude Code installed

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FAQ

Everything else you're wondering.

  • No. ClaudeWatch reads your local Claude Code files. Nothing else.

  • No. The only network call is a version check. Everything else stays local.

  • They're estimates based on published pricing — close to your actual bill, not identical.

  • Yes. Opus 4.7, Sonnet 4.6, Haiku 4.5 and older models are all supported.

  • Automatically on macOS and Windows. Manual downloads on Linux.

  • Yes, MIT licensed. Contributions welcome on GitHub.

Stop guessing what Claude Code costs.

Free. Open source. Install in under a minute. Delete just as fast if it's not for you.

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