Inlinr vs ccusage

ccusage: Local CLI that reports AI coding assistants' token usage and cost.

ccusage is a free command-line tool that reads the session logs of Claude Code, Codex and other coding assistants on your machine and prints tokens and estimated cost. Inlinr reads Claude Code's logs through its plugin, and puts the result next to the time you spent, per project, across every machine you use.

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Choose ccusage if

· You want token and cost reports with no account and nothing uploaded.
· You want the 5-hour usage blocks and a live status line.
· You also use Codex or other assistants: it reads their logs too, Inlinr only Claude Code's.

Choose Inlinr if

· You want tokens next to coding time, per project and per week.
· You work on several machines and want one total.
· You bill AI-assisted work to clients, or report it to a team.

2 Inlinr ahead
4 ccusage ahead
2 Even

What Inlinr and ccusage each offer
Feature	Inlinr	ccusage
AI assistants
Claude Code tokens and costBoth count input, output, cache creation and cache reads separately, which is what makes a cost estimate honest.	Yes	Yes
Both count input, output, cache creation and cache reads separately, which is what makes a cost estimate honest.
Rate-limit windowsccusage shows Claude's 5-hour billing blocks. Inlinr does not.	No	Yes
ccusage shows Claude's 5-hour billing blocks. Inlinr does not.
Tracking
Coding timeccusage reports tokens, not time. Inlinr tracks the editor and the assistant, so you see what an hour of work cost in tokens.	Yes	No
ccusage reports tokens, not time. Inlinr tracks the editor and the assistant, so you see what an hour of work cost in tokens.
Several machines, one viewccusage reads the logs of the machine it runs on. Inlinr adds up every machine and cloud session you connect.	Yes	No
ccusage reads the logs of the machine it runs on. Inlinr adds up every machine and cloud session you connect.
Privacy and setup
Nothing leaves your machineccusage is entirely local. Inlinr sends token counts, model and project — never prompts or replies — to its servers in Germany.	Counts only, no prompts	Yes
ccusage is entirely local. Inlinr sends token counts, model and project — never prompts or replies — to its servers in Germany.
Setupccusage runs with one npx command and no account. Inlinr needs a GitHub sign-in and the plugin installed once.	Sign-in and plugin	One npx command
ccusage runs with one npx command and no account. Inlinr needs a GitHub sign-in and the plugin installed once.
Product
Open sourceccusage is MIT-licensed. Inlinr's transcript parser lives in its open-source Claude Code plugin; the server is closed.	Plugin only	Yes
ccusage is MIT-licensed. Inlinr's transcript parser lives in its open-source Claude Code plugin; the server is closed.
Price
Priceccusage is free. Token tracking is on Inlinr's free plan too.	Free plan	Free
ccusage is free. Token tracking is on Inlinr's free plan too.

Using both

They do not compete for the same job. Many people keep ccusage for a quick look in the terminal and use Inlinr for the weekly and per-project picture.

What we say about ccusage was checked on 14 Oct 2026 against: github.com, npmjs.com. Products change; if something here is out of date, tell us and we will fix it. ccusage is a trademark of its owner; Inlinr is not affiliated with or endorsed by ccusage.

Try it on your own repositories

Run it next to ccusage for a couple of weeks and compare. Free for solo use.

Install in VS Code

No card to start · no source code leaves your machine