Token usage and cost tracking tools for coding agents

Trackers for token usage and spend across coding agents. Of the 338 tools on our writing code page, 8 fit this narrower job. By pricing: 6 open source, 1 source-available, 1 paid, usage-based or enterprise. The most-starred open repos here are Trail Code (10,211 stars), Mission Control (6,358 stars), Tokscale (5,695 stars). Most come from the coding (5), MCP & infra (2), business agents (1) categories.

Updated October 20, 2026

Trail Code

codingOpen source

Context layer that makes Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and other coding agents faster and cheaper on large codebases.

Added Oct 16, 2026

Mission Control

codingOpen source

Self-hosted control plane for dispatching tasks to agents, reviewing runs and tracking spend.

Added Oct 16, 2026

Tokscale

codingOpen source

Tracks token usage across AI coding agents from your terminal.

Added Oct 16, 2026

abtop

codingOpen source

htop-style monitor for Claude Code and Codex sessions and token use.

Added Oct 16, 2026

jCodeMunch MCP

MCP & infraSource-available

MCP server for symbol-level code exploration that cuts token use.

Added Oct 16, 2026

Jevgrep

codingOpen source

CLI that finds relevant repo files and excerpts from natural-language questions for coding agents; claims ~40% cheaper agent runs.

Added Oct 14, 2026

HiRoute

NewMCP & infraOpen source

HiRoute, from the Higress team, is an open-source local model router for long-running agents like Codex and Claude Code: it hands routine stages to cheaper models, saves your strongest model for hard steps and keeps a record of each decision.

Added Oct 20, 2026

Empyre

Newbusiness agentsPaid

Empyre turns a plain-language business brief into a running software company: eight AI agents (CEO, CTO, CMO, CFO and more) build it, deploy it to its own HTTPS address and keep operating it, shipping code, marketing and support with spend approval; plans $49, $149 and $299 a month.

Added Oct 19, 2026

GitHub repos (7)

Repo	GitHub stars	Licence	Last push
Trail Code ↗	10,211	MIT	2026-10-19
Mission Control ↗	6,358	MIT	2026-09-22
Tokscale ↗	5,695	MIT	2026-10-19
abtop ↗	3,752	MIT	2026-09-14
jCodeMunch MCP ↗	2,776	jCodeMunch-MCP Dual-Use License (free for non-commercial use)	2026-10-19
Jevgrep ↗	2,675	MIT	2026-10-19
HiRoute ↗	278	—	—

7 repos. Stars and licence come from each repo, checked when the listing was last verified.

FAQ

What are the best AI tools for writing code focused on token usage and cost tracking?

We list 8. The first three by GitHub stars and featured status are Trail Code: Context layer that makes Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and other coding agents faster and cheaper on large codebases.; Mission Control: Self-hosted control plane for dispatching tasks to agents, reviewing runs and tracking spend.; Tokscale: Tracks token usage across AI coding agents from your terminal.

Are there free or open-source options?

Yes: 6 open source, 1 source-available, 1 paid, usage-based or enterprise. Pricing is as each maker states it.

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