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PulseGate's liveness check found it on 24 Sep 2026; it is registered on GitHub and PyPI and has been in the index since 24 Sep 2026. How this is checked

ai-costs is an MIT-licensed command-line package that estimates the cost of AI-assisted work using usage data stored on disk. It compares actual spending with API-equivalent costs and vendor quotes across supported AI services.

Inferred · not functionally tested

Open SourceMITCLISelf-hosted
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Overview

6 features

Purpose: Estimating the real and equivalent API costs of AI-assisted work from usage records already stored on disk.

Inferred · not functionally tested

Audience: developers and AI-assisted software teams

Inferred · not functionally tested

Functions: analytics

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Interfaces: API: unknown · MCP: unknown · CLI: indicated (inferred, not tested) · Self-hosting: indicated (inferred, not tested)

Recorded constraints: pricing: open_source · license: MIT · platforms: CLI · deployment: cli, self_hosted

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Record sources: pypi.org · github.com. These links do not verify the individual claims.

In the Other dev tools space, ai-costs takes a focused approach. Inferred · not functionally tested: It focuses on estimating the real and equivalent API costs of AI-assisted work from usage records already stored on disk. Inferred · not functionally tested: ai-costs is an open-source project aimed at developers and AI-assisted software teams. Basis unknown · not verified: ai-costs is open source under the MIT license. Basis unknown · not verified: It runs on the command line, and it can be self-hosted.

It is developed by qmediat, and it first shipped in 2026. The project is developed in the open on GitHub with 6 commits in the last 90 days. Inferred · not functionally tested: Among its 6 catalogued features are usage analysis, cost estimation, and API cost comparison.

Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.

Tasks: Inferred · not functionally tested

  • Usage analysis
  • Cost estimation
  • API cost comparison
  • Vendor quote comparison
  • Token tracking
  • Local data processing

Topics: Inferred · not functionally tested

Tags
llm-cost-trackingtoken-usageai-pricingdeveloper-cli

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Built with & integrations

Written with
Claude Code
Runs on
CLISelf-hosted
Written with — evidence
Claude Code
commit 3fec16267c39 · since Sep 2026

Trust & compliance

License
MIT
Public signals
HTTPSOpen SourceGitHubActive maintenance

Indexing history

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  7. Indexed23 Sep · 18:24 UTC
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Frequently asked questions about ai-costs

What is ai-costs?
Inferred · not functionally tested: Ai-costs focuses on estimating the real and equivalent API costs of AI-assisted work from usage records already stored on disk. It is catalogued under Other dev tools on PulseGate.
Who should use ai-costs?
Inferred · not functionally tested: ai-costs is an open-source project built for developers and AI-assisted software teams.
Is ai-costs free?
Basis unknown · not verified: Yes — ai-costs is open source under the MIT license and free to use.
What platforms does ai-costs run on?
Basis unknown · not verified: ai-costs runs on the command line. It can also be self-hosted.
Is ai-costs still maintained?
PulseGate's liveness check found it on 24 Sep 2026. Its GitHub repository shows 6 commits in the last 90 days.
Who makes ai-costs?
ai-costs is developed by qmediat.
When did ai-costs launch?
ai-costs first shipped in 2026.
Is ai-costs open source?
Basis unknown · not verified: Yes — ai-costs is open source under the MIT license, developed on GitHub.

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