What does AI Usage do?

AI Usage focuses on tracking AI token consumption, usage sources, sessions, and costs from local machine data. It is catalogued under Agent monitoring & governance on PulseGate.

Who should use AI Usage?

AI Usage is an open-source project built for developers using local AI coding clients.

Yes — AI Usage is open source under the Open Source license and free to use.

What platforms does AI Usage run on?

AI Usage runs on the web and the command line. It can also be self-hosted.

What projects are similar to AI Usage?

Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include AI Daily Insights MCP, analytics-mcp, and openclaw-cost-tracker-mcp.

Who develops AI Usage?

AI Usage is developed by Mohit Bansal.

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AI Usage

Name: AI Usage
Author: Mohit Bansal

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PulseGate's liveness check found it on 8 Sep 2026; it has been in the index since 3 Sep 2026. How this is checked

AI Usage is an open-source, local-first MCP server that reads AI usage data from a user's machine. It answers questions about token counts, client and model usage, sessions, and associated costs for developers using AI tools.

Open SourceWebCLISelf-hosted

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Overview

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In the Agent monitoring & governance space, AI Usage takes a focused approach. It focuses on tracking AI token consumption, usage sources, sessions, and costs from local machine data. AI Usage is an open-source project aimed at developers using local AI coding clients. AI Usage is open source under the Open Source license. It runs on the web and the command line, and it can be self-hosted.

Mohit Bansal builds and maintains AI Usage. Key capabilities include token tracking, client breakdowns, and model breakdowns. It exposes integrations via an MCP server.

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

Token tracking
Client breakdowns
Model breakdowns
Session analysis
Cost calculation
Local data access
MCP server

Built with & integrations

Connectors

MCP

Runs on

BrowserCLISelf-hosted

Trust & compliance

License

Open Source

Verified signals

HTTPSOpen SourceFree tier

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What PulseGate has recorded for this listing

Indexed3 Sep · 12:15 UTC
AI Usage verified via MCP Registry (official)
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Frequently asked questions about AI Usage

What does AI Usage do?: AI Usage focuses on tracking AI token consumption, usage sources, sessions, and costs from local machine data. It is catalogued under Agent monitoring & governance on PulseGate.
Who should use AI Usage?: AI Usage is an open-source project built for developers using local AI coding clients.
Is AI Usage free?: Yes — AI Usage is open source under the Open Source license and free to use.
What platforms does AI Usage run on?: AI Usage runs on the web and the command line. It can also be self-hosted.
Is AI Usage still active?: PulseGate's liveness check found it on 8 Sep 2026.
What projects are similar to AI Usage?: Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include AI Daily Insights MCP, analytics-mcp, and openclaw-cost-tracker-mcp.AI Daily Insights MCP analytics-mcp openclaw-cost-tracker-mcp
Who develops AI Usage?: AI Usage is developed by Mohit Bansal.
Is AI Usage open source?: Yes — AI Usage is open source under the Open Source license.

At a glance

Pricing: Open Source
Platforms: CLI · Web
Languages: English
License: Open Source
First seen: 3 Sep 2026
Built for: developers using local AI coding clients
Model: Open source
Solves: Tracking AI token consumption, usage sources, sessions, and costs from local machine data.

Developer

Mohit Bansal

Index record

Indexed: 3 Sep 2026
Lifecycle: Alive
First seen: Sep 2026
Last seen: 3 Sep 2026

Identity audit (13)

Slug: ai-usage-github-com
Lifecycle last checked: 8 Sep 2026
Verification state: Indexed for public listing
Listing state: Listed: yes
Index status: Included in index
Latest evidence snapshot: 3 Sep 2026
Timeline basis: Indexed-at chronology (no inferred launch/funding milestones).
Name from: Written by a language model from the project's public pages.
Category from: Recorded source: taxonomy-pass-b.
Summary from: Written by a language model from public pages.
Languages from: Detected by a language model, checked against the page's own declaration.
Last updated: 3 Sep 2026
Canonical URL: https://github.com/MohitBansal321/ai-usage-mcp

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