🪙 claude-cost-cry

Your wallet cries every time you call Claude. Watch it happen in real-time.

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npm install -g claude-cost-cry

A floating desktop widget that makes you feel every dollar leaving your wallet — with emotional messages, everyday equivalents, and real-time cost tracking.

Quick Start

cost-cry          # Launch floating overlay widget

That's it. The widget appears in the top-right corner and starts tracking immediately.

On macOS, you may need to run xattr -cr node_modules/electron/dist/Electron.app on first launch.

Features

Floating Overlay Widget

• Emoji and color change based on cost tier
• Bounce animation + cost flash on new API calls
• Widget shakes when cost exceeds $30
• Drag to reposition, toggle from system tray
• Expandable panels: daily chart, model breakdown, top 3 expensive requests
• Settings panel: budget, currency, language, equivalent unit, one-click update

Emotional Cost Tiers

| Cost Range | Emoji | Mood | Example Message | | ---------- | ----- | ------- | ------------------------------------------------------- | | $0 – $1 | 🪙 | Peace | "No worries, this is practically free" | | $1 – $5 | 💸 | Uneasy | "Starting to cost as much as vending machine coffee..." | | $5 – $10 | 🔥 | Worry | "Is this really okay...?" | | $10 – $30 | 🚨 | Alert | "Am I paying Claude a salary...?" | | $30 – $100 | 💀 | Danger | "The bank account is screaming" | | $100+ | ⚰️ | Funeral | "🚨 WARNING: This API key is on fire 🚨" |

Multi-Provider Support

Track costs across multiple LLM providers:

• 🟣 Claude Code — automatic (local JSONL logs)
• ⚡ Cursor IDE — API polling (cost-cry config --add-source cursor)
• 🟢 OpenAI — local logs (cost-cry config --add-source openai:/path/to/logs)
• 🔵 Google Gemini — local logs (cost-cry config --add-source google:/path/to/logs)

Everyday Equivalents

Your cost is converted into relatable items — because "$3.50" means nothing, but "🍲 Gukbap 0.6" hurts:

☕ Iced Americano · 🍢 Tteokbokki · 🍲 Gukbap · 🍱 Lunch · 🍗 Fried Chicken · 📺 Netflix · 🥤 Frappuccino

Customizable via CLI or overlay settings. Add your own units too.

CLI

cost-cry cli                       # Real-time terminal tracking
cost-cry report                    # Weekly report
cost-cry report --monthly          # Monthly report
cost-cry config                    # View current settings
cost-cry config --daily-budget 10  # Set daily budget ($10)
cost-cry config --currency KRW     # Switch display currency
cost-cry config --language ko      # Switch to Korean
cost-cry config --nudge off        # Disable savings nudge

$ cost-cry cli

  🪙 claude-cost-cry v0.3.3
  Emotionally experience your API costs

  📊 Today's total: $2.41 (☕ Iced Americano 0.8)
     12 API calls

  ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  Watching... (Ctrl+C to exit)
  ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

  [14:32:15] Opus  📥 15.2K 📤 1.2K
  🔥 +$0.38  →  Total: $8.73  🍗 0.5
     "Could've gone to a fancy buffet with this money..."

  [14:35:22] Sonnet  📥 8.3K 📤 2.1K
  💸 +$0.06  →  Total: $8.79  🍗 0.5
     "Your wallet is literally crying"

Budget Alerts

When a budget is set:

• 70% → 💡 warning, 90% → ⚠️ warning, 100% → 🚫 exceeded

Savings Nudge

Shows how much you could save using a cheaper model — in real time:

  💡 Would be $0.02 with Haiku (save $0.36)

How It Works

Claude Code saves API call logs as JSONL files under ~/.claude/projects/. cost-cry watches these files in real time, extracts token usage, and calculates cost based on official pricing.

No proxy or API key required. Only reads local log files (or polls Cursor's internal API).

Supported Models & Pricing

| Model | Input ($/1M) | Output ($/1M) | | -------------- | ------------ | ------------- | | Claude Opus | $15.00 | $75.00 | | Claude Sonnet | $3.00 | $15.00 | | Claude Haiku | $0.80 | $4.00 | | GPT-4o | $2.50 | $10.00 | | GPT-4o mini | $0.15 | $0.60 | | Gemini 2.5 Pro | $1.25 | $10.00 | | Gemini Flash | $0.075 | $0.30 |

Cache tokens are automatically reflected (write: 1.25x, read: 0.1x).

Requirements

• Node.js >= 18
• Claude Code installed (~/.claude/ directory) or another supported provider

Disclaimer

Cost calculations are estimates for reference. For exact billing, check the Anthropic Dashboard.

Support

If this tool saved you from a heart attack, consider buying me a coffee:

License

MIT