tokenbroke

Are you tokenbroke? Prove it.

npx tokenbroke

Five seconds. No signup. It reads the usage / rate-limit state your AI coding tools already keep on your machine, files it — signed, under a name like starving-crab-42 — and prints your rank among the most rate-limited developers alive, plus the state of the nation.

The board: tokenbroke.lol

Before you run a stranger's CLI (good instinct)

This package is MIT open source: github.com/SnehanChakravarthi/tokenbroke

• Every filesystem access goes through one allowlist-enforcing layer (src/readers/access.ts). Paths not on the allowlist cannot be opened; symlinks and hardlinks are rejected before reading.
• It never reads your code, prompts, conversations, or credentials. Credential files (~/.codex/auth.json, ~/.claude/.credentials.json) are never opened. Where a mixed file must be read (~/.claude.json), only allowlisted usage fields are extracted; the rest is discarded.
• Zero runtime dependencies. What you installed is one bundled file — read it right here in the tarball (dist/index.js), it's the exact code npx executes.
• It submits only when you run it. The keep-fresh hook is opt-in (the CLI asks first); uninstalling it is deleting two lines from your tool's config.

What it does

1. Detects Claude Code and/or Codex CLI and reads their local usage / rate-limit state. One tool missing or partial data is normal, not an error.
2. Submits one signed snapshot. Re-running updates your row — re-running is the ritual.
3. Prints the receipt: your rank, your roast, the collective misery, and a claim URL. Claiming (GitHub OAuth, optional) puts your name and face on your row. You never have to.

Stance

tokenbroke is an unaffiliated parody and community tool — not endorsed by, associated with, or speaking for OpenAI or Anthropic. The bit is affectionate. The data is serious.