Kerf-CLI: The SQLite-Powered Cost Dashboard Every Claude Code User Needs
Kerf-CLI is a local, SQLite-backed analytics tool that helps Claude Code users track spending, enforce budgets, and identify wasted Opus usage through a polished dashboard.
Why it matters
Kerf-CLI provides critical cost visibility and control for developers using the Claude Code AI platform, helping them identify waste, enforce budgets, and make more informed decisions.
Key Points
- 1Kerf-CLI ingests Claude Code session data into a local SQLite database for detailed cost analysis
- 2It provides insights on cache efficiency, model optimization, budget enforcement, and session-level spending
- 3The tool offers a web dashboard and command-line interface for easy access to cost intelligence
Details
Kerf-CLI is designed to give Claude Code users full visibility into their spending and usage patterns. By importing session data into a local SQLite database, the tool can track wasted Opus spend, calculate cache hit rates, enforce budgets, and provide a polished dashboard for analyzing costs. The key insight is that most developers using Claude Code have limited insight into their actual usage and costs. Kerf solves this by providing a self-hosted, privacy-preserving solution to surface detailed cost analytics. The setup process is straightforward, requiring just a few commands to initialize the database and start syncing session data. The dashboard offers a range of metrics and visualizations, including hero stats, budget progress, efficiency analysis, cache performance, and a session-level breakdown of Opus, Sonnet, and Haiku usage. Kerf also provides handy CLI commands for quick cost summaries, diagnostics, and more. Overall, the tool aims to give every Claude Code user the cost intelligence they need to optimize their usage and spending.
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