The best cost-xray alternatives

codeburn

getagentseal/codeburn

Free, local tool to track AI coding token usage and cost across 37 tools and agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Gemini and more), by model, project, and task. npx codeburn

Choose codeburn if…

• you would rather work in TypeScript than Python
• you want the more widely starred option (11.8k)
• you specifically need ai-coding or cli

Shares claude-code, cost-tracking, observability with cost-xray.

headroom

headroomlabs-ai/headroom

Compress tool outputs, logs, files, and RAG chunks before they reach the LLM. 20% fewer tokens for coding agents, 60-95% fewer tokens for JSON, same answers. Library, proxy, MCP server.

Choose headroom if…

• Apache License 2.0 suits your use better than MIT License
• you want something your agent can install directly rather than a library to wire up yourself
• you want the more widely starred option (79.5k)
• you specifically need agent or ai

Shares claude-code, proxy with cost-xray.

claude-scholar

Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar

Semi-automated research assistant for academic research and software development. Supports Claude Code, Codex CLI, Kimi Code CLI, and OpenCode across ideation, coding, experiments, writing, and publication.

Choose claude-scholar if…

• you specifically need academic-research or ai-agents

Shares claude-code, codex-cli with cost-xray.

opencodex

lidge-jun/opencodex

Universal provider proxy for OpenAI Codex & Claude Code — use any LLM (Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Ollama…) with Codex CLI, App, SDK, and Claude Code

Choose opencodex if…

• you would rather work in TypeScript than Python
• you want the more widely starred option (18.4k)
• you specifically need ai-gateway or ai-tools

Shares claude-code, codex-cli, proxy with cost-xray.

agentic-awesome-skills

sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills

AAS Core is the local, agent-first control plane for complete catalog discovery, agent-owned selection, stack validation, and planning, backed by 2,115+ agentic skills. Includes CLI, local MCP, catalog, plugins, and Workbench.

Choose agentic-awesome-skills if…

• you want something your agent can install directly rather than a library to wire up yourself
• you want the more widely starred option (49.6k)
• you specifically need agent-skills or agentic-skills

Shares claude-code, codex-cli with cost-xray.

failproofai

FailproofAI/failproofai

Observability and enforcement for AI agent harnesses. Capture every run and runtime reliability with policy enforcement.

Choose failproofai if…

• you would rather work in TypeScript than Python
• you want the more widely starred option (8.8k)
• you specifically need agent-failure or agent-harness

Shares claude-code, observability with cost-xray.

godogen

htdt/godogen

Autonomous game development with Claude Code and Codex

Choose godogen if…

• you want something your agent can install directly rather than a library to wire up yourself
• you specifically need claude or claude-code-skill

Shares claude-code, codex-cli with cost-xray.

open-multi-agent

open-multi-agent/open-multi-agent

Self-hosted TypeScript agent runtime with durable approvals and verifiable run records. Own it, approve it, audit it.

Choose open-multi-agent if…

• you would rather work in TypeScript than Python
• you specifically need agent-framework or agent-orchestration

Shares claude-code, observability with cost-xray.

skills

browser-act/skills

Browser automation CLI built for AI agents. Break through anti-bot walls, hand off to humans across platforms when stuck. Parallel multi-task execution, independent multi-session operation, isolated multi-account browsing.

Choose skills if…

• you want something your agent can install directly rather than a library to wire up yourself
• you specifically need agent-infrastructure or ai-agents

Shares claude-code, codex-cli with cost-xray.

claude-devtools

matt1398/claude-devtools

The missing DevTools for Claude Code — inspect session logs, tool calls, token usage, subagents, and context window in a visual UI. Free, open source.

Choose claude-devtools if…

• you would rather work in TypeScript than Python
• you specifically need ai or ai-agent

Shares claude-code, observability with cost-xray.

ctf-skills

ljagiello/ctf-skills

Agent skills for solving CTF challenges - web exploitation, binary pwn, crypto, reverse engineering, forensics, OSINT, and more

Choose ctf-skills if…

• you want something your agent can install directly rather than a library to wire up yourself
• you specifically need agent-skills or claude-code-skills

Shares claude-code, codex-cli with cost-xray.

drawio-skill

Agents365-ai/drawio-skill

Agent skill that turns natural language, code, Terraform/K8s, SQL, OpenAPI, AsyncAPI and Protobuf sources into editable, tested draw.io architecture diagrams: incremental sync, multi-view projection, drift diff, CI architecture tests, whiteboard derasterize, interactive HTML/PPTX/Mermaid exports.

Choose drawio-skill if…

• you want something your agent can install directly rather than a library to wire up yourself
• you want the more widely starred option (10.7k)
• you specifically need agent-skills or architecture

Shares claude-code with cost-xray.