AI · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Aneirin
Cut your Claude Code & Copilot token bill, losslessly
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier.
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Ask Claude Code where your usage went. Token audit, limit diagnosis and usage forensics — built from the session logs already on your machine, nothing leaves it. - kelviq/tare
Aug 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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We needed something like --dangerously-skip-permissions that doesn’t nuke your untracked files, exfiltrate your keys, or install malware. Claude Code's permission system is allow-or-deny per tool, but that doesn’t really scale. Deleting some files is fine sometimes. And git checkout is sometimes not fine. Even when you curate permissions, 200 IQ Opus can find a way around it. Maintaining a deny list is a fool's errand. nah is a PreToolUse hook that classifies every tool call by what it actually does, using a deterministic classifier that runs in milliseconds. It maps commands to action types…
Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hello everyone. Claudraband wraps a Claude Code TUI in a controlled terminal to enable extended workflows. It uses tmux for visible controlled sessions or xterm.js for headless sessions (a little slower), but everything is mediated by an actual Claude Code TUI. One example of a workflow I use now is having my current Claude Code interrogate older sessions for certain decisions it made: https://github.com/halfwhey/claudraband?tab=readme-ov-file#s... This project provides: - Resumable non-interactive workflows. Essentially `claude -p` with session support: `cband continue…
Apr 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Built this after realizing I was spending ~$1400/week on Claude Code with almost no visibility into what was actually consuming tokens. Tools like ccusage give a cost breakdown per model and per day, but I wanted to understand usage at the task level. CodeBurn reads the JSONL session transcripts that Claude Code stores locally (~/.claude/projects/) and classifies each turn into 13 categories based on tool usage patterns (no LLM calls involved). One surprising result: about 56% of my spend was on conversation turns with no tool usage. Actual coding (edits/writes) was…
Apr 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A pre-execution guard for AI coding agents. It blocks destructive Git and file system commands, plus common attempts to access sensitive files, before a tool call runs. Supports Amp Code, Antigravity CLI, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot CLI, Grok Build, Hermes Agent, Kimi Code
Dec 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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toktrack▲68Did you know Claude Code deletes your session data after 30 days? I found out the hard way when I tried to check my spending history. My session files hit 3GB (2000+ files) and existing tools took 40+ seconds. Rewrote it in Rust with simd-json + rayon. - First run: ~1s (vs 40s+) - Daily use: ~0.04s (1000x faster, cached) - TUI dashboard with daily/weekly/monthly breakdown - Supports Claude Code, Codex CLI, Gemini CLI - Persistent cache — history survives even after CLI deletes files GitHub: https://github.com/mag123c/toktrack Feedback welcome!
Feb 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Bindly▲76Hi HN, I’m a product designer by background, not a traditional software engineer. Over the last year, tools like Claude and ChatGPT completely changed how I work. I started with small internal tools, and now I’m “vibe coding” multiple highly personalized apps. As I iterated between Claude Code (implementation) and ChatGPT (ideation / thinking), I kept running into the same problem. To think clearly, I had to repeatedly re-explain: - what the code currently does, - what changed recently, - and why certain decisions were made. That re-summarization step became a real bottleneck. So I…
2016 · bind.ly · its alternatives →
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Turbocharge Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Gemini & every coding agent: faster, cheaper, with contextual understanding specific to your codebase. - trailhq/Graft
Aug 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN! I built Retain as the evolution of claude-reflect (github.com/BayramAnnakov/claude-reflect). The original problem: I use Claude Code/Codex daily for coding, plus claude.ai and ChatGPT occasionally. Every conversation contains decisions, corrections, and patterns I forget existed weeks later. I kept re-explaining the same preferences. claude-reflect was a CLI tool that extracted learnings from Claude Code sessions. Retain takes this further with a native macOS app that: - Aggregates conversations from Claude Code, claude.ai, ChatGPT, and Codex CLI - Instant full-text…
Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Your customized plugin to cut token waste, up to 50% savings
May 2026 · analyzer.spec-kitty.ai · its alternatives →
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GrapeRoot▲10Cut your AI Bill by 60–70% with a local codebase graph!
May 2026 · graperoot.dev · its alternatives →
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Hey HN. I built this because my Anthropic API bills were getting out of hand (spoiler: they remain high even with this, batch is not a magic bullet). I use Claude Code daily for software design and infra work (terraform, code reviews, docs). Many Terminal tabs, many questions. I realised some questions are ok to wait on and with that comes some cost savings. So here is a small MCP that lets you send work directly to Anthropic's Batch API from inside Claude Code, for the same quality responses just 50% cheaper, results come back in ~30min-1hr. How it works: you type /batch review this…
Feb 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Know exactly what your team is using Claude for
Jun 2026 · aitokenscope.com · its alternatives →
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TokenVeil▲12Self-hosted AI proxy. Your data never leaves your network.
Jul 2026 · tokenveil.eu · its alternatives →
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Turn any OpenAI-compatible API into a Claude Code backend
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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CCProxy▲13Keep Claude Code's magic, slash costs by 90%
2025 · ccproxy.orchestre.dev · its alternatives →
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No-KYC API Proxy — Claude, Qwen & DeepSeek at $1/M tokens
Jun 2026 · amzmate.top · its alternatives →
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CCClub▲2My friends and I have been using Claude Code a lot. Someone joked about wanting to see who's the biggest whale, so I built this. Run `npx ccclub init`, get a 6-letter code, share it — done. It only uploads token counts and cost, no prompts or code ever leave your machine. Source: https://github.com/mazzzystar/ccclub
Feb 2026 · ccclub.dev · its alternatives →
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Claude Code added a /stats command. The stats are cached in $HOME/.claude, so I made a fun program with Bun + WASM that pulls the stats (nonsensitive, nonidentifiable), posts them to a database, and lets you see where your usage lies. The code is here[^1] if anyone's interested in the rendering code or wants to make sure I'm not exfiltrating their credit card. [^1]: https://github.com/tspader/claude-wrapped/
Dec 2025 · spader.zone · its alternatives →
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gremlord▲10gremlord wraps Claude Code in a thin local router. Same TUI, same tools — Anthropic runs byte-faithful passthrough, and OpenAI, xAI, and any OpenAI-compatible endpoint work through request/stream translation. Every token metered, routed by size, and checked against a budget. Sessions can now find an
Sep 2026 · gremlord.com · its alternatives →
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