Ironcept
Metadata only · never your prompts

See what your AI tools actually cost

Ironcept runs quietly in your menu bar, reads each tool’s own logs, and turns them into one dashboard — sessions, tokens, and cost, traced back to the source.

Download Ironcept

Get in touch

Reach out and we’ll get back to you.

Reads local logs only — nothing leaves your machine until you sign in
Available on macOS and Windows
Example data
Today · updated just now

Sessions

14

Cost (final)

$3.42

Cost (live)

~$0.58

Tokens

128.4k

Tools active

3

Cost by tool

CLI Desktop
Claude Code
$2.10
Codex
$0.89

Sessions

Claude Code1h30mclosed$1.14
Codex22mclosed$0.31
Claude Codeongoinglive~$0.58
Install

How it works

From download to your first dashboard view, in six steps.

1
Downloads
Ironcept.dmg

Open the installer

Open Ironcept-0.1.3.dmg from your Downloads folder.

2

Drag to Applications

Drag the Ironcept icon into your Applications folder.

3
Applications
Ironcept

Launch Ironcept

Open Ironcept from your Applications folder.

4
Ironcept

Today: 1 session · $0.00

Detection: running

Open Dashboard

Start at Login

Quit Ironcept

Find it in your menu bar

Ironcept runs quietly there. Click the icon to open the menu.

5

Sign in to Ironcept

Continue with Google
or
Continue

Open Dashboard

This opens your browser to sign in — no account needed until now.

6

Sessions

—

Cost

—

Tokens

—

You're in

Signing in takes you straight to your usage dashboard.

Pricing

Free to try, priced when it syncs

Everything the desktop agent does locally is free. You pay when you want that usage kept and synced across devices.

Free

Try Ironcept on your own machine.

$0
  • Desktop agent detection
  • CLI detector
  • Local dashboard
  • 7-day history
Most popular

Pro

Daily use, synced across your devices.

$9/ month
  • Everything in Free
  • Hosted dashboard, synced across devices
  • Unlimited history
  • Cost breakdown by tool and model

Buying for a whole team? See the Team plan on the Enterprise page.

Download

Download Ironcept

No account needed to download — you'll sign in from inside the app once it's installed.

macOS

Apple Silicon · macOS 12 or later · v0.1.3 · 64 MB

Windows

Windows 10 or 11 · 64-bit · v0.1.3 · 41 MB

A day at a time

Sessions, cost, tokens and how many tools were active, for any date you pick.

Cost you can trace

Broken down per tool and split between terminal and desktop use, from each tool's own logs.

Every session listed

Tool, duration, repository, model, tokens, cost, status and account tier.

Ironcept runs quietly in your menu bar and notices when an AI coding tool is working, then reads that tool’s own logs.