XTraceAI

Xtrace — Productivity skill for Claude Code

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XTrace – open-source macOS app for coding agent productivity: agent vs estimated human time, API-equivalent spend, usage limits, and customizable scoring skills.

How to install Xtrace

This entry records only its repository, not the path inside it, so there is no exact command to give. Open XTraceAI/xtrace and copy the folder into ~/.claude/skills/, or the file into ~/.claude/agents/.

What Xtrace does

XTrace – open-source macOS app for coding agent productivity: agent vs estimated human time, API-equivalent spend, usage limits, and customizable scoring skills.

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README

XTrace

**Know where your coding time and money go.**

An open-source macOS app for people who code with agents. See agent activity, estimated human time and API-equivalent spend from the Claude Code, Codex and Cursor history already on your Mac. Track Claude and Codex account usage and pace in the sidebar.

[![Latest release](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/XTraceAI/xtrace?label=release&color=8b7cf6)](https://github.com/XTraceAI/xtrace/releases/latest) [![macOS 14+ · Apple Silicon](https://img.shields.io/badge/macOS-14%2B%20%C2%B7%20Apple%20Silicon-black?logo=apple)](docs/SETUP.md) [![License: Apache-2.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-Apache--2.0-blue)](LICENSE) [![Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/XTraceAI/xtrace?style=flat&color=yellow)](https://github.com/XTraceAI/xtrace/stargazers)

[**Download for Mac**](https://github.com/XTraceAI/xtrace/releases/latest) · [Setup guide](docs/SETUP.md) · [Report a bug](https://github.com/XTraceAI/xtrace/issues)

XTrace Dashboard with API-equivalent spend, estimated human time, populated Claude and Codex usage, a Codex forecast, and session compaction counts and markers

**See it in 44 seconds**

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/a8e7619c-85a3-40d7-8a0b-50d9dc94f215

Screenshots and the video show the app with made-up sample projects and account usage, not real work.

Why XTrace

You run several agents, try a new tool, or change how you prompt. XTrace helps you see what changed in your time, spend and activity:

Where did my time go? See agent activity alongside estimated human time, the ratio between them, and how many sessions ran at once.
What would this cost at API prices? Explore spend by day and session, estimated from published API rates rather than your subscription bill.
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