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// 79d agoOPENSOURCE RELEASE
onWatch brings local-first AI quota tracking
onWatch is an open-source local daemon and dashboard for tracking AI API quotas across providers like Anthropic, Codex, GitHub Copilot, Z.ai, MiniMax, Synthetic, and Antigravity. It stores history in SQLite, runs as a small single binary, and keeps usage data entirely on the developer's machine.
// ANALYSIS
This hits a real blind spot in AI tooling: providers show snapshots, but developers need cross-provider history, burn-rate visibility, and budget control without handing telemetry to yet another SaaS.
- –Local-first design is the differentiator here: SQLite storage, localhost dashboard, and zero cloud service make it attractive for privacy-conscious teams
- –Tracking multiple coding-tool backends in one place is more useful than vendor dashboards, especially for developers juggling Claude Code, Codex, Copilot, and smaller providers
- –The project looks more like practical infra than a toy side project, with installers, Docker support, session tracking, alerts, and a maintained release cadence
- –GPL-3.0 licensing and beta status may limit some commercial adoption, but the open-source angle makes it compelling for power users and self-hosters
// TAGS
onwatchopen-sourcedevtoolapidata-tools
DISCOVERED
79d ago
2026-03-10
PUBLISHED
82d ago
2026-03-07
RELEVANCE
8/ 10
AUTHOR
prakersh
