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Install toktop with Homebrew

LLM usage monitor in terminal. Version 0.1.5 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install toktop

local Homebrew formula metadata

overview

Package summary

LLM usage monitor in terminal

Commands and aliases

  • toktop

history

Project history and usage

toktop is a small terminal dashboard for monitoring OpenAI and Anthropic token usage and costs. Its own README frames it as "htop but for llm tokens", placing it in the recent wave of developer tools that turn cloud AI spend into a live terminal workflow.

Project history

The official repository is a compact Rust project with a README, Cargo metadata, and a short changelog. The changelog records early 0.1.x releases in November and December 2025, with work focused on cost API fixes, chart rendering, filtering, grouping by model or API key, and richer usage summaries.

Adoption history

Available history is limited to the official project repository and package metadata. Homebrew carries the tool as `toktop`, and the upstream README documents `cargo install toktop --locked`, so adoption appears centered on Rust/Cargo and Homebrew users who want terminal-native LLM account monitoring.

How it is used

The README documents running `toktop` after setting `OPENAI_ADMIN_KEY` and `ANTHROPIC_ADMIN_KEY`, passing an env file with `toktop -e .env`, or letting the program prompt for API keys. In package-manager terms, it is a single executable meant to sit beside other terminal observability tools.

Why package nerds care

For package nerds, toktop is interesting less as infrastructure history and more as a marker of a new CLI niche: local, terminal-first accounting for metered LLM APIs. Its packaging surface is intentionally small: one binary, MIT license, Cargo install path, and a Homebrew formula.

Timeline

  • 2025: Changelog records early 0.1.x releases focused on LLM usage and cost dashboard behavior.
  • Current: README documents OpenAI and Anthropic admin-key based terminal monitoring.

Related projects

  • The README explicitly compares the experience to htop and notes that it is built with Ratatui, aligning it with terminal UI observability tools.

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
  • Build metadata lists 2 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
toktopcliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08
manager version0.1.5
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv0.1.5

https://github.com/htin1/toktop

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:toktop
Version0.1.5
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/toktop
Homepagehttps://github.com/htin1/toktop
Repositoryhttps://github.com/htin1/toktop
Upstream docshttps://github.com/htin1/toktop#readme
LicenseMIT
Source archivehttps://github.com/htin1/toktop/archive/refs/tags/v0.1.5.tar.gz
Build dependenciespkgconf, rust
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Nametoktop
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Related tools

  • pkgconfBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • rustBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

  • llmfitShares av.db curated category or tags: ai-tools, cli, developer-tools, llm, tui.
  • caiShares av.db curated category or tags: anthropic, cli, developer-tools, llm, openai.
  • chronografShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, monitoring.
  • critShares av.db curated category or tags: ai-tools, cli, developer-tools.
  • cronboardShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, monitoring.
  • jvm-monShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, monitoring.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • Nucleus package database
  • av.db category and tag curation
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated package history
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment