A software developer from Reykjavik, Iceland has built a small, open source hardware dashboard called Clawdmeter that displays Claude Code token usage stats on a physical desktop device. The project launched on GitHub on May 10, 2026, and has since attracted over 800 stars and 50 forks.
Hermann Haraldsson, the developer behind the project, built the Clawdmeter using a lithium-ion battery-powered display — specifically the Waveshare ESP32-S3-Touch-AMOLED-2.16 — which connects to a laptop over Bluetooth. The device shows pixel-art animations of Anthropic’s Clawd mascot that grow more active as token usage increases. Pressing the middle button cycles through session and weekly utilization charts, Bluetooth connection status, and the splash screen animation. Two side buttons send keyboard shortcuts for Claude Code’s voice mode and mode-toggle functions.
The device tracks usage by reading the user’s Claude Code OAuth token to make an API call, pulling usage numbers directly from the response headers.
Haraldsson said he had always wanted to experiment with embedded devices but previously lacked the time. He credited Claude itself with helping him complete the build in just a few days, despite having no background in embedded development. “It’s really democratized access to programming, so that anyone can now do what developers used to do,” he told TechCrunch.
The project arrives amid what Haraldsson and others describe as a “tokenmaxxing” trend, in which software engineers at tech companies treat high AI token consumption as a measure of AI adoption. Haraldsson says the device’s appeal may also be rooted in nostalgia — a physical, single-purpose gadget in the tradition of devices like the iPod or Walkman.
Because Clawdmeter is open source, anyone can fork the repository to add custom features, animations, or screens.
Source: TechCrunch