▲ 3 r/GithubCopilot
With Microsoft rolling out big changes to GitHub Copilot, while waiting for the promised usage insights from MS, I built an open‑source tool that shows how much Copilot Chat in VS Code is actually using (tokens + estimated costs).
I originally made this because I wanted real numbers before deciding whether to use also an API‑based provider. Once it was working, I figured others might find it useful too.
The project is fully open source on GitHub: https://github.com/kafumanto/copilot-tokens
What the tool does
The tool analyzes the local VS Code Copilot Chat logs and provides:
- Token counts per session
- Estimated costs using OpenRouter pricing
- Total usage and costs summaries (to help track or budget AI expenses in the future)
- JSON and CSV export
- Cross‑platform support
- Optional
--anonymousmode to hide session titles if you want to share results with the community
Try it instantly
If you want to run it instantly without installing anything, there’s a Docker image ready to go:
- Windows Powershell:
docker run --rm -v "${env:APPDATA}\Code\User:/data:ro" -v "${env:TEMP}:/cache"ghcr.io/kafumanto/copilot-tokens:latest--costs --filter 30 - Windows Command:
docker run --rm -v "%APPDATA%\Code\User:/data:ro" -v "%TEMP%:/cache"ghcr.io/kafumanto/copilot-tokens:latest--costs --filter 30 - Linux:
docker run --rm -v "$HOME/.config/Code/User:/data:ro" -v "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}:/cache"ghcr.io/kafumanto/copilot-tokens:latest--costs --filter 30 - macOS:
docker run --rm -v "$HOME/Library/Application Support/Code/User:/data:ro" -v "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}:/cache"ghcr.io/kafumanto/copilot-tokens:latest--costs --filter 30
Happy to hear feedback from the community!
P.S. As an example, here is the anonymous report of my activity on April:
Start time (UTC) Session ID Model User msgs Asst msgs Input Output Total Input $ Output $ Total $
----------------------- ------------------------------------ ----------------------------- --------- --------- --------- ---------- ---------- --------- ----------- -----------
2026-04-05 19:14:44.261 259bee87-0aa1-4e2e-bdd5-71db096609a4 * 8 8 17 837 314 259 332 096 $0.046565 $4.713885 $4.760450
2026-04-06 19:38:54.152 8bfc312e-c3ad-42b6-b1be-a8487cf67a28 * 45 45 88 918 977 458 1 066 376 $0.153898 $12.077276 $12.231175
2026-04-07 19:25:27.702 e135e6e2-1e2f-4eab-a674-c974126ed045 copilot-auto/gpt-5.3-codex 3 3 6 105 103 274 109 379 $0.010684 $1.445836 $1.456520
2026-04-07 21:43:35.241 60c6af4e-a0d7-4795-973b-83d799323bf2 copilot-auto/gpt-5.3-codex 4 4 7 396 173 641 181 037 $0.012943 $2.430974 $2.443917
2026-04-07 22:17:37.140 609f39c3-03d2-4c72-9e62-945a419b0ba9 copilot-auto/gpt-5.3-codex 2 2 4 894 127 644 132 538 $0.008565 $1.787016 $1.795581
2026-04-09 14:46:38.689 d5858144-ef82-47b3-b230-292b21434467 * 2 2 4 341 84 770 89 111 $0.004426 $1.085616 $1.090042
2026-04-10 14:27:30.911 04df2046-e7cc-4e1f-a224-37b397551a31 copilot-auto/gpt-5.3-codex 5 5 14 821 209 067 223 888 $0.025937 $2.926938 $2.952875
2026-04-10 17:22:36.108 5f713ffa-7874-4d1c-8229-9650b6fa1425 copilot-auto/claude-haiku-4-5 2 2 4 239 146 157 150 396 - - -
2026-04-10 17:51:10.175 f32a2406-e029-46ec-90bc-2abf042e223c * 7 7 16 648 373 796 390 444 $0.030964 $5.245548 $5.276512
2026-04-11 17:04:43.668 066955f2-6330-4536-bcc8-86358dae9096 copilot/gpt-5.4-mini 3 3 5 995 17 040 23 035 $0.004496 $0.076680 $0.081176
2026-04-12 11:25:32.945 debcdb51-f639-4157-959e-2a9bfef4a9d3 copilot/gpt-5.4-mini 19 19 45 977 89 107 135 084 $0.034483 $0.400982 $0.435464
2026-04-12 12:11:01.495 b311bd93-3823-4a3e-b718-40a5e4cc63a8 * 10 10 22 179 421 886 444 065 $0.032621 $3.533456 $3.566077
2026-04-13 13:21:17.869 6250c8dc-4c53-41fb-9b21-3ead4524290e copilot/gpt-5-mini 1 1 919 9 980 10 899 $0.000230 $0.019960 $0.020190
2026-04-13 15:14:26.630 617c52b9-2ef5-4873-a0f5-6b1872bcaddc copilot-auto/gpt-5.3-codex 1 1 2 738 64 857 67 595 $0.004791 $0.907998 $0.912789
2026-04-13 15:46:43.398 b2af9993-5ea9-4af9-9e8c-f99b8c1074ce * 14 14 32 039 459 956 491 995 $0.047318 $6.384112 $6.431430
2026-04-13 17:11:56.366 09516416-cd55-43eb-874a-e1347badfb9f * 9 9 16 899 252 856 269 755 $0.033863 $3.625738 $3.659601
2026-04-13 17:33:59.920 e11aa88d-c423-429f-9598-97745be6b5b9 * 6 6 12 105 297 231 309 336 $0.026018 $4.230402 $4.256420
2026-04-13 21:55:43.913 a47dc628-5a59-4d36-8041-34fdebf14643 * 4 4 8 265 141 846 150 111 $0.009742 $1.454334 $1.464076
2026-04-13 22:39:35.338 5e148767-3a08-480e-9563-d3bacb2059dc * 8 8 15 756 152 990 168 746 $0.025720 $2.113617 $2.139337
2026-04-14 14:04:24.426 cbaea9f4-63ed-4cc5-b3fc-7dc3c4ea565e copilot/gpt-5.4-mini 1 1 1 262 15 475 16 737 $0.000947 $0.069638 $0.070584
2026-04-14 14:52:28.572 03e5f7fd-e8c9-4eee-964e-613ee1a73689 * 16 16 17 340 109 060 126 400 $0.048301 $1.593360 $1.641661
2026-04-15 14:52:04.399 b5d68888-5d39-43b1-93bf-a1eb89310f72 * 4 4 4 680 8 337 13 017 $0.008944 $0.121177 $0.130121
2026-04-15 14:54:14.649 57a75856-e04d-4425-8085-3cb4065640c0 * 7 7 20 290 44 392 64 682 $0.032632 $0.564023 $0.596654
2026-04-15 16:18:00.093 fca7006c-1127-4ea4-8236-1cc2a7b8e73d * 4 4 12 459 25 447 37 906 $0.016699 $0.354900 $0.371599
2026-04-16 14:10:28.854 c4a58e5a-c7bc-4fa1-a212-0691c22ea7f9 copilot-auto/gpt-5.4 4 4 13 181 51 997 65 178 $0.032952 $0.779955 $0.812908
2026-04-16 15:14:26.269 a82cc17c-42f0-4109-8d78-93c29f8d4454 copilot/gpt-5.4-mini 3 3 9 642 51 205 60 847 $0.007232 $0.230423 $0.237654
2026-04-17 16:27:25.226 cfd340a6-cb37-4238-b0ab-f5f0aa96b0c3 * 6 6 12 661 888 276 900 937 $0.027526 $12.576427 $12.603952
2026-04-20 13:16:44.853 b05a054b-ab4d-453c-ad39-38f46abcd647 * 5 5 10 795 320 136 330 931 $0.025190 $4.625649 $4.650839
2026-04-20 14:20:00.685 4539a11d-5b41-4fda-9775-0f6b9fdac835 copilot-auto/gpt-5.4 8 8 18 276 295 257 313 533 $0.045690 $4.428855 $4.474545
2026-04-20 15:07:06.559 d1057a63-c038-4d6c-823a-bcb02d72479b * 17 17 43 217 1 374 176 1 417 393 $0.036585 $10.885003 $10.921588
2026-04-20 15:31:22.529 9b6c63e8-69a2-4fdd-b44a-c65f1e4bbfe5 * 16 16 35 539 192 590 228 129 $0.077196 $2.812593 $2.889789
2026-04-21 11:37:43.796 4a16efc5-1689-4759-8959-9dc156316801 * 4 4 7 687 68 355 76 042 $0.003844 $0.171412 $0.175256
2026-04-21 11:50:24.053 0ac0838e-a236-4805-a4a8-610459a2675d * 14 14 33 205 140 905 174 110 $0.026880 $1.256636 $1.283516
2026-04-21 12:53:46.973 733545d9-7f9c-4653-b2ce-842c9170e8fe copilot/claude-sonnet-4.6 32 32 2 892 221 118 224 010 $0.008676 $3.316770 $3.325446
2026-04-22 14:05:26.047 50f58429-bb1d-4275-ac88-d28201719376 * 8 8 15 497 95 532 111 029 $0.028269 $1.103028 $1.131297
2026-04-22 14:10:12.867 338bd895-99b4-4485-8c25-12a116455fcc * 10 10 1 078 541 705 542 783 $0.002971 $7.946214 $7.949185
2026-04-22 17:31:08.553 b7c0c827-3e41-4ad4-b4c3-f410f773ead2 * 6 6 290 207 411 207 701 $0.000839 $3.036353 $3.037191
2026-04-23 10:56:29.747 c7cfc84c-2422-4287-8696-3a9ce1fc2013 copilot-auto/gpt-5.3-codex 1 1 2 795 50 420 53 215 $0.004891 $0.705880 $0.710771
2026-04-23 12:27:32.732 48247db7-cfbc-4669-a2d7-6f9a0b322df4 * 14 14 2 352 152 178 154 530 $0.006389 $2.188286 $2.194675
2026-04-23 16:02:57.579 76493285-2e8c-4035-b5d2-5ad02abf5e72 copilot/gpt-5.4-mini 2 2 11 9 017 9 028 $0.000008 $0.040577 $0.040585
2026-04-23 16:14:24.331 7ec10f9a-909a-445c-aa4f-47118b65034a copilot/gpt-5.4-mini 1 1 13 24 211 24 224 $0.000010 $0.108950 $0.108959
2026-04-23 16:22:29.802 4d605940-ea33-424e-81c7-f62938e50400 copilot/gpt-5.4-mini 2 2 4 044 13 514 17 558 $0.003033 $0.060813 $0.063846
2026-04-26 16:30:52.260 a325c075-dafd-4b3c-a26e-26d62989dca2 * 4 4 116 19 997 20 113 $0.000285 $0.263025 $0.263310
2026-04-26 16:55:24.359 31efedaf-9108-4e2c-94e3-9f029122908f copilot-auto/gpt-5.4 3 3 235 9 548 9 783 $0.000588 $0.143220 $0.143808
2026-04-26 17:01:30.749 07a47fee-2d52-4600-8318-bc9b7a89c61f copilot-auto/gpt-5.3-codex 1 1 26 3 976 4 002 $0.000046 $0.055664 $0.055709
2026-04-26 17:03:36.018 d38ae9d7-24bc-4ae1-bee8-c6a6fbcaa657 copilot-auto/gpt-5.3-codex 1 1 97 14 463 14 560 $0.000170 $0.202482 $0.202652
2026-04-27 15:48:21.108 45c6ecfb-748b-45e9-820d-74bf622900da * 2 2 1 095 17 866 18 961 $0.001585 $0.267330 $0.268915
2026-04-27 15:57:37.649 5d6eff33-f113-4ed2-891f-7d1c1d84e7fd copilot-auto/gpt-5.4 5 5 17 866 89 021 106 887 $0.044665 $1.335315 $1.379980
2026-04-27 16:17:47.726 93f5c43d-2b5f-4640-b579-bf03b2922a1e copilot-auto/gpt-5.3-codex 1 1 3 294 9 606 12 900 $0.005765 $0.134484 $0.140248
2026-04-28 14:10:38.424 cf5b2eef-f9d1-4903-abc4-bb4195fa52d3 * 12 12 43 600 448 520 492 120 $0.115064 $6.727800 $6.842864
2026-04-28 15:51:44.300 6c58ec33-c7a9-470e-8ee6-4d5e59580b2b copilot/claude-sonnet-4.6 6 6 18 059 80 754 98 813 $0.054177 $1.211310 $1.265487
2026-04-28 22:19:07.044 965226fc-ec01-4684-9de0-5e6c53a9fb25 * 18 18 57 362 690 582 747 944 $0.149469 $10.358730 $10.508199
2026-04-28 23:14:58.114 91f8f174-609e-4005-ada8-46d19943c544 copilot/claude-sonnet-4.6 4 4 15 364 25 125 40 489 $0.046092 $0.376875 $0.422967
2026-04-29 12:10:12.376 bc64f338-4ab2-4552-b8cf-43992428336e * 12 12 39 823 417 113 456 936 $0.102537 $6.256695 $6.359232
2026-04-29 12:59:09.609 f17cdfc9-3799-4a9e-aa31-ffa69ac64604 * 18 18 68 407 260 118 328 525 $0.141818 $2.490476 $2.632294
2026-04-29 15:33:53.636 edfea68f-dfa5-423a-b826-25120ead4f8b copilot/claude-sonnet-4.6 4 4 11 725 170 526 182 251 $0.035175 $2.557890 $2.593065
2026-04-29 15:52:36.883 8d6f6ff2-96ee-47d9-beca-e325e37d3fde copilot/claude-sonnet-4.6 2 2 6 839 12 415 19 254 $0.020517 $0.186225 $0.206742
2026-04-29 17:19:10.546 6d8e7cfa-4f55-4863-90c1-46cd51fd55c5 copilot/claude-sonnet-4.6 7 7 21 786 253 547 275 333 $0.065358 $3.803205 $3.868563
2026-04-29 21:54:42.982 4552eaf5-ef32-4e2c-8747-bb68a35a7cdd copilot/claude-sonnet-4.6 5 5 24 662 22 476 47 138 $0.073986 $0.337140 $0.411126
2026-04-30 01:06:20.192 b8dfdb25-151f-42d9-8c2e-6cf67b37c0e1 copilot/claude-sonnet-4.6 9 9 39 249 261 530 300 779 $0.117747 $3.922950 $4.040697
2026-04-30 11:30:23.993 c6781da3-28ba-409f-b997-ec98c47b48fb copilot/claude-sonnet-4.6 10 10 43 761 487 685 531 446 $0.131283 $7.315275 $7.446558
2026-04-30 14:12:57.937 a641d597-bf0a-4c0e-b8fa-3414053f1784 copilot/gpt-5.4-mini 1 1 3 083 54 231 57 314 $0.002312 $0.244040 $0.246352
2026-04-30 14:17:06.266 c343a669-310f-4dd7-ae42-ae79ae06f5c6 copilot/claude-haiku-4.5 1 1 3 075 7 849 10 924 $0.003075 $0.039245 $0.042320
2026-04-30 14:21:24.013 94688487-c606-4225-b6f6-bc4301f463e8 copilot/claude-haiku-4.5 5 5 30 067 223 747 253 814 $0.030067 $1.118735 $1.148802
2026-04-30 14:27:08.249 91227ace-2d3a-4259-ab8f-094ee70abd7e copilot/claude-sonnet-4.6 3 3 16 348 714 932 731 280 $0.049044 $10.723980 $10.773024
- TOTAL * 472 472 1 063 216 13 614 156 14 677 372 $2.149787 $173.509377 $175.659164
Sessions: 65
Scanned roots: /data/workspaceStorage
/data/globalStorage
Note: counts are derived from persisted session content only; hidden Copilot-side system/context tokens are not included.
u/Kafumanto — 10 days ago