AI Meter privacy policy.

AI Meter shows how much of your Claude Code or Codex usage is left. It has no account, no analytics, and no GuruHat server. Your data stays on your device, except for the one request it makes to read your usage.

Effective date: October 21, 2026

What AI Meter reads

To check your usage, AI Meter reads the sign-in that Claude Code or the Codex CLI already saved on your device:

• Claude: the Claude Code sign-in token. On Windows that is %USERPROFILE%\.claude\.credentials.json (or CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR). On macOS it is the Claude Code item in your Keychain, or ~/.claude/.credentials.json.
• Codex: the ChatGPT sign-in token in %USERPROFILE%\.codex\auth.json on Windows or ~/.codex/auth.json on macOS (or CODEX_HOME).

AI Meter only reads these tokens. It never changes them, copies them elsewhere, or keeps its own copy. On macOS, if your Claude sign-in has expired, AI Meter may run claude doctor (at most once every 10 minutes) so the Claude Code CLI renews its own sign-in. This sends no prompt and uses none of your allowance.

Where your data goes

About every five minutes, and when you choose Refresh, AI Meter sends each token only to the service it belongs to, over HTTPS:

• Anthropic, at api.anthropic.com, for Claude usage
• OpenAI, at chatgpt.com, for Codex usage

Those services return your usage percentage and reset time. Their own privacy policies cover how they handle these requests. AI Meter sends nothing to GuruHat or to anyone else.

What AI Meter stores

AI Meter saves your settings (such as which provider to show and whether the percentage appears on the taskbar) and the last usage reading, so it can show something right away when it starts. On Windows these are in %LOCALAPPDATA%\GuruHat\AIMeter. On macOS they are in the app’s preferences. If you turn on Start with Windows, AI Meter adds a startup entry for your user account. Uninstalling the app and deleting that folder removes everything it stored.

What AI Meter does not do

• No accounts or sign-up
• No analytics, telemetry, crash reporting, or advertising
• No reading of your prompts, conversations, code, or files
• No selling or sharing of personal data

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Children

AI Meter is not directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect any information from them.

Open source

AI Meter is free and open source under the MIT license, so you can check exactly what it does on GitHub. AI Meter is an independent project and is not affiliated with Anthropic or OpenAI.

Changes

If this policy changes, the new version will be posted on this page with a new effective date.

Contact

Questions about this policy: hello@guruhat.com. See also the GuruHat website privacy policy and the AI Meter page.