Token Dog

A desktop dog that dances faster the more LLM tokens you spend. macOS 14+.

About

Token Dog watches your local Claude Code, Codex, and Gemini-CLI usage and turns it into a 12-step tension level. An always-on-top dog sprite plays a different animation at each level — from a sleeping curl when nothing is happening to a full DJ set when you're burning through tokens. Choose from 11 breeds, including Corgi, Shiba Inu, Jindo, Poodle, and more.

12 hand-drawn animation cycles, from sleeping dog to DJ dog
Switch between 11 breeds instantly, no restart needed
All token data is read locally — nothing leaves your Mac
Menu-bar only — no Dock icon. The status item shows an animated B/W dog at the current tension
Toggle "Always on top", adjust sensitivity, override the level manually

Tension levels

Lv	State	Tokens / minute (default sensitivity)
1	Sleeping	< 50
2	Resting	50 – 200
3	Calm	200 – 600
4	Alert	600 – 1.5k
5	Caffeinated	1.5k – 3k
6	Working	3k – 6k
7	Energized	6k – 12k
8	Dancing	12k – 25k
9	DJ Mode	> 25k

The sensitivity slider scales every threshold by 1 / sensitivity, so a higher value pushes the dog to a higher level for the same token rate.

Requirements

macOS 14 (Sonoma) or later
Apple Silicon recommended (Intel works too)
You must have at least one of Claude Code (~/.claude) or Codex (~/.codex) writing logs locally for token data to appear
No network use, no account, no in-app purchase