Observed arrival · 2026-10-17
Toktail: a cost ledger for local AI tokens
Toktail is a free, open-source app for tracking tokens processed by local AI models and comparing their costs with cloud providers.
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- For
- Local-model users comparing self-hosted and cloud AI costs
- Worth noticing
- Its example run reports 472 million tokens over 37.73 hours; the page labels the model grades as the author's judgment.
Field notes
The calculator accepts multiple CSVs and lets users enter electricity cost and an optional hardware share, then compare daily, monthly, or yearly costs. The featured example separates electricity from hardware and says its cloud comparison uses list prices without caching discounts; the page also notes that the run's work grades reflect the author's own judgment. The page says the app has no packaged release, so its download links provide source code.
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