Comparison
Cost Guardian vs rtk
rtk has more GitHub stars (83,615 vs 39). rtk was updated more recently (last commit 2d ago). Data comes straight from GitHub and refreshes daily.
Cost Guardian
Real-time cost tracking and budget management for Claude Code. Zero setup. No Docker. No Grafana. Just install and go.
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claude plugin install cost-guardian
rtk
CLI proxy that reduces LLM token consumption by 60-90% on common dev commands. Single Rust binary, zero dependencies
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brew install rtk| Metric | Cost Guardian | rtk |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Plugin | Plugin |
| GitHub stars | 39 | 83,615 |
| Stars, last 7 days | n/a | +114 |
| Forks | 2 | 5,310 |
| Upvotes | 0 | 0 |
| Language | JavaScript | Rust |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Last commit | 1mo ago | 2d ago |
| Created | Mar 2026 | Jan 2026 |
| Categories | Dev tools, Data & analytics, AI & LLM tooling | AI & LLM tooling |