ccboard - Claude Code dashboard

Comprehensive TUI/Web dashboard for monitoring and managing your Claude Code usage.

Overview

ccboard provides a unified interface to visualize and explore all your Claude Code data:

• Sessions: Browse all conversations across your projects
• Statistics: Real-time token usage, cache hit rates, activity trends
• MCP Servers: Monitor and manage Model Context Protocol servers
• Costs: Track spending with detailed token breakdown and pricing
• Configuration: View cascading settings (Global > Project > Local)
• Hooks: Explore pre/post execution hooks and automation
• Agents: Manage custom agents, commands, and skills
• History: Search across all messages with full-text search

Installation

Via cargo (recommended)

# Using Claude Code command
/ccboard-install

# Or manually
cargo install ccboard

Requirements

• Rust 1.70+ and Cargo
• Claude Code installed (reads from ~/.claude/)

Commands

Command	Description	Shortcut
/dashboard	Launch TUI dashboard	ccboard
/mcp-status	Open MCP servers tab	Press 8
/costs	Open costs analysis	Press 6
/sessions	Browse sessions	Press 2
/ccboard-web	Launch web UI	ccboard web
/ccboard-install	Install/update ccboard	-

Features

8 interactive tabs

1. Dashboard (press 1)

• Token usage statistics
• Session count
• Messages sent
• Cache hit ratio
• MCP server count
• 7-day activity sparkline
• Top 5 models usage gauges

2. Sessions (press 2)

• Dual-pane: Project tree + Session list
• Metadata: timestamps, duration, tokens, models
• Search: Filter by project, message, or model (press /)
• File operations: e to edit JSONL, o to reveal in finder

3. Config (press 3)

• 4-column cascading view: Global | Project | Local | Merged
• Settings inheritance visualization
• MCP servers configuration
• Rules (CLAUDE.md) preview
• Permissions, hooks, environment variables
• Edit config with e key

4. Hooks (press 4)

• Event-based hook browsing (PreToolUse, UserPromptSubmit)
• Hook bash script preview
• Match patterns and conditions
• File path tracking for easy editing

5. Agents (press 5)

• 3 sub-tabs: Agents (12) | / Commands (5) | ★ Skills (0)
• Frontmatter metadata extraction
• File preview and editing
• Recursive directory scanning

6. Costs (press 6)

• 3 views: Overview | By Model | Daily Trend
• Token breakdown: input, output, cache read/write
• Pricing: total estimated costs
• Model distribution breakdown

7. History (press 7)

• Full-text search across all sessions
• Activity by hour histogram (24h)
• 7-day sparkline
• All messages searchable

8. MCP (press 8) NEW

• Dual-pane: Server list (35%) | Details (65%)
• Live status detection: ● Running, ○ Stopped, ? Unknown
• Full server details: command, args, environment vars
• Quick actions: e edit config, o reveal file, r refresh status

Navigation

Global Keys:

• 1-8 : Jump to tab
• Tab / Shift+Tab : Navigate tabs
• q : Quit
• F5 : Refresh data

Vim-style:

• h/j/k/l : Navigate (left/down/up/right)
• ←/→/↑/↓ : Arrow alternatives

Common Actions:

• Enter : View details / Focus pane
• e : Edit file in $EDITOR
• o : Reveal file in finder
• / : Search (in Sessions/History tabs)
• Esc : Close popup / Cancel

Real-time Monitoring

ccboard includes a file watcher that monitors ~/.claude/ for changes:

• Stats updates: Live refresh when stats-cache.json changes
• Session updates: New sessions appear automatically
• Config updates: Settings changes reflected in UI
• 500ms debounce: Prevents excessive updates

File editing

Press e on any item to open in your preferred editor:

• Uses $VISUAL > $EDITOR > platform default (nano/notepad)
• Supports: Sessions (JSONL), Config (JSON), Hooks (Shell), Agents (Markdown)
• Terminal state preserved (alternate screen mode)
• Cross-platform (macOS, Linux, Windows)

MCP server management

The MCP tab provides comprehensive server monitoring:

Status Detection (Unix):

• Checks running processes via ps aux
• Extracts package name from command
• Displays PID when running
• Windows shows "Unknown" status

Server Details:

• Full command and arguments
• Environment variables with values
• Config file path (~/.claude/claude_desktop_config.json)
• Quick edit/reveal actions

Navigation:

• h/l or ←/→ : Switch between list and details
• j/k or ↑/↓ : Select server
• Enter : Focus detail pane
• e : Edit MCP config
• o : Reveal config in finder
• r : Refresh server status

Usage examples

Daily monitoring

# Launch dashboard
/dashboard

# Check activity and costs
# Press '1' for overview
# Press '6' for costs breakdown
# Press '7' for recent history

MCP troubleshooting

# Open MCP tab
/mcp-status

# Or: ccboard then press '8'

# Check server status (● green = running)
# Press 'e' to edit config if needed
# Press 'r' to refresh status after changes

Session analysis

# Browse sessions
/sessions

# Press '/' to search
# Filter by project: /my-project
# Filter by model: /opus
# Press 'e' on session to view full JSONL

Cost tracking

# View costs
/costs

# Press '1' for overview
# Press '2' for breakdown by model
# Press '3' for daily trend

# Identify expensive sessions
# Track cache efficiency (99.9% hit rate)

Web interface

Launch browser-based interface for remote monitoring:

# Launch web UI
/ccboard-web

# Or with custom port
ccboard web --port 8080

# Access at http://localhost:3333

Features:

• Same data as TUI (shared backend)
• Server-Sent Events (SSE) for live updates
• Responsive design (desktop/tablet/mobile)
• Concurrent multi-user access

Run both simultaneously:

ccboard both --port 3333

Architecture

ccboard is a single Rust binary with dual frontends:

ccboard/
├── ccboard-core/      # Parsers, models, data store, watcher
├── ccboard-tui/       # Ratatui frontend (8 tabs)
└── ccboard-web/       # Axum + Leptos frontend

Data Sources:

• ~/.claude/stats-cache.json - Statistics
• ~/.claude/claude_desktop_config.json - MCP config
• ~/.claude/projects/*/ - Session JSONL files
• ~/.claude/settings.json - Global settings
• .claude/settings.json - Project settings
• .claude/settings.local.json - Local overrides
• .claude/CLAUDE.md - Rules and behavior

Troubleshooting

ccboard not found

# Check installation
which ccboard

# Install if needed
/ccboard-install

No data visible

# Verify Claude Code is installed
ls ~/.claude/

# Check stats file exists
cat ~/.claude/stats-cache.json

# Run with specific project
ccboard --project ~/path/to/project

MCP status shows "Unknown"

• Status detection requires Unix (macOS/Linux)
• Windows shows "Unknown" by default
• Check if server process is actually running: ps aux | grep <server-name>

File watcher not working

• Ensure notify crate supports your platform
• Check file permissions on ~/.claude/
• Restart ccboard if file system events missed

Advanced usage

Command-line Options

ccboard --help              # Show all options
ccboard --claude-home PATH  # Custom Claude directory
ccboard --project PATH      # Specific project
ccboard stats               # Print stats and exit
ccboard web --port 8080     # Web UI on port 8080
ccboard both                # TUI + Web simultaneously

Environment variables

# Editor preference
export EDITOR=vim
export VISUAL=code

# Custom Claude home
export CLAUDE_HOME=~/custom/.claude

Integration with Claude Code

ccboard reads read-only from Claude Code directories:

• Non-invasive monitoring
• No modifications to Claude data
• Safe to run concurrently with Claude Code
• File watcher detects changes in real-time

Performance

• Binary size: 2.4MB (release build)
• Initial load: <2s for 1,000+ sessions
• Memory: ~50MB typical usage
• CPU: <5% during monitoring
• Lazy loading: Session content loaded on-demand

Limitations

Current version (0.1.0):

• Read-only: No write operations to Claude data
• MCP status: Unix only (Windows shows "Unknown")
• Web UI: In development (TUI is primary interface)
• Search: Basic substring matching (no fuzzy search yet)

Future roadmap:

• Enhanced MCP server management (start/stop)
• MCP protocol health checks
• Export reports (PDF, JSON, CSV)
• Config editing (write settings.json)
• Session resume integration
• Enhanced search with fuzzy matching

Contributing

ccboard is open source (MIT OR Apache-2.0).

Repository: https://github.com/{OWNER}/ccboard

Contributions welcome:

• Bug reports and feature requests
• Pull requests for new features
• Documentation improvements
• Platform-specific testing (Windows, Linux)

Credits

Built with:

• Ratatui - Terminal UI framework
• Axum - Web framework
• Leptos - Reactive frontend
• Notify - File watcher
• Serde - Serialization

License

MIT OR Apache-2.0

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Questions?

• GitHub Issues: https://github.com/{OWNER}/ccboard/issues
• Documentation: https://github.com/{OWNER}/ccboard
• Claude Code: https://claude.ai/code