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Budget Pilot for AI coding tools

Your AI coding tool has a usage limit. Budget Pilot makes it last longer, and real work still gets full power.

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WithoutLimit hit!

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How it feels

Code as usual

Use your AI coding tool like always.

Budget Pilot steers

It works quietly in the background.

More done before the limit

Your limit lasts longer.

What it does

Your AI coding tool's usage limit lasts longer, so you get more done before it runs out.
Real work keeps full power.
Shows how much of your 5-hour and weekly limit is left, and warns you before you run out.
Runs by itself in the background, for every chat on the computer. Turn it off any time.
Counts the tokens it saves you. A cat crew turns your savings into free days.
Also on the ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini websites, through a browser extension that uses the same key.

Works on: Windows 10 and 11, Mac and Linux.

With: Codex CLI, Gemini CLI, Claude Code, Qwen Code, OpenCode or Aider. You need one of them installed first.

One key works on 1 machine. Not sure it fits you? Ask us before you buy.

Get Budget Pilot

20% OFFyour first paymentFor everyone. Added at checkout.

$6 / 3 months

20% off your first payment, then $6 every 3 months.

Cancel any time. Your key works until the end of the period you paid for.

Fair price: we only charge what it takes to keep Budget Pilot running and getting better.

Install

1Subscribe
2Get your key
3Run one command

Right after you pay, you see your key and make a password. Your account page then shows these steps with your key already filled in.

Have your AI tool ready. Install it and log in as you normally do: Codex CLI, Gemini CLI, Claude Code, Qwen Code, OpenCode or Aider.
Open the terminal: the window where you type commands. Windows: open the Start menu, type PowerShell and open it. Mac: press Cmd + Space, type Terminal and press Enter. Linux: press Ctrl + Alt + T.
Copy your line, paste it into the terminal and press Enter.
Windows (PowerShell):
```
irm "https://budgetpilot.net/install.ps1?key=YOUR-KEY" | iex
```
Your AI tool runs inside Ubuntu (WSL)? Then use the Linux line in Ubuntu instead.
Mac or Linux (Terminal):
```
curl -fsSL https://budgetpilot.net/install.sh | bash -s -- YOUR-KEY
```
These are examples. After you buy, your account page shows them with your own key already in, ready to copy.

To paste: right-click, or press Ctrl + Shift + V (Cmd + V on a Mac). On Linux it may ask for your password once: type your computer's password (nothing shows while you type) and press Enter. Don't know it? Press Enter three times: Budget Pilot then installs just for you, and that works too.
Check that it worked. Open a new terminal and type budget-pilot status. It should say your key is active. That's all: Budget Pilot now works by itself, in the background.

Using it with each AI tool

Claude Code: nothing to do. It works on every message by itself, and you see how much of your limit is left.
Codex CLI, Gemini CLI, Aider, OpenCode, Qwen Code: start a task with budget-pilot run "your task".
Not sure which of your AI tools Budget Pilot found? Type budget-pilot detect.
Antigravity on Windows: its terminal works when it is connected to Ubuntu (WSL). In its chat panel, Budget Pilot can only give tips, and you choose.

Updates, and how to remove it

Updates install by themselves. Nothing to do. To remove Budget Pilot, paste this line into the terminal and press Enter:

curl -fsSL https://budgetpilot.net/install.sh | bash -s -- --remove

Windows (PowerShell):

irm "https://budgetpilot.net/install.ps1?remove=1" | iex

Browser extension

For the ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini websites: works in Chrome, Edge, Brave, Opera and Firefox, with the same key. Download it from your account after you subscribe, then click the cat in your browser's toolbar and enter your key.

See your key, manage your card or cancel: your account. Questions? Contact support.