Observe
everything AI.
Vario is an open-source command-line tool that collects your AI conversations, token usage and execution telemetry into a ClickHouse database you control.
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nedanwr/vario/master/scripts/install.sh | shInstalls to ~/.local/bin. Verifies the checksum and needs no admin rights. Read the script
irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nedanwr/vario/master/scripts/install.ps1 | iexInstalls to %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\Vario and adds it to your PATH. Verifies the checksum and needs no admin rights. Read the script
What Vario does
- Capture
Conversations, tokens and execution telemetry.
Reads AI tools' local data, read-only, starting with T3 Code: token usage for every turn, commands, tool calls and file changes. Message content is collected only if you opt in.
- Store
Your data, your ClickHouse instance.
Delivered over HTTP(S) to a database you run. A local spool holds data through network outages, ClickHouse downtime and reboots.
- Observe
Query and analyze your AI usage.
Ready-made views for daily token usage and tool usage. Ask anything else in plain SQL.
Get started
vario init # connect ClickHouse, choose sourcesvario run # start collecting
init walks you through the setup: connecting to ClickHouse, creating the database, choosing what to collect and selecting your sources. run then collects continuously. Background services, migrations and queries are covered in the documentation.