Project status

Reviewed 1 November 2026 · Europe/Berlin

Public source. Early alpha. Real-world forecast reliability still to validate.

The ChangeCost repository is public. Its current source and documentation describe an unreleased alpha/preview feasibility study. The scope below reflects source inspection, not an independent runtime or accuracy evaluation.

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• Public alpha source

  Local CLI and explicit records

  The Python CLI includes change/run registration, evidence bindings and portable import/export. Package metadata identifies development version 0.1.0.dev0 and Python 3.11+. Follow the repository README for current setup instructions; this is not a stable packaged release. Package metadata.

• Implemented offline

  Normalized reconciliation

  Local reconciliation keeps usage, estimated costs and provider-reported charges separate. Missing evidence remains unknown. This does not establish automatic provider collection or complete billing coverage. Reconciliation scope.

• Experimental

  Offline quotes and advisory checks

  The source includes quotes from complete synthetic history and read-only budget advice. These are local experiments, not validated real-world cost forecasts or budget enforcement. Broader provider imports and calibration remain pending. Quote scope and limits.

• Narrow source coverage

  Selected evidence readers

  Explicit local readers exist for narrowly specified Codex and Claude source profiles. They do not establish general provider compatibility or complete change-level accounting. Copilot and Cursor imports remain pending. Implemented command reference.

• Provisional

  Session estimate experiments

  Local experiments compare frozen estimates with manually entered totals or source-reported Codex lifetime counters. Those counters are provisional; they are not verified task usage or billing amounts. Collection is explicit, not automatic. Session semantics and limits.

• To validate

  Prediction reliability and wider coverage

  Broader provider imports, an end-to-end measured pilot and real-world forecast calibration remain work in progress. No accuracy benchmark, savings figure or delivery date is claimed. Hosted team management and enterprise controls are not provided by this site.

Public source and alpha availability

The public repository is licensed under Apache-2.0. Inspect the code, follow issues and contribute feedback through GitHub. No GitHub release was listed on the review date; a public repository does not imply a stable release or production readiness.

Source snapshot reviewed on 1 November 2026: 7df8be7. The README and linked guides describe the implemented scope. Follow the current repository for subsequent changes.

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