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OpenMeter

by openmeterioGo

Usage metering and billing infrastructure for tracking LLM API consumption and cost.

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Usage based pricing needs an event pipeline, aggregation store and invoicing logic that most teams end up building from scratch.

Use it when

Use it when you charge per token, per API call or per unit of usage and need metering, limits and invoicing in one system.

Not the right pick when

Heavy for flat rate subscription billing, since self hosting brings PostgreSQL, ClickHouse and Kafka along with it.

Capabilities

  • ingest events in CloudEvents format with SUM, COUNT, AVG, MIN, MAX meters
  • usage based invoicing with tiered, graduated and flat fee pricing
  • usage limits and entitlements with real time balance tracking
  • product catalog of plans, add-ons, features and rate cards
  • prepaid credit grants with priority burn-down
  • LLM cost tracking for AI token usage

Requirements

  • Docker Compose for the self hosted quickstart
  • PostgreSQL, ClickHouse and Kafka as backing components
  • Kubernetes and the Helm chart for production deploys

Cost: Open source with a paid cloud option

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Latest release v1.0.0-beta.231

Published 2026-07-14

<!-- Release notes generated using configuration in .github/release.yml at v1.0.0-beta.231 -->

What's Changed

Exciting New Features 🎉

  • feat(api): make the AIP TypeScript SDK release-ready by @tothandras in https://github.com/openmeterio/openmeter/pull/4687

Bug Fixes 🐛

  • fix: optimize customer usage attribution lookup by @turip in https://github.com/openmeterio/openmeter/pull/4684
  • fix(spec): typespec typescript emitter internal handling by @tothandras in https://github.com/openmeterio/openmeter/pull/4706

Breaking Changes 🛠

  • feat: adopt legacy Ent databases into Atlas migrations by @turip in https://github.com/openmeterio/openmeter/pull/4705

Dependency Updates ⬆️

  • chore(deps): bump github.com/invopop/gobl from 0.501.0 to 0.502.1 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/openmeterio/openmeter/pull/4682
  • chore(deps): bump github.com/confluentinc/confluent-kafka-go/v2 from 2.14.2 to 2.15.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/openmeterio/openmeter/pull/4668

Other Changes

  • fix(spec): makefile by @tothandras in https://github.com/openmeterio/openmeter/pull/4704
  • feat: don't allow listing or getting unit config equipped plans on v1 - OM-409 by @rolosp in https://github.com/openmeterio/openmeter/pull/4679

Full Changelog: https://github.com/openmeterio/openmeter/compare/v1.0.0-beta.230...v1.0.0-beta.231

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README

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OpenMeter logo

OpenMeter

The open-source metering and billing platform

for AI, agentic and DevTool monetization.

Docs |

Hosted |

Blog |

Contributing

GitHub Release

CI Status

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OpenMeter is a real-time metering and billing engine that

helps you track usage, enforce limits, manage subscriptions,

and automate invoicing — all in one platform. Ingest events

via a simple API, define meters with flexible aggregations,

and connect usage data to billing, entitlements, and

customer-facing dashboards.

Features

  • Usage Metering — Ingest events in

CloudEvents format, define meters

with flexible aggregations (SUM, COUNT, AVG, MIN, MAX),

and query usage in real time.

  • Usage-Based Billing — Generate invoices from metered

usage. Supports tiered, graduated, and flat-fee pricing

with automated invoice lifecycle management.

  • Usage Limits and Entitlements — Enforce usage quotas

per feature with real-time balance tracking, boolean

feature flags, and grace periods.

  • Product Catalog — Define plans, add-ons, features, and

rate cards. Manage subscriptions with mid-cycle changes,

prorating, and alignment.

  • Prepaid Credits — Support paid or promotional credit grants

with priority-based burn-down and expiration.

  • Customer Portal — Token-based self-service dashboards

so your customers can see their own usage.

  • Notifications — Webhook-based alerts with configurable

rules and channels for usage thresholds and billing events.

  • LLM Cost Tracking — First-class support for metering

AI token usage and computing model-specific costs.

Getting Started

Cloud

The fastest way to start.

Start for free

and begin metering and billing in minutes —

no infrastructure to manage.

Self-Hosted

Run OpenMeter locally with Docker Compose:


git clone git@github.com:openmeterio/openmeter.git
cd openmeter/quickstart
docker compose up -d

Then ingest your first event:


curl -X POST http://localhost:48888/api/v1/events \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/cloudevents+json' \
  --data-raw '{
    "specversion": "1.0",
    "type": "request",
    "id": "00001",
    "time": "2026-07-07T00:00:00.001Z",
    "source": "my-service",
    "subject": "customer-1",
    "data": { "method": "GET", "route": "/api/hello" }
  }'

Query your usage:


curl 'http://localhost:48888/api/v1/meters/api_requests_total/query?windowSize=HOUR' | jq

See the full quickstart guide for more details.

Deploy to Production

Deploy to Kubernetes using our

Helm chart.

SDKs

| Language | Package | Source |

|----------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|

| Go | openmeter | api/client/go |

| JavaScript / Node.js | @openmeter/sdk | api/client/javascript |

| Python | openmeter | api/client/python |

Don't see your language? Use the

OpenAPI spec

directly or

request an SDK.

Architecture

OpenMeter is built in Go with a stack optimized for

high-volume event ingestion and real-time aggregation:

| Component | Role |

|--------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|

| PostgreSQL (Ent ORM) | Billing, subscriptions, entitlements, product catalog |

| ClickHouse | Real-time usage aggregation and analytics |

| Kafka | Event streaming and ingestion pipeline |

| TypeSpec | API-first design — OpenAPI spec and SDKs from TypeSpec |

See Architecture and data flow for a

diagram of the runtime components and their primary interactions.

Community

We'd love to have you involved:

  • Contributing — Start here if you

want to contribute code.

  • Code of Conduct — Our community

guidelines.

  • Blog — Product updates

and engineering deep dives.

Development

Prerequisites: Nix and

direnv are

recommended. See CONTRIBUTING.md for

detailed setup instructions.


make up       # Start dependencies (Postgres, Kafka, ClickHouse)
make server   # Run the API server with hot reload
make test     # Run tests
make lint     # Run linters

License

Licensed under Apache 2.0.

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