DeepSeek Credit Status — API Balance Monitor
Track your DeepSeek API account balance and remaining credits right from the
VS Code status bar — now with DeepSeek surge-pricing monitoring and a live
countdown to the next price change. Never get caught with an empty balance or
a surprise surge price during a coding session again.
Ideal for developers using DeepSeek with
OpenCode or any other AI coding tool inside VS Code.
Monitor your usage without leaving the editor.
The extension talks only to DeepSeek's
/user/balance endpoint over HTTPS.
No other APIs, analytics, telemetry, or third-party services are involved.
What's new in 1.2.0
- Surge-pricing awareness — the status bar now shows whether DeepSeek's
V4 surge pricing is active, with a live countdown to the next change
(e.g.
DeepSeek: $0.92 · Normal · Surge in 2h 14m)
- Amber status bar during surge — instantly see when higher API prices
apply; critical low-balance red always takes precedence
- Surge start/end notifications — a small popup when surge pricing begins
or ends while VS Code is running
- Pricing row in the balance menu — the next surge transition shown in
UTC (English) or Shanghai time (中文)
- All computed locally from the published surge windows (09:00–12:00 and
14:00–18:00 Asia/Shanghai) — no extra API calls
Features
- Live balance in the status bar — your DeepSeek credits displayed at a
glance, auto-refreshed at a configurable interval (default 5 minutes). The
status bar turns yellow when your balance is low and red when it is
critically low or depleted
- Surge-pricing awareness — the status bar shows the current DeepSeek V4
pricing state (normal or surge) with a live countdown to the next
transition, turns amber while surge pricing is active, and pops up a
notification when surge starts or ends. Transition times are shown in UTC
for English and Shanghai time for Chinese. Computed locally from the
official surge windows (09:00–12:00 and 14:00–18:00 Asia/Shanghai) — no
extra API calls
- Mandatory low-credit alert — a modal warning always fires below $1 / ¥7
and when credits run out, so you can never silently hit an empty balance.
Every alert includes a one-click "Top Up" button
- Low-balance warnings — configurable alerts when your credits drop below
preset thresholds ($20, $10, $5, $1) or any custom amounts you enter. Tap
the notification to adjust settings immediately
- Spend-rate estimate — the tooltip shows your estimated daily spend and
roughly how long your credits will last, computed locally from balance
history (no extra API calls)
- Multi-currency support — USD and CNY balances, switchable with one click
- Available in English and 简体中文 — the UI follows VS Code's display
language
- Command Palette integration —
DeepSeek: Refresh Balance, DeepSeek: Set API Key, DeepSeek: Configure Warning Thresholds, and DeepSeek: Open Balance Menu
- QuickPick menu — click the status bar to refresh balance, switch
currencies, configure warning thresholds, change or clear your API key, top
up, or open the DeepSeek billing dashboard
- Secure by default — your API key is stored in VS Code SecretStorage (macOS
Keychain, Windows Credential Manager, or Linux libsecret/gnome-keyring)
- Zero runtime dependencies — built entirely on the VS Code Extension API
and Node.js
https module. No npm packages at runtime, nothing phoning home
Usage
- Install the extension
- Click
DeepSeek: Not logged in in the status bar
- Enter your DeepSeek API key (from
platform.deepseek.com/api_keys)
- Your balance appears in the status bar and refreshes every 5 minutes
(adjustable via the
deepseek-usage.refreshIntervalMinutes setting)
Click the status bar at any time to refresh, switch currencies, configure
warning thresholds, change or clear your key, or open the DeepSeek usage
dashboard.
Privacy
This extension makes exactly one outbound network call:
GET https://api.deepseek.com/user/balance with your API key in the
Authorization header. Your key never leaves your machine except for that
single request to DeepSeek. No analytics, telemetry, or third-party services
are involved.
Requirements
License
MIT
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