mecha — Monitor your AI credentials with ease.

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About this project

Mecha is a local-first dashboard that provides a quick overview of your AI credentials. It indicates how much life each key has left, whether it has funds, its expiry date, and the type of key, all in one glance. Supporting various providers like OpenAI and Anthropic, Mecha ensures your API management is straightforward and efficient.

Mecha is a powerful local-first dashboard designed for monitoring the viability of AI credentials. This tool provides an at-a-glance overview of key parameters for various AI service providers, including Anthropic, OpenAI, Google Gemini, xAI, and OpenRouter. Users can quickly determine the status of their API keys, including operational status, funding availability, expiration dates, and key types.

Key Features

Local-First Architecture: Mecha runs on 127.0.0.1, ensuring that API keys never leave the local machine except when connecting to the provider's official endpoints, thereby eliminating telemetries and enhancing security.
Comprehensive Checks: Users can perform free passive checks that do not consume tokens, while active probes can be run at a minimal cost ensuring a cost-effective way of managing API key usage.
User-Friendly Dashboard and CLI: The tool offers a web and command-line interface that is straightforward and easy to use. Users can visualize the status of their API keys through an intuitive dashboard, accessible at 127.0.0.1:7878.
Secure Storage: All credentials are stored securely, with encryption and redaction techniques in place to protect sensitive information. Easily back up and restore credentials while ensuring their safety and confidentiality.

Getting Started

To utilize Mecha, install the mecha-keys package via Python 3.12+ and execute the following command to launch the dashboard:

mecha serve

Usage Examples

To add a new credential:

mecha add --label "Prod Anthropic" --tag prod

To list all stored credentials:

mecha ls

To perform a passive check of all keys:

mecha check

To export a backup of credentials:

mecha export backup.mecha

Security Principles

Mecha is built with a focus on user privacy and security, following core principles such as:

No Telemetry: The application does not track user behavior or send data to cloud services.
Encrypted Secrets: Credentials are never displayed in plain text; they are securely encrypted using AES-256-GCM.
Transparency in Unknown States: The dashboard provides clear indicators of the status of each credential, including states of uncertainty.

This makes Mecha an essential tool for developers and engineers working with AI services, providing a reliable and secure way to manage API keys effectively.