gpt-counter

gpt-counter is a small Chrome extension with an unusual goal: helping developers use ChatGPT less, not more. It limits how many questions you can ask and visualizes that usage in the browser, so you can see how often you reach for the assistant. The developer wrote it for engineers who noticed that leaning on ChatGPT had reduced their own problem solving and pushed genuine understanding further away.

In practice the extension sits alongside the ChatGPT website and keeps a visible tally of your questions. Instead of blocking the tool outright, it turns your usage into something you can monitor, which makes the restraint a conscious decision rather than an accident.

It is a deliberately narrow, single-purpose utility aimed at self-improvement. The interface is in Japanese, the project is at version 0.0.2 and was last updated in April 2024, and it has no user ratings yet. Developers looking for a lightweight self-control tool rather than a productivity booster are the target audience.