headroomlabs-ai/headroom
Compress tool outputs, logs, files, and RAG chunks before they reach the LLM. 20% fewer tokens for coding agents, 60-95% fewer tokens for JSON, same answers. Library, proxy, MCP server.
- Stars
- 77k
- Forks
- 6.0k
- Open issues
- 277
- Last push
- today
About headroom
headroom is a free, open-source AI agent tool by headroomlabs-ai, written mainly in Python. Compress tool outputs, logs, files, and RAG chunks before they reach the LLM. 20% fewer tokens for coding agents, 60-95% fewer tokens for JSON, same answers. Library, proxy, MCP server. It has 77k GitHub stars and 6.0k forks, and was last updated today. It's released under the Apache-2.0 license, a standard open-source license.
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Language
- Python
- Stars
- 77,461
- Last update
- today
- Runs on Mac
- Not stated
- GPU
- Not stated
- Paid API key
- Not stated
- Self-hostable
- Not stated
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headroom FAQ
Is headroom free?
Yes. headroom is open source and free to use. It's released under the Apache-2.0 license, a standard open-source license.
Does headroom run on a Mac?
The project doesn't say. Check its installation guide before you start.
Does headroom need a GPU?
The project doesn't state hardware needs. AI models generally run much faster with a GPU.
Is headroom still maintained?
Yes. It was last updated today and has 277 open issues on GitHub.
What are alternatives to headroom?
Similar free, open-source tools include hermes-agent, ECC, ponytail, claude-code-best-practice.