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headroomlabs-ai/headroom · Agent · Coding

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 se

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  • agent
  • ai
  • anthropic
  • compression
  • context-engineering
  • context-window
  • fastapi
  • langchain
  • llm
  • mcp
  • openai
  • proxy
  • python
  • rag
  • token-optimization
  • claude-code
  • cursor
  • prompt-engineering
  • tokens
  • typescript

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Stars
75548
Forks
5865
License
Apache-2.0
Language
Python
Last commit
Oct 16, 2026
Latest release
v0.41.0
Release date
Oct 14, 2026
Contributors
337
Open issues
230

Works with — from README

MCP
MCP client
Models
Bedrock, Claude, DeepSeek, GPT-5, Gemini, Grok, Mistral, OpenAI

Source: README.md keyword match (stated in README)

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Is headroom free?

headroom is open source under the Apache-2.0 license. Hosted services and infrastructure may have separate costs.

How popular is headroom?

headroom has 75548 GitHub stars as of Oct 17, 2026.

Is there a hosted version of headroom?

A hosted alternative for headroom is unknown (—) in this data.

What does headroom work with?

From README: MCP client, Bedrock, Claude, DeepSeek, GPT-5, Gemini, Grok, Mistral, OpenAI.