// Switch models, control cost
headroom
Compresses tool outputs and RAG chunks before they hit the LLM.
Open source Maintained For agents
IN ONE PARAGRAPH
headroom is compresses tool outputs and RAG chunks before they hit the LLM.
Good for: Developers who want their agent (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor…) to switch models, control cost.
Not for: people who don’t want to install and run tools themselves.
01How to start
- 1Read the official README for requirements and permissions.
- 2Install it as the official guide describes.
- 3Tell your agent the command exists (e.g. in AGENTS.md / CLAUDE.md) so it knows when to call it.
02Alternatives & comparison
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- ›Ollama 文档 · OllamaEnglish
- ›handy-ollama 动手学 Ollama · DatawhaleChinese
- ›vLLM 文档 · vLLMEnglish
- ›SGLang 文档 · SGLangEnglish
- ›llama.cpp · ggml-orgEnglish
- All tutorials →
Versions, why it is listed, for AI to read
Popularity evidence (third-party snapshots)
- GitHub stars:74,900 · whatstrending.ai 2026-10-10
- Stars per day:+79 · 2026-10-03 → 2026-10-10 · whatstrending.ai 2026-10-10
- GitHub stars:74,455 · repos.ecosyste.ms 2026-10-10
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- GitHub stars:75,135 · repos.ecosyste.ms 2026-10-13
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- GitHub stars:75,299 · repos.ecosyste.ms 2026-10-15
- GitHub stars:75,299 · repos.ecosyste.ms 2026-10-16
- GitHub stars:75,570 · repos.ecosyste.ms 2026-10-19
- GitHub stars:75,956 · repos.ecosyste.ms 2026-10-20
- GitHub stars:75,956 · repos.ecosyste.ms 2026-10-21
- GitHub stars:75,956 · repos.ecosyste.ms 2026-10-22
For AI agents
- Interfaces:its own app or website
- Machine-readable record:/api/v1/software/headroom.json · llms.txt
- Added 2026-10-10 · updated 2026-10-22