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headroom

headroom is a GitHub repository ranked #28 on the Most Starred LLM Repos on GitHub chart with 79,428 stars.

Source description: 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.

Change: +87 stars between recorded observations on 2026-11-11 and 2026-11-12.

Last verified · 2026-11-12T11:57:40.708Z

Reported license: Apache-2.0. Check the source license and terms for permissions, restrictions, and any costs.

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Metric source · method 1.0.0 · hash 4c97

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Recorded stars trend

30 dated observations · 2026-10-14 to 2026-11-12. Missing dates are not filled.

Metric definition: github:stars:all-time

Observed range: 75,313 – 79,428 stars

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Date (UTC)stars
2026-10-1475,313
2026-10-1575,390
2026-10-1675,471
2026-10-1775,547
2026-10-1875,618
2026-10-1975,948
2026-10-2076,444
2026-10-2176,922
2026-10-2277,453
2026-10-2377,600
2026-10-2477,679
2026-10-2577,758
2026-10-2677,856
2026-10-2777,974
2026-10-2878,086
2026-10-2978,203
2026-10-3078,316
2026-10-3178,417
2026-11-0178,502
2026-11-0278,618
2026-11-0378,696
2026-11-0478,806
2026-11-0578,894
2026-11-0678,982
2026-11-0779,049
2026-11-0879,114
2026-11-0979,199
2026-11-1079,286
2026-11-1179,341
2026-11-1279,428

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What is headroom?
headroom is a GitHub repository ranked #28 on the Most Starred LLM Repos on GitHub chart with 79,428 stars.
What license applies to headroom?
Reported license: Apache-2.0. Check the source license and terms for permissions, restrictions, and any costs.
How is headroom ranked?
This chart orders entries by stars, not quality or suitability. Nearby entries share a chart, but are not necessarily substitutes. Method 1.0.0; snapshot hash 4c97.