headroom — security grade SAFE, quality 66/100

Security audit verdict: SAFE · quality 66/100

No red flags found in any of the 11 categories — no credential harvesting, no data exfiltration, no curl-pipe-shell installer. Scanned against the SlowMist agent-security taxonomy, refreshed every 8 hours. Full audit →

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About headroom

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Quick Facts

Stars66,835
Forks5,141
LanguagePython
CategoryMCP Server
LicenseApache-2.0
Quality Score66.0353067366608/100
Open Issues489
Last Updated2026-08-19
Created2026-01-07
Platformsclaude-code, mcp, python
Est. Tokens~19k

Compatible Skills

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is headroom?

headroom is 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 is categorized as a MCP Server with 66.8k GitHub stars.

What programming language is headroom written in?

headroom is primarily written in Python. It covers topics such as agent, ai, anthropic.

How do I install or use headroom?

You can find installation instructions and usage details in the headroom GitHub repository at github.com/headroomlabs-ai/headroom. The project has 66.8k stars and 5141 forks, indicating an active community.

What license does headroom use?

headroom is released under the Apache-2.0 license, making it free to use and modify according to the license terms.

What are the best alternatives to headroom?

The top alternatives to headroom on Agent Skills Hub include headroom, langchain, dify. Each offers a different approach to the same problem space — compare them side-by-side by stars, quality score, and community activity.

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