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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.

26 mentions on Hacker News by 20 people: 12 stories, 14 comments · first 2026-01-13 · latest 2026-09-04

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    Headroom: Save Tokens from Reversible Compression
    story by ghostoftiber · 2026-09-04 · 0 comments
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    Headroom - compress AI agent input for reduced token usage w/out harming output
    story by andsoitis · 2026-07-21 · 2 comments
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    Headroom – The context compression layer for AI agents
    story by sibellavia · 2026-06-22 · 0 comments
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    Compress tool outputs, logs, files, RAG chunks before LLM for 60-95% less tokens
    story by gmays · 2026-06-20 · 0 comments
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    TokenMinMaxing
    story by droppedasbaby · 2026-06-18 · 0 comments
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    Headroom
    story by marc__1 · 2026-06-17 · 0 comments
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    Headroom – LLM Input Compression
    story by lgats · 2026-05-31 · 0 comments
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    A Compression Tool for LLM Reads. Est. 60-95% Fewer Tokens
    story by botacode · 2026-05-16 · 0 comments
  9. ▲ 1
    The Context Optimization Layer for LLM Applications
    story by selvan · 2026-03-04 · 0 comments
  10. ▲ 3
    Show HN: Headroom (OSS): Cuts LLM costs by 85%
    story by chopratejas · 2026-01-18 · 5 comments
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    Show HN: Headroom – Reversible context compression for LLMs(~60% cost reduction)
    story by chopratejas · 2026-01-15 · 1 comment
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    Headroom – context optimization layer for tool-using agents
    story by chopratejas · 2026-01-13 · 2 comments