Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/PrimeIntellect-ai/prime-agent/vs/rtk-ai/rtk
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/PrimeIntellect-ai/prime-agent/vs/rtk-ai/rtk.md
Description: prime-agent and rtk share 4 technologies: Tokio, crossterm, Ratatui, and tracing. Both are written in Rust.

# prime-agent vs rtk

prime-agent and rtk share 4 technologies: Tokio, crossterm, Ratatui, and tracing. Both are written in Rust.

- [PrimeIntellect-ai/prime-agent](https://seerepo.com/r/PrimeIntellect-ai/prime-agent): A self-improving RLM agent for coding workflows and long-running autonomous tasks.
- [rtk-ai/rtk](https://seerepo.com/r/rtk-ai/rtk): CLI proxy that reduces LLM token consumption by 60-90% on common dev commands. Single Rust binary, zero dependencies

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: Tokio, crossterm, Ratatui, tracing
- Only in prime-agent: hmac, MCP, pillow
- Only in rtk: axum, rusqlite, SQLite, tower, tiktoken-rs, image, quick-xml, tracing-subscriber

## Side by side

| | prime-agent | rtk |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 685,422 lines written, 872 code files | 219,272 lines written, 253 code files |
| Who writes it | 0.4% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Gemini CLI, and Amp | 33.7% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor |
| Activity | Last push November 4, 2026, 5,064 commits, 22,571 stars | Last push November 4, 2026, 1,914 commits, 85,563 stars |
| Tests | 479 test files. 41.5% of its code files have a test that imports them | 84 test files. 4% of its code files have a test that imports them |

- Size: Lines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
- Who writes it: A commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
- Activity: From GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
- Tests: The files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is bigger, prime-agent or rtk?

prime-agent, with 685,422 lines written; rtk has 219,272.

The proof: [PrimeIntellect-ai/prime-agent's code at commit 74591cd](https://github.com/PrimeIntellect-ai/prime-agent/tree/74591cddef28d11249c3171112114fc4755375d7)

### Which has more GitHub stars, prime-agent or rtk?

rtk, with 85,563 stars; prime-agent has 22,571.

The proof: [rtk-ai/rtk on GitHub](https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk)

### Which has more tests, prime-agent or rtk?

prime-agent, with 479 test files; rtk has 84.

The proof: [PrimeIntellect-ai/prime-agent's code at commit 74591cd](https://github.com/PrimeIntellect-ai/prime-agent/tree/74591cddef28d11249c3171112114fc4755375d7)

### Which was updated more recently, prime-agent or rtk?

Both got their last push on November 4, 2026.

The proof: [PrimeIntellect-ai/prime-agent's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/PrimeIntellect-ai/prime-agent/commits)

### Which has more commits signed by AI, prime-agent or rtk?

rtk: an AI signed 33.7% of its commits, with Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor; in prime-agent, 0.4%.

The proof: [the commits each tool signed in rtk-ai/rtk](https://seerepo.com/r/rtk-ai/rtk/ai)

## Sources

- PrimeIntellect-ai/prime-agent: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit 74591cd (https://github.com/PrimeIntellect-ai/prime-agent/tree/74591cddef28d11249c3171112114fc4755375d7)
- rtk-ai/rtk: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit b47e05b (https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk/tree/b47e05b5df0c60ba1afbf3ba2492ad9e60fa340a)

## What is your repo built with?

Any public repo, with no account: https://seerepo.com/r/owner/repo/built, with the owner and name it has on GitHub.