headroom vs mempalace
headroom and mempalace share 3 technologies: rusqlite, SQLite, and tokenizers. Both are written in Python.
LinkedInWhat they share and what sets them apart
headroomlabs-ai
headroom
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.
Python78.9kRead on November 4, 2026, at commit 31dcaf4What is headroom built with?Only in headroom
- FastAPI
- axum
- Redis
- lru
- Tokio
- tower
- Rich
- gcp_auth
- autogen-agentchat
litellm
- hf-hub
ort
- tiktoken
- tiktoken-rs
- Pydantic
- OpenTelemetry
tracing
- prometheus
- @opencode-ai/plugin
@ai-sdk/provider
In common
MemPalace
mempalace
The best-benchmarked open-source AI memory system. And it's free.
Python60.4kRead on November 5, 2026, at commit 2da78c8What is mempalace built with?Only in mempalace
chromadb
- Hugging Face
Side by side
headroommempalace
SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
headroom789,601 lines written773 code files
mempalace250,204 lines written161 code files
Who writes itA commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
headroom28.1% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Codex, Cursor, Devin, and Mistral Vibe
mempalace19% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, GitHub Copilot, Jules, and Gemini CLI
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
headroomLast push November 4, 20263,201 commits78,851 stars
mempalaceLast push November 4, 20261,703 commits60,378 stars
TestsThe files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.
headroom1,220 test files68.2% of its code files have a test that imports them
mempalace304 test files70.2% of its code files have a test that imports them
Frequently asked questions
Which is bigger, headroom or mempalace?
headroom, with 789,601 lines written; mempalace has 250,204.
The proof: headroomlabs-ai/headroom's code at commit 31dcaf4
Which has more GitHub stars, headroom or mempalace?
headroom, with 78,851 stars; mempalace has 60,378.
The proof: headroomlabs-ai/headroom on GitHub
Which has more tests, headroom or mempalace?
headroom, with 1,220 test files; mempalace has 304.
The proof: headroomlabs-ai/headroom's code at commit 31dcaf4
Which was updated more recently, headroom or mempalace?
Both got their last push on November 4, 2026.
The proof: headroomlabs-ai/headroom's commits on GitHub
Which has more commits signed by AI, headroom or mempalace?
headroom: an AI signed 28.1% of its commits, with Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Codex, Cursor, Devin, and Mistral Vibe; in mempalace, 19%.
The proof: the commits each tool signed in headroomlabs-ai/headroom
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