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Description: headroomlabs-ai/headroom is a Python repo with 765,705 lines written in 770 files. headroom is built with FastAPI and axum and uses Redis.

# What's inside headroomlabs-ai/headroom

headroomlabs-ai/headroom is a Python repo with 765,705 lines written in 770 files. headroom is built with FastAPI and axum and uses Redis. AI signed 27.6% of the 3,052 commits of headroom.

Its description on GitHub: “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.”

Python · Apache-2.0 · 78,001 stars · GitHub: https://github.com/headroomlabs-ai/headroom

Read on October 27, 2026, at commit 17d38e5.

## Its folders

- [What is headroom built with?](https://seerepo.com/r/headroomlabs-ai/headroom/built): headroom is built with FastAPI and axum and uses Redis.
- [How much of headroom did AI write?](https://seerepo.com/r/headroomlabs-ai/headroom/ai): AI signed 27.6% of the 3,052 commits of headroom.

## In figures

- 765,705 lines written: The ones people and agents wrote: product, tests, schemas and tooling. Generated code doesn’t count.
- 770 files: The product’s, not counting tests.
- 1,173 test files: The files that test the code.
- 3 technologies: Each one with the file and line that prove it.

SeeRepo read its code facts-only: no AI, and none of its code is kept.

## Frequently asked questions

### What is headroomlabs-ai/headroom?

headroomlabs-ai/headroom is a Python repo with 765,705 lines written in 770 files. Its description on GitHub: “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.”

The proof: [its page on GitHub](https://github.com/headroomlabs-ai/headroom)

### What is headroom built with?

headroom is built with FastAPI and axum and uses Redis.

The proof: [each technology with its file and line](https://seerepo.com/r/headroomlabs-ai/headroom/built)

### How much of headroom did AI write?

AI signed 27.6% of the 3,052 commits of headroom.

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

### What license does headroom have?

headroom is released under the Apache-2.0 license.

The proof: [its page on GitHub](https://github.com/headroomlabs-ai/headroom)

### How many stars does headroom have on GitHub?

headroom had 78,001 stars on GitHub on October 27, 2026.

The proof: [its page on GitHub](https://github.com/headroomlabs-ai/headroom)

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