Caveman
why use many token when few do trick
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One command wraps Claude Code, Codex, Hermes, and more with a local proxy that compresses logs, tool output, and files before every provider call. In a pinned 54-run benchmark: 33.2% fewer input tokens with 18/18 correctness checks. Caveman can also run any existing agent skill with ~70% fewer tokens by loading text as images. Built on an open-source ecosystem with 97K+ GitHub stars.
PH · launched Aug 13, 2026 · 160 upvotes (top 92%) · 0 views
Niche: llm optimization tools · 127 launches, 9 in the last 7 days ▲ +50% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Model & infra
- Developer
- AI-native
- Hobby / open-source project
- Open Source
- Developer Tools
- Artificial Intelligence
- GitHub
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More like this: all 127 launches in llm optimization tools →
Could you build this?
Yes It acts as a local HTTP reverse proxy that intercepts outbound LLM requests, applies regex/heuristic token reduction or summarization algorithms to system prompts and tool logs, and forwards them.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 345 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #343 of 346 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 280 days after the earliest competitor.
- Caveman (F26) - The joke with 120k GitHub stars is now the most efficient coding agent · yc · 2026-11-13 · 4 upvotes · similarity 0.56
- Agentmemory · ph · 2026-05-16 · 322 upvotes · similarity 0.54
- TokenHub · ph · 2026-10-24 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.49
- I nerfed our coding agents on purpose · hn · 2026-06-05 · 27 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- Rocky and Caveman Speak in Claurst CLI Save Big Token Amaze Amaze Amaze · hn · 2026-04-06 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- Thrum · hn · 2026-11-09 · 6 upvotes · similarity 0.46
- Token compression CLI to save Codex/Astra costs · hn · 2026-09-30 · 11 upvotes · similarity 0.46
- Semble · hn · 2026-05-03 · 8 upvotes · similarity 0.45
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