rtk-ai/rtk

CLI proxy that reduces LLM token consumption by 60-90% on common dev commands. Single Rust binary, zero dependencies

AI agentsRust#agentic-coding#ai-coding#anthropic#claude-code#cli

3.0 Steady Magnitude out of 10. Star growth looks organic. Data as of September 18, 2026.

About the project

A Rust CLI proxy that filters and compresses bash command output before it reaches the LLM context, cutting token usage by 60–90%. It hooks into Claude Code, Cursor, Gemini CLI and other agents.

Useful for

Cut token usage when a coding agent runs git, tests and builds
Install the hook via rtk init -g so commands are auto-rewritten to rtk variants
Check token savings statistics with rtk gain

README summarized by DeepSeek V4.1 Flash. Details may be inaccurate.

Why it’s trending

77 stars so far today, about 95 expected by the end of the day.
About 13 forks a day — people are taking the code.

Stars per day

Bars are daily stars, the line is the usual pace. Red marks spike days.

Numbers

Total stars: 80,928
Stars in a day: 95
Forks: 5,134
Issues and pull requests: 4,005
Watchers: 218
Language: Rust
License: Apache-2.0
Latest release: dev-0.50.0-rc.442 · September 18, 2026
Created: January 22, 2026
Last push: September 18, 2026

Star trust

Growth looks organic: forks and discussion are in line with active projects, and stars arrive unevenly, the way people give them.

These are heuristics, not a verdict: we judge by the repository’s behavior, not by a list of stargazers.

Spotted in

September 16, 2026GitHub Trending Rust today: #6, +190 stars
September 15, 2026GitHub Trending Rust today: #6, +187 stars

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