Token efficiency: tools for developers

Tools that reduce token costs, compress context or cache LLM requests. An entry can appear under several use cases when its topics or description provide several explicit signals.

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Ranked by measured growth, normalized across sources. Raw values keep their source-specific window, shown under each tool; a change requires at least two snapshots from the last 7 days.

  1. 1

    Skill
    Active

    Claude Code skill — delegate coding tasks to Mistral Vibe, supervise via git diff & save 50-90% Claude token usage

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/pcx-wave/vibe-skill ~/.claude/skills/vibe-skill

    117GitHub starsstable
  2. 2

    Skill
    Dormant

    Pith is the hook that makes Claude Code sessions last 3x longer.

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install /plugin marketplace add abhisekjha/pith

    98GitHub starsstable
  3. 3
    Dormant

    A Claude Code skill for web report decks — richer ECharts charts, one file per slide (edit one page, save tokens), and complex structure diagrams. 16:9 & vertical, PDF/image export.网页版 PPT 汇报的 Claude Code skill:ECharts 把数据画得更好看、每页一个文件改一页省…

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/myunwang/ppt-report-skills ~/.claude/skills/ppt-report-skills

    81GitHub starsstable
  4. 4
    Dormant

    SpiderBrain v3 is a multi-platform skill/framework to reduce token usage and AI hallucinations across Claude, Cursor, and other AI tools.

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/abhishek-performdigital/Spiderbrain-V3 ~/.claude/skills/Spiderbrain-V3

    65GitHub starsstable
  5. 5
    Active

    Context compression plugin for Claude Code. Automatically trims large tool output—JSON, YAML, stack traces, and logs—before it enters the context window.

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    64GitHub starsstable
  6. 6

    Library
    Active

    A high-performance, ergonomic web framework for Rust with native AI/LLM support.

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    61GitHub starsstable
  7. 7

    Skill
    Active

    Own your LLM's web search: a local search->fetch->rank pipeline that replaces hosted web-search tools. Measured: matches hosted accuracy at 66% lower cost and up to 88% fewer tokens, plus a precision-tuned semantic caching with…

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/firish/webfetch ~/.claude/skills/webfetch

    55GitHub starsstable
  8. 8

    Skill
    Active

    Claude Code skills for developers who code like cats — never more effort than the problem requires.

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/albertobarnabo/lazy-cat ~/.claude/skills/lazy-cat

    50GitHub starsstable
  9. 9
    Dormant

    ⚡ Cut Claude token usage by 90%+ — free, open-source, local-first context compression for Claude Code. Hybrid RAG (BM25 + ONNX vectors), AST chunking, reranking. No API needed.

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install /plugin marketplace add Madhan230205/token-reducer

    44GitHub starsstable
  10. 10

    MCP
    Dormant

    Audit MCP servers, skills, and CLAUDE.md bloat eating your Claude Code context window.

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    35GitHub starsstable
  11. 11
    Dormant

    Convert long AI conversations into portable conversation state graphs for LLM handoffs.

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/Adityapal67/context-graph-compressor ~/.claude/skills/context-graph-compressor

    35GitHub starsstable
  12. 12
    Active

    Eco mode for Claude Code. /eco: -31% to -73% output tokens with critical findings intact; /eco-max: up to -75% with lowered effort. Measured hardest on Claude Fable 5 (fable5), deep-studied on Sonnet 5, works on Opus 4.8 too. We publish our…

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install /plugin marketplace add sup3x/claude-code-eco

    33GitHub starsstable
  13. 13
    Active

    Restore prior Claude Code AND Codex sessions with zero LLM calls. Cross-tool session handoff, cache-expiry prevention, real cost dashboard. One plugin, both hosts.

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install /plugin marketplace add ww-w-ai/super-token-saver

    31GitHub starsstable
  14. 14
    Dormant

    Give your Claude Code Agent Teams a memory. Auto-injects role-specific context into every new teammate — your team never starts blind again.

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install /plugin marketplace add Gr122lyBr/claude-teams-brain

    26GitHub starsstable
  15. 15

    Skill
    Active

    Tech-lead orchestration for Claude Code — the top-tier model (Fable) keeps architecture & decisions, cheap subagents (Sonnet/Opus) do the routine and the digging. Save tokens without losing quality.

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install /plugin marketplace add AndyShaman/senior-fable

    23GitHub starsstable
  16. 16

    Skill
    Active

    Freeze Claude Code's prompt prefix so DeepSeek's automatic cache always hits — alignment proxy + coalescing + keepalive, installable as a CC plugin. Measured 64% cheaper on real Claude Code traffic.

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install /plugin marketplace add jianzhichun/permafrost

    21GitHub starsstable
  17. 17

    Skill
    Active

    Token-efficient Claude Code workspace with parallel agents and persistent memory. Research → Plan → Implement → Validate workflow.

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install /plugin marketplace add coalesce-labs/catalyst

    20GitHub starsstable
  18. 18

    Skill
    Active

    Token-compression skill. An adaptation of caveman — short common words, trust context, say just enough, be laconic.

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install /plugin marketplace add GabrielBarberini/laconic

    19GitHub starsstable
  19. 19
    Active

    A MCP that turns PDFs into structured text, tables, figures, metadata, annotations, and page-level evidence for selective retrieval by MCP-compatible AI agents. Improves the information quality AI agents receive while also reducing token…

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    17GitHub starsstable
  20. 20

    Agent
    Active

    Control plane for AI coding agents: route tasks, reduce token spend, run multi-agent workflows, fallback executors, and track cost per task.

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    16GitHub starsstable
  21. 21
    Dormant

    DAG-based Lossless Context Management for Claude Code. Every message preserved, summaries cascade as a DAG, patterns extracted via Lossless Dream — full recall and reflection across sessions.

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    15GitHub starsstable
  22. 22

    Skill
    Active

    Claude Code skill — delegate coding tasks to Gemini CLI and supervise via git diff

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/pcx-wave/gemini-skill ~/.claude/skills/gemini-skill

    12GitHub starsstable
  23. 23
    Dormant

    Optimize Claude Code token usage — 22 skills, 8 hooks, 6 rules. One npm install. Zero manual steps. Cut costs by 67%.

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    9GitHub starsstable
  24. 24
    Active

    对标 claude-hud 核心功能,控制在 7 行以内更轻量。内置 13 个国产大模型平台用量查询 (智谱 GLM / MiniMax / DeepSeek / Kimi / StepFun / SiliconFlow 等),第三方代理用户也能实时看到额度消耗。

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install /plugin marketplace add zander-zyx/claude-mini-hud

    9GitHub starsstable
  25. 25
    Active

    Persistent memory + security layer for Claude Code (MCP plugin). Agents remember your project across sessions (~87% fewer context tokens), every tool call lands in a tamper-evident HMAC audit chain, and skills are AST-scanned +…

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    8GitHub starsstable