Comparison
Agent Shell vs rtk
rtk has more GitHub stars (83,501 vs 1,953). rtk was updated more recently (last commit 7h ago). Data comes straight from GitHub and refreshes daily.
Agent Shell
Brings your favorite AI agents to Emacs, keeping you at home: familiar buffers and bindings, no terminal emulation. Powered by ACP.
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git clone https://github.com/xenodium/agent-shell
rtk
CLI proxy that reduces LLM token consumption by 60-90% on common dev commands. Single Rust binary, zero dependencies
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brew install rtk| Metric | Agent Shell | rtk |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Plugin | Plugin |
| GitHub stars | 1,953 | 83,501 |
| Stars, last 7 days | n/a | n/a |
| Forks | 249 | 5,306 |
| Upvotes | 0 | 0 |
| Language | Emacs Lisp | Rust |
| License | GPL-3.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Last commit | 2d ago | 7h ago |
| Created | Sep 2025 | Jan 2026 |
| Categories | AI & LLM tooling, Dev tools | AI & LLM tooling |