Comparison
Headroom vs ECC
ECC has more GitHub stars (279,581 vs 75,383). Headroom was updated more recently (last commit 7h ago). Data comes straight from GitHub and refreshes daily.
Headroom
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,…
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pipx install --python python3.13 "headroom-ai[all]"
ECC
The agent harness performance optimization system. Skills, instincts, memory, security, and research-first development for Claude Code, Codex, Opencode, Cursor and beyond.
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/plugin marketplace add https://github.com/affaan-m/ECC| Metric | Headroom | ECC |
|---|---|---|
| Type | MCP server | MCP server |
| GitHub stars | 75,383 | 279,581 |
| Stars, last 7 days | — | — |
| Forks | 5,850 | 41,600 |
| Upvotes | 0 | 0 |
| Language | Python | JavaScript |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Last commit | 7h ago | 2d ago |
| Created | Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 |
| Categories | AI & LLM tooling, Memory & knowledge | AI & LLM tooling, Memory & knowledge, Security |