Toolbox/CLI coding agents/JuliusBrussee/caveman

JuliusBrussee/caveman

🪨 why use many token when few token do trick. Viral skill + proxy for coding agents that cuts 65% of tokens by talking like a caveman.

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Stars

116.2k

Δ 7d

+1,712

Δ 30d

+7,724

Age

7 mo

Last push

4h ago

90-day star history

Where this sits in the catalog

GroupCoding agents

CategoryCLI coding agents#5 of 177 by stars

RankingsMost starred #17 Fast growing #20

NearbyIDE & editor agents (19)Autonomous SWE agents (55)Code review agents (20)Codebase context (14)

Most-wanted open issues

Ranked by 👍 reactions. 54 open issues total, checked 2026-10-27.

Issue	👍	Comments	Opened
Make bundled skills/agents/commands opt-in (caveman-only install option)	11	1	5 mo
Add: Plugin for Github Copilot enhancement	8	2	6 mo
Add optional always-on mode for Codex	4	1	4 mo
Caveman not working in Claude Cowork mode. bug	2	1	6 mo
Add Bun support as an alternative installer runtime enhancement	1	0	4 mo

Head to head with its peers

The same six axes and the same star history, two projects at a time.

caveman vs claude-code caveman vs codex caveman vs opencode caveman vs pi

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