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Headroom compared with Oxyo
DetailHeadroom logo HeadroomOxyo logo Oxyo
What it doesDesktop app that compresses Claude Code and ChatGPT Codex inputs locally to cut token costs by up to 50% Cut Claude Code, Codex & Gemini quota burn by 60–72% with persistent AI coding memory and deterministic verification
StageNot given Not given
FoundedNot given Not given
Based inNL RO
Pricing modelFreemium Freemium
PricingPro: $4/month billed monthly or $3/month billed annually (for Claude Pro or ChatGPT Plus); Max x5: $20/month billed monthly or $15/month billed annually (for Claude Max x5 or ChatGPT Pro $100); Max x20: $40/month billed monthly or $30/month billed annually (for Claude Max x20 or ChatGPT Pro); Team & Explorer: free with 50 MCP calls; Oxyo Core: $19/mo (or $15/mo annually) with ~1.9M tokens/week and 300 MCP calls/week; Oxyo Pro: $49/mo (or $39/mo annually) with ~3.8M tokens/week and 1,250 MCP calls/week; Oxyo Max: $99/mo (or $79/mo annually) with ~7.5M tokens/week and 5,000 MCP calls/week. All pl
Key features
  • Local input compression of tool output and boilerplate
  • Reversible compression preserving retrieval of original content
  • Real-time savings dashboard and activity tracking
  • Eight optional add-ons for further optimization
  • Support for Claude Code IDE extensions and agent runners
  • Privacy-first architecture with all optimization on-device
  • Compatibility with Claude Pro, Claude Max, ChatGPT Plus, and ChatGPT Pro
  • Minimal latency overhead of approximately 52 milliseconds
  • Support for Windows, macOS, and Linux operating systems
  • Project learnings saved to agent instruction files
  • Lifelong persistent memory across sessions retained in an isolated vault
  • Automatic belief revision to eliminate contradicted specifications
  • Deterministic Python sandbox for verified calculations
  • Model Context Protocol integration for IDE connectivity
  • Causal root-cause graph tracking
  • Visual learning from screenshots and diagrams
  • Reusable skill synthesis for algorithmic classes
  • Web console, desktop app, and REST API access
  • Encrypted BYOK vault for Claude, OpenAI, and OpenRouter
What makes it different
  • Achieves 25-50% token reduction on typical Claude Code sessions without requiring model subscription upgrades
  • All compression runs locally on your machine with no data sent to servers
  • Reversible compression preserves output quality and allows retrieval of original content on demand
  • Works transparently with existing IDE extensions and agent runners without workflow changes
  • Built on open-source Headroom CLI engine available free on GitHub
  • 60–72% reduction in token quota burn measured on production 112k-token repositories
  • Zero re-sending of context; only ~1k surgical tokens retrieved per turn instead of 50k–200k
  • 100% contradiction-free memory with automatic outdated fact retirement
  • Unified memory across web, browser, and multiple IDEs
  • Model-independent brain; memory portable across AI providers
Free planNot given Not given
Open sourceNot given Not given
PlatformsNot given Not given
Public APINot given Not given
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)15 +1 (up) since last checkNot checked yet no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)60
Citation Flow (Majestic)310
Referring domains (Majestic)1350

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