Side-by-Side Comparison
act vs headroom
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Recorded Stars Comparison
● nektos/act (72.5K)
● headroomlabs-ai/headroom (74.5K)
☆ 72.5Kact stars
☆ 74.5Kheadroom stars
+2KDifference
headroomStar Leader (1.0x)
⚖️ Comparison Verdict
Star Popularity
headroom Leads
+2K stars (1.0x ratio)
Forks & Derivatives
headroom Leads
5.8K total community forks
Recent Maintenance
act
Pushed 4d ago
Licensing
Different
act: MIT vs headroom: Apache-2.0
Side-by-Side Facts
| Metric | nektos/act ↗ | headroomlabs-ai/headroom ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Run your GitHub Actions locally 🚀 | 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, MCP server. |
| GitHub Stars | ☆ 72,503 | ☆ 74,469 |
| Forks | 2,091 | 5,764 |
| Open Issues | 373 | 414 |
| Main Language | Go | Python |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Last Push | Oct 28, 2026 | Oct 6, 2026 |
| GitHub Source | Open Source ↗ | Open Source ↗ |
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