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dirac-run/dirac

Coding Agent singularly focused efficiency and context curation. Reduces API costs by 50-80% vs other agent AND improves the code quality at the same time. Uses Hash Anchored edits, massively parallel operations, AST manipulation and many many other optimizations. https://dirac.run/ observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/dirac-run/dirac · TypeScript · Apache-2.0 (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

81/100

  • Activity 99
  • Release rhythm 99
  • Longevity 10

Flags: young

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 3
  • age_days: 150
  • days_rel: 7
  • days_push: 7
  • n_releases_24m: 6

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1465 stars · 83 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Dirac is an open-source AI coding agent focused on token efficiency and context curation, claiming 50-80% API cost reduction versus other agents while improving code quality. It uses hash/line-anchored parallel edits, AST manipulation, and other optimizations, and topped the Terminal-Bench 2 leaderboard.

Use cases

  • reduce LLM API costs for AI coding agents
  • automated code refactoring with an AI agent
  • terminal-based coding assistant with curated context
  • run coding agent benchmarks like Terminal-Bench
  • make large multi-file code changes in a single task
  • open-source alternative to Cline or Roo

When to choose

  • you want a cost-efficient terminal coding agent with strong benchmark results
  • you work on large refactoring tasks where context length degrades model accuracy
  • you prefer an open-source agent without MCP dependencies

When to avoid

  • you need MCP tool integrations or a GUI/IDE plugin experience
  • you rely on features specific to other agent ecosystems
  • the project's cost claims need independent verification for your workload

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

agent-framework developer-tools cli llm-inference developer-tools artificial-intelligence cli cross-platform coding-agent token-efficiency context-curation ast-manipulation terminal-bench cost-optimization ai-agents command-line nodejs

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Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
dirac-run/diracmain81

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