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
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
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
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/dirac-run/dirac · fetched 2026-08-28 · d5fcc863d1fa
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| dirac-run/dirac | main | 81 |
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