- cli: callers that relied on implicit shell expansion in positional arguments must pass the script explicitly, e.g. rtk test --shell sh 'cargo test && cargo clippy'.
- hook: add native Google Antigravity plugin lifecycle and hook support (7efbaef)
- hook: add native Google Antigravity plugin lifecycle and hook support (27774fe)
- search: fold shared path prefix in file-list passthrough (feac25d)
- allow clean-run summaries to bypass neverworse guard for injected JSON (58f42f2)
- allow clean-run summaries to bypass neverworse guard for injected JSON (fixes #4218) (3d829e1)
Rtk by rtk-ai
CLI proxy that reduces LLM token consumption by 60-90% on common dev commands. Single Rust binary, zero dependencies
Agent tooling for cost, context and memory
New · Added to AgentGid on Oct 9, 2026Open source · Apache-2.0Free to start
Recently added on Oct 9, 2026. The description, category and pricing were filled in from public metadata and have not been checked by an editor yet.
Price
Free (OSS)
free and open source
Popularity
#13 in Agent tooling
Gid Score 24 / 100 · #175 of 284 overall
Trend
Gaining stars fast
about +90 GitHub stars a day
Development
Actively updated
latest 0.51.0, 7d ago
Community
82.8K GitHub stars
public signals
What Rtk does
Key facts
| Maker | rtk-ai |
|---|---|
| First released | January 2026 |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Main language | Rust |
| Open issues and PRs | 1,517 |
Pricing
Open source under the Apache-2.0 licence; check the website for any paid hosted plans.
, checked Oct 9, 2026. Prices change often; confirm before you buy.
Quick answers
- Free to start?Yes
- Open source?Yes (Apache-2.0)
- Closest alternativeLiteLLM · all alternatives
Rtk alternatives
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Rtk news
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New on AgentGid: Rtk
CLI proxy that reduces LLM token consumption by 60-90% on common dev commands. Single Rust binary, zero dependencies
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Rtk 0.51.0 released
cli: callers that relied on implicit shell expansion in positional arguments must pass the script explicitly, e.g. rtk test --shell sh 'cargo test && cargo clippy'.; hook: add native Google Antigravity plugin lifecycle and hook support (7efbaef); hook: add…
What changed: recent Rtk releases
- ast-grep: add ast-grep filter (rtk ast-grep) (718c185)
- ci: add winget manifest automation (22d49e3)
- config: add suppresshookwarning option (6d10430)
- core: add argtokenizer and migrate git/grep/dotnet/golangci arg parsing onto it (8b891a5)
- git: filter large git show blob dumps with recovery and Latin-1 decoding (66eeb10)
- hooks: add direct Codex command rewrite (7f2788a)
- add rtk sqlfluff lint command with JSON filter (~75% token reduction) (b605716)
- add rtk sqlfluff lint with JSON filter (~75% token reduction) (a2d9f01)
- recall: content-addressed recall store with selectable [retriever] mode (a533731)
- recall: name an over-recalled filter, and clear its counters on gain --reset (ddc2182)
- recall: SQLite recall system (77ba5c9)
- recall: teeonsuccess restores legacy always behavior, accurate migration notices (8969fa4)
Rtk popularity and usage data
The GitHub repository has 82.8K stars, 3,609 of them added in the last 30 days. The latest stable release is 0.51.0, published Oct 2, 2026; there were 3 stable releases in the past 30 days. It was mentioned in 2 Hacker News posts and comments over the last 30 days.
Download the raw daily series: rtk.csv
Gid Score breakdown
Adoption2
Community80
Attention0
Momentum52
Each component is scored 0 to 100 from public signals; a dash means no data for it. Methodology.
Rtk FAQ
How much does Rtk cost?
Open source under the Apache-2.0 licence; check the website for any paid hosted plans.
Is Rtk open source?
Yes. Rtk is open source, released under the Apache-2.0 license.
How popular is Rtk?
The GitHub repository has 82.8K stars, 3,609 of them added in the last 30 days. The latest stable release is 0.51.0, published Oct 2, 2026; there were 3 stable releases in the past 30 days. It was mentioned in 2 Hacker News posts and comments over the last 30 days.
What is the latest version of Rtk?
The latest stable release we track is 0.51.0, published on Oct 2, 2026.
What are the alternatives to Rtk?
The closest alternatives in the same category by Gid Score are LiteLLM, Firecrawl, Langfuse, E2B.
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Where these numbers come from
GitHub: rtk-ai/rtk. Site rank: rtk-ai.app on the Tranco list. See data sources for how each one is collected.
Product facts and pricing were checked against: rtk-ai.app, github.com.