headroom alternatives
Curated alternatives to headroom — and why you'd switch.
9router
Self-hosted gateway pointing any AI coding CLI (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Cline) at 40+ providers, with subscription→cheap→free auto-fallback and tool_result compression for 20-40% token savings.
Why switchSame wire, same goal — cut coding-agent token spend at a local proxy. 9router is a multi-provider routing gateway with tool_result compression as a feature; Headroom is compression-first with content-aware routers, reversibility and no routing opinions.
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