Paritok
Spend up to 85% less and run 3× longer coding agent sessions
Paritok launched on August 10, 2026 with 258 votes, #109 of 23,274 launches that month and more than 99% of that year's launches.
In plain words
Paritok is a compression tool that reduces token usage for coding agents by up to 85% and extends session length threefold. It sits between a coding agent and language model, non-destructively compressing tools, files, and conversation history on the fly. The system filters and stubs unnecessary data while preserving identifiers, paths, and errors, and summarizes older conversation turns when needed. It runs locally with two commands and uses an open-source 4-billion-parameter compression model built specifically for code.
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Paritok compresses the tools, files, and history your coding agent sends. Save up to 85% on your token bill and run 3× longer sessions. Two commands, nothing lost, fully local.
Paritok drops in between your coding agent and the LLM, non-destructively compressing tools, files, and history on the fly — for longer sessions and smaller bills. Powered by our open-source code-native 4B compression model.
Paritok drops in and non-destructively compresses tools, files, and history on the fly for longer sessions and smaller bills. Filters, compresses, summarizes. Tags everything it touches. Agents ship 70+ tools in full JSON on every request. We keep the relevant ones, stub the rest. Our 4B model knows a function signature from a debug line. Identifiers, paths and errors survive. Turns beyond a recent window get summarized once your context budget fills. Recent turns are left untouched. Ours runs on a budget you set, not when the model runs out of room. Lossy on the wire, recoverable when it counts. The agent asks for the exact bytes and gets them — locally, without burning a turn. Races the…from paritok.com
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