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Ouroboros vs Rtk

Compare adoption, momentum, maintenance health, and project basics before choosing which tool to evaluate deeper.

Ouroboros

Agent OS: the agent gets smarter on its own. We just hold the line: Interview-gated, staged evaluation, budgeted evolution loop. MCP server, 14 runtimes: Claude Code, Codex CLI, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, Copilot, Kiro and more.

Best matched with other agent tools.

5.8K
Stars
+1.8K
Weekly
95/100
Health
Rtk

CLI proxy that reduces LLM token consumption by 60-90% on common dev commands. Single Rust binary, zero dependencies

Best matched with other agent tools.

72.6K
Stars
+26.5K
Weekly
85/100
Health

Quick Take

Adoption

Rtk has the larger GitHub footprint with 72.6K stars.

Momentum

Rtk is currently growing faster at +26.5K stars this week.

Maintenance

Ouroboros has the stronger automated maintenance signal at 95/100. This is not a security or fit verdict.

Side-by-side evidence

Use these signals to narrow your choice, then confirm setup, license, and fit upstream.

SignalOuroborosRtk
Evidence statusBasic listing· 2026-10-04 09:17 UTCBasic listing· 2026-10-04 09:18 UTC
GitHub stars5.8K72.6K
Weekly growth+1.8K+26.5K
Health scoreStrong95/100Strong85/100
Contributors83125
Commits per week52.939.8
Open issues751.7K
LanguagePythonRust
LicenseMITApache-2.0
Last commit2026-09-07 00:43 UTC2026-07-22 15:28 UTC
Last releasev0.54.0v0.43.0

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