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A Rust-based open-source CLI proxy is pitched as a way to reduce Claude Code…

2026-04-04 · 22:39 UTC ·@om_patel5 ·1 min read

Brief

A Rust-based open-source CLI proxy is pitched as a way to reduce Claude Code usage costs by preprocessing terminal output. The core claim is that Claude wastes large numbers of tokens reading irrelevant shell output, so stripping logs, formatting noise, and progress indicators before they reach the model can dramatically lower consumption, with the author citing 10 million tokens saved and an 89% reduction across prior sessions.

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title: @om_patel5: THIS CLI PROXY CUTS YOUR CLAUDE CODE TOKEN USAGE BY 60-90%

it sits between Claude Code and your ter...
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THIS CLI PROXY CUTS YOUR CLAUDE CODE TOKEN USAGE BY 60-90%

it sits between Claude Code and your terminal. when Claude runs a command, the proxy strips all the noise from the output before sending it back.

normal terminal output is full of junk Claude doesn't need. progress bars, warnings, formatting, verbose logs. all of that eats tokens.

this tool filters it down to just the information Claude actually needs to do its job

10M tokens saved across sessions with 89% reduction

AND its just a single Rust binary with zero dependencies plus its open source

if your usage limits have been burning faster than expected, a huge chunk of that is Claude reading terminal output it doesn't even use.

this fixes that