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Caveman

🪨 why use many token when few token do trick — Claude Code skill that cuts 65% of tokens by talking like caveman

Open source100.7k 6.7
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caveman.so · captured 2026-08-25

Our verdict

A usable project with some maintenance caveats. This assessment is derived from GitHub's own repository metrics on 2026-08-24, not from hands-on testing.

🪨 why use many token when few token do trick — Claude Code skill that cuts 65% of tokens by talking like caveman. The project is written primarily in Go, published without a recognised SPDX licence, and has 100,681 stars and 5,851 forks on GitHub. 35 contributors have committed to it, and the most recent push was 2026-08-24. The latest tagged release is v2.3.1 (2026-08-23). Figures come from the GitHub API on 2026-08-24 and are refreshed daily; the score below weighs adoption, maintenance, release discipline, contributor breadth, licence clarity and issue hygiene.

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100.7kStars
5.9kForks
238Watching
35Contributors
371Open issues
Licence
Not declared
Language
Go
Last push
2026-08-24
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Releases

  1. v2.3.1 v2.3.1
  2. v2.3.0 v2.3.0
  3. bin-v1.1.3 bin-v1.1.3
  4. v2.2.0 v2.2.0
  5. bin-v1.1.2 bin-v1.1.2
  6. bin-v1.1.1 bin-v1.1.1

Pros and cons

Pros

Cons

Pricing

  • Free tierYes
  • LicenceNot declared
  • Self-hostYes, source is public
  • Public price listNo, quote-based

Caveman does not publish a price list openly, which usually means pricing is quote-based. You will need to contact them. Why we do this

Visit caveman.so

Changelogwhat changed, most recent first

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User reviews

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Questions

Is Caveman free?

Yes. Caveman advertises a free tier on its own site.

How much does Caveman cost?

Caveman does not publish pricing openly, which usually means it is quote-based. You will need to contact the vendor.

Is Caveman open source?

Yes. Caveman is a public repository released under Not declared. You can self-host or inspect the source directly.

How is Caveman scored here?

Caveman scores 6.7 out of 10. That comes from a desk review of public evidence, which is capped at 8.5 out of 10: public pricing, documentation, maintenance signals and how much we could actually verify. Affiliate relationships are excluded from scoring entirely. The full rubric is published on our methodology page.

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