cavemanMaintained
why use many token when few token do trick, Claude Code skill that cuts 65% of tokens by talking like caveman
Is it still shipping?
Yes. caveman is maintained. The last commit was today, and it scores 100/100.
freshness 100/100
Every night it was read41 nightly readings, August 1, 2026 to September 13, 2026. Bar height is freshness out of 100; the ink is the verdict that night.
65, maintained25, dead
August 1, 2026September 13, 2026
How the verdict was reached
read September 13, 2026 from the GitHub API for JuliusBrussee/caveman| Signal | Value | Effect | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base | 100 | 100 | Every row starts at 100, and the effects below move it. |
| Last commit | today, September 12, 2026 | none | Pushed today. |
| Commits, 90 days | 100+ | none | 100+ commits in the last 12 weeks. |
| Last release | bin-v1.1.6, 9 days ago | +4 | Released bin-v1.1.6 9 days ago; 33 releases in the last year. |
| Release cadence | 2 days, median | not scored | |
| Issue response | 11h, median | +6 | Maintainers reply to new issues in about 11 hours. |
| Unanswered issues | 13% of 8 sampled | +3 | Only 13% of recent issues sampled went unanswered. |
| Committers, 90 days | 8 | +5 | 8 people committed in the last 90 days. |
| Bus factor | 2 | not scored | |
| Archived | no | not scored | |
| Licence | none declared | -6 | No license file. Legally unsafe to depend on regardless of activity. |
| Capped at 100 | -12 | The signals totalled 112; 100 is the ceiling. | |
| Freshness | 100/100 | 100 | 65 and above is maintained. |