Is Chisle still maintained?

Yes, active. Last change today. Latest release v3.12.1, today.

How widely used is Chisle?

Some track record. 1.1k stars, 5 months old. Get it from the official repo and read what it installs.

How to install on Linux

JayPokale/Chisle

Cut your AI coding agent's token bill on three axes: terse prose, YAGNI-first code, and tool-output compression. Claude Code, Pi, Cursor, Codex, Gemini + 4 more. Zero deps, published benchmarks including the runs it loses.

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Before you start

Is it free?: YesOpen source (MIT).
Still maintained?: Yes, activeLast change today. Latest release v3.12.1, today.
How widely used?: Some track record1.1k stars, 5 months old. Get it from the official repo and read what it installs.

Difficulty: Easy
Time: about 5 min
Stars: ★ 1,065
Activity: Updated this month

Fresh setup, read just now

Will it work on Linux?

Yes, it runs on Linux

Apps are only published for macOS and Windows.
You'll build it yourself with Node.js.

Your system

macOS Windows Linux

Start here

Website ↗chisle.jaypokale.meThe project's own site.

No Linux app in the box

No ready-made Linux app or install command in v3.12.1. There are apps for macOS and Windows.

Did you get it running?

No reports for Linux yet.

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Parts list

1×Node.js >=18runtime
1×npm package manager

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Good to know

Has AGENTS.md — instructions for coding agents. You can open Claude Code (or another agent) in the cloned folder and ask it to do the setup for you.
Nested projects: benchmarks/agentic/fixtures/dupepaths/repo/package.json, benchmarks/agentic/fixtures/noisylog/repo/package.json, benchmarks/agentic/fixtures/reuse/repo/package.json, benchmarks/agentic/fixtures/rootcause/repo/package.json and 5 more

Details

License: MIT
Open issues: 0
Branch: main

package.json scripts (8)

testnode --test tests/*.js
build:rulesnode scripts/build-rules.js
check:rulesnode scripts/build-rules.js --check
build:chartnode scripts/build-chart.js
check:chartnode scripts/build-chart.js --check
benchbash benchmarks/run-live.sh
build:samplesnode scripts/build-samples.js
check:samplesnode scripts/build-samples.js --check

Files we read (5)

.github/workflows/publish.yml

.github/workflows/test.yml

INSTALL.md

README.md

package.json

1,225 files in the repo

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Yes, it runs on Linux

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Yes, it runs on Linux

Start here

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