{"slug": "hystax-open-sources-a-coding-agent-compressor-that-cut-one-test-bill-by-22-7", "title": "Hystax open-sources a coding-agent compressor that cut one test bill by 22.7%", "summary": "Hystax released OptScale Kompressor, an MIT-licensed open-source tool that shortens repeated machine output sent by AI coding agents to language models, and CEO and co-founder Nick Smirnov says it cut the provider bill by 22.7% in Hystax's benchmark without a statistically significant change in task success. The benchmark used Codex and GPT-5.5, and Hystax is pairing the free tool with integration into its OptScale AI product to sell broader cost and governance tools. The 22.7% savings figure is company-run and workload-specific, so teams should test it against their own billed traffic.", "body_md": "# Hystax open-sources a coding-agent compressor that cut one test bill by 22.7%\n\n**CEO and co-founder Nick Smirnov says the tool makes repeated build logs retrievable; Hystax measured savings in a benchmark using Codex and GPT-5.5.**\n\n        By [RuntimeWire Staff](https://runtimewire.com/author/runtimewire-staff)\n        · Published \n\nPrimary source: [PRWeb](https://www.prweb.com/releases/hystax-releases-open-source-token-compressor-that-cuts-ai-coding-agent-costs-by-22-7-without-changing-the-agent-302912355.html)\n\n## Why it matters\n\nHystax is extending its cloud-cost-management playbook into AI-agent infrastructure: Kompressor is free to inspect and use, while its integration into OptScale AI gives the company a path to sell broader cost and governance tools. Its 22.7% savings claim is company-run and workload-specific, so teams should test it against their own billed traffic.\n\nHystax released [OptScale Kompressor](https://github.com/hystax/optscale-kompressor?ref=runtimewire), an MIT-licensed tool that shortens repeated machine output sent by AI coding agents to language models. CEO and co-founder [Nick Smirnov](https://hystax.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Whitepaper-FinOps-and-cost-management-for-Kubernetes.pdf?ref=runtimewire) says it cut the provider bill by 22.7% in Hystax's benchmark without a statistically significant change in task success.…\n\nWhen you purchase through links in our articles, [we may earn a small commission](https://runtimewire.com/affiliate-monetization-standards). This doesn’t affect our editorial independence.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/hystax-open-sources-a-coding-agent-compressor-that-cut-one-test-bill-by-22-7", "canonical_source": "https://runtimewire.com/article/hystax-opens-coding-agent-token-compressor", "published_at": "2026-10-22 12:35:13+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-22 15:40:15.055322+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "ai-tools", "developer-tools", "ai-infrastructure", "large-language-models"], "entities": ["Hystax", "OptScale Kompressor", "Nick Smirnov", "OptScale AI", "Codex", "GPT-5.5"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/hystax-open-sources-a-coding-agent-compressor-that-cut-one-test-bill-by-22-7", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/hystax-open-sources-a-coding-agent-compressor-that-cut-one-test-bill-by-22-7.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/hystax-open-sources-a-coding-agent-compressor-that-cut-one-test-bill-by-22-7.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/hystax-open-sources-a-coding-agent-compressor-that-cut-one-test-bill-by-22-7.jsonld"}}