Developer Tools / CLI / Dev Utilities

ctoken

CLI utility that counts LLM tokens in files or directories, with support for stdin, recursive scans, file-type grouping, profiles, JSON output, and multiple encodings.

Clear26/30
Useful25/30
Specific16/20
Complete17/20
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Why it was accepted

The page clearly describes a real AI-adjacent developer tool: a CLI for counting tokens in files and directories. The README shows what it does, why it exists for LLM context sizing, how to install it on multiple platforms, and several concrete usage examples and flags. That is enough evidence for a useful public listing.

Weakness

The snapshot does not show maintenance signals beyond the repository contents, and the visible text is cut off before the end of the README, so a visitor cannot see the full profile system or the full range of supported workflows.

Review status

52 days ago #927 ↓ -6

Last evaluated 52 days ago. Current rank #927. Down 6 spots in the rankings.

Score history

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