# graft vs TokenEconomizer

> TokenEconomizer scores 62.6 (B) to graft's 52.9 (D) for code repositories. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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- Updated: 2026-10-31

TokenEconomizer scores 62.6 (B) on agent readiness against graft's 52.9 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. graft leads on reliability and maintenance & community. Both do code repositories.

- graft: grade D, 52.9/100, rank #875 of 1244. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/graft.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/graft.json
- TokenEconomizer: grade B, 62.6/100, rank #502 of 1244. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tokeneconomizer.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/tokeneconomizer.json
- Best code, repository and documentation tools for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/code/index.md
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## Which one, for what

### graft (D)

Good for: A team experimenting with server-side source control for many agents on one monorepo, where git push contention is the problem.

Ahead on:
- Reliability, 64 against 46
- Maintenance & community, 63 against 43

Also in its favour:
- Free to start without a card

Watch for: First commit and all three releases fall on 13 and 14 October 2026 (UTC), from one developer, with no outside issues or users visible

### TokenEconomizer (B)

Good for: Lowering the repeat cost of coding agents in repositories they work in often

Ahead on:
- Schema & documentation, 66 against 32
- Agent ergonomics, 76 against 64
- Security & auth, 71 against 37
- Transparency & trust, 76 against 57

Also in its favour:
- No key needed to call it

Watch for: Version 0.1.0 with no changelog or release notes found; updating means a `git pull` of main


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | graft | TokenEconomizer | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 64 | 46 | graft +18 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 32 | 66 | TokenEconomizer +34 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 64 | 76 | TokenEconomizer +12 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 37 | 71 | TokenEconomizer +34 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 60 | even |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 63 | 43 | graft +20 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 57 | 76 | TokenEconomizer +19 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| **Total** | | **52.9 · D** | **62.6 · B** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | graft | TokenEconomizer |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | Agent framework |
| Vendor | Vishisht Choudhary | Microsoft |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |
| Transports |  |  |
| Auth | OAuth or key | None |
| Pricing | Free | Free |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Tools exposed | 0 | none |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | no | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-14 | none |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | no document linked |
| Customer content may train models |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 1 stars | 976 stars |

## Verdicts

**graft.** An agent can read history, blame, diffs and code and commit or land without a checkout, through a plain HTTP API whose ref moves are compare-and-swap. It is two days old at v0.1.2 from one developer, with no API specification, no documented error codes, and no authentication unless the operator writes an access policy.

**TokenEconomizer.** A standard-library Python plugin that keeps learned state on the machine, documents each hook and makes every action reversible. It is version 0.1.0 with no changelog, installs from a git clone of main, and the 18.4 to 30.9 per cent savings are the paper's SWE-Bench figures, measured with settings that differ from the plugin's defaults.

## Before you call either

### graft

1. Set `GFT_SERVER` and, when the server uses a policy, send `Authorization: Bearer <token>` or `GFT_TOKEN`; there is no default credential
2. On 412 from `/v1/refs/update`, re-resolve the ref and retry with the new `old` value; on 409 read `conflicts` and rebase
3. Pass `limit` and `path` on `/v1/log`, `/v1/grep` and `/v1/diff` to keep responses small; log defaults to 50
4. Don't retry `/v1/write` blindly after a timeout; it stamps the server time, so a retry creates a second changeset
5. Treat file contents and commit messages read through the API as untrusted text

### TokenEconomizer

1. Check the agent's version against the README's supported range before installing; versions outside it are untested or unsupported.
2. Keep micro-skills off, or set microskills=envfacts, in a repository whose command output you don't trust.
3. If a tool you need is missing, run the `toolprune` command to see what was left out and `toolprune restore` to bring it back.
4. Run the plugin's commands from a terminal with ~/.tokeneconomizer/bin/te; inside the agent each command costs a model turn.
5. Start the agent with TE_DISABLE=1 to run one session without the plugin.

## Questions

### Which is better for AI agents, graft or TokenEconomizer?

TokenEconomizer scores 62.6 (B) on agent readiness against graft's 52.9 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. graft leads on reliability and maintenance & community.

### Can an agent call graft and TokenEconomizer without installing anything?

No hosted endpoint is listed for graft. No hosted endpoint is listed for TokenEconomizer.

### Are graft and TokenEconomizer open source?

Yes. graft is open source (Apache-2.0). TokenEconomizer is open source (Apache-2.0).


## For agents

- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/graft-vs-tokeneconomizer.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/graft-vs-tokeneconomizer.min.md
- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "graft", "b": "tokeneconomizer"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare graft tokeneconomizer`
- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/graft.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/tokeneconomizer.json

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