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Continue vs Tabby

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Continue

Open-source AI code assistant for VS Code and JetBrains.

  • + Works in JetBrains, not just VS Code
  • + Fully BYOK and local-model friendly
  • − Agent capability behind Cline/Aider
  • − Setup overhead for custom providers

Tabby

Self-hosted AI coding assistant for teams.

  • + Fully self-hosted, code never leaves your network
  • + Local-model first
  • − Weaker agent capability than frontier-model tools
  • − Needs GPU for good latency
Spec Continue Tabby
Role Coding agent Coding agent
Tags coding-agent, ide-extension, persona-solo-builder, persona-software-developer, persona-data-scientist coding-agent, ide-extension, persona-solo-builder, persona-software-developer, persona-data-scientist
License Apache-2.0 Apache-2.0
Open source Yes Yes
Self-hostable Yes Yes
MCP support Yes No
Pricing free free
Price Free Free
Usage cost BYOK BYOK
Models claude, gpt, gemini, local, byok local, byok
Languages typescript rust, python
GitHub stars 34.7k 33.7k
Last activity 2026-07-03 2026-06-30