Comparison

Devin vs Tabby

A like-for-like, spec-level comparison. Both entries are verified against their docs and repo.

Devin

Cognition's autonomous software engineer.

  • + True end-to-end autonomy
  • + No local setup
  • − Expensive and access-gated
  • − Less transparent than open alternatives

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 Devin Tabby
Category coding-agent coding-agent
License Proprietary Apache-2.0
Open source No Yes
Self-hostable No Yes
MCP support No No
Pricing paid free
Starting price $500/mo (access tier) BYOK or local GPU
Models claude, gpt local, byok
Languages multi rust, python
GitHub stars 33.7k
Last activity 2026-03-02