Comparison

OpenHands vs Tabby

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

OpenHands

Open-source autonomous software engineer (formerly OpenDevin).

  • + Open-source autonomous agent
  • + Sandboxed runtime with evals
  • − Heavier to self-host
  • − Younger than commercial rivals

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 OpenHands Tabby
Category coding-agent coding-agent
License MIT Apache-2.0
Open source Yes Yes
Self-hostable Yes Yes
MCP support Yes No
Pricing free free
Starting price BYOK usage cost BYOK or local GPU
Models claude, gpt, local, byok local, byok
Languages python rust, python
GitHub stars 78.3k 33.7k
Last activity 2026-06-25 2026-03-02