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Comparison

Roo Code vs Tabby

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

Roo Code

A community fork of Cline with extra modes.

  • + Richer mode set than Cline
  • + Active community development
  • − Fragmentation risk from forking
  • − VS Code only

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 Roo Code Tabby
Category coding-agent coding-agent
License Apache-2.0 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, gemini, byok local, byok
Languages typescript rust, python
GitHub stars 24.3k 33.7k
Last activity 2026-05-15 2026-03-02