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Tabby
Ranking score 93.4/100
Self-hosted code completion server for editors and teams.
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Platforms
- macos, windows, linux, self-hosted
- Self-hostable
- Yes
- Repo activity
- Last release January 25, 2026
- GitHub stars
- 33,924
- Last verified
- October 24, 2026
Why this rank
Score breakdown for Tabby Factor Points Weight Licence opennessApache-2.0 licence (open); self-hostable 25 25% Repository activityLast activity 117 day(s) before 2026-10-26 23.9 25% Popularity33924 GitHub stars 19.3 20% Feature coverage5 of 6 curated capability tags covered 16.7 20% Costopen-core pricing model 8.5 10% Points add up to the score. Factors without data are left out and the remaining weights are renormalised.
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Ranking score 90.4/100
Open AI coding assistant that runs with local or hosted models.
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Platforms
- macos, windows, linux
- Self-hostable
- No
- Repo activity
- Last release June 19, 2026
- GitHub stars
- 36,330
- Last verified
- October 24, 2026
Why this rank
Score breakdown for Continue Factor Points Weight Licence opennessApache-2.0 licence (open); not self-hostable 17.5 25% Repository activityLast activity 0 day(s) before 2026-10-26 25 25% Popularity36330 GitHub stars 19.4 20% Feature coverage6 of 6 curated capability tags covered 20 20% Costopen-core pricing model 8.5 10% Points add up to the score. Factors without data are left out and the remaining weights are renormalised.
Aider
Ranking score 83.2/100
Terminal pair programmer that edits code in a local repository.
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Platforms
- macos, windows, linux
- Self-hostable
- No
- Repo activity
- Last release August 9, 2025
- GitHub stars
- 49,764
- Last verified
- October 24, 2026
Why this rank
Score breakdown for Aider Factor Points Weight Licence opennessApache-2.0 licence (open); not self-hostable 17.5 25% Repository activityLast activity 156 day(s) before 2026-10-26 22.4 25% Popularity49764 GitHub stars 20 20% Feature coverage4 of 6 curated capability tags covered 13.3 20% Costfree pricing model 10 10% Points add up to the score. Factors without data are left out and the remaining weights are renormalised.