CodeGPTvsTabby
Generated from the two spec rows. Green marks the better value where a spec has a clear direction. Everything else is just different.
CodeGPT
CodeGPT · IDE extension
#45MCP
Panel
6.33 spec wins
- Reliability
- 5.5
- Usefulness
- 6.5
- Cost
- 7.2
- Longevity
- 5.8
“The free plan gives you ten daily interactions on economy models, or unlimited if you bring the bill yourself.”
Tabby
TabbyML · IDE extension
#107OSS
Panel
6.71 spec wins
- Reliability
- 6.7
- Usefulness
- 5.8
- Cost
- 7.3
- Longevity
- 7.0
“It ships a Vim extension, so the two least agreeable crowds in software finally have something in common.”
Spec by spec
| Spec | CodeGPT | Tabby |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | ||
| Category | IDE extension | IDE extension |
| Runs | local, cloud | local |
| Platforms | macos, linux, windows | macos, linux, windows |
| Context window | not documented | not documented |
| Protocols | ||
| MCP client | Yes | No |
| MCP server | No | No |
| Capabilities | ||
| Runs terminal commands | No | No |
| Multi-file edits | YesCodeGPT studies the codebase and proposes edits that you review before they are applied. | No |
| Git operations | No | No |
| Browser control | No | No |
| Sandboxed execution | No | No |
| Multi-agent orchestration | No | No |
| Headless / CI mode | No | No |
| Models | ||
| Backbone | Anthropic Claude, OpenAI GPT, Google Gemini | any |
| Bring your own model | Yes | Yes |
| Local models | YesOllama and LM Studio are listed on the free plan alongside 15+ BYOK providers. | Yes |
| Cost | ||
| Pricing model | mixed | free |
| Starts at | $0/mo | n/a |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Bring your own key | Yes | No |
| Openness | ||
| Open source | No | Yes |
| License | proprietary | Apache-2.0, with the ee/ directory under a separate enterprise licence |
| GitHub stars | n/a | 33,886 |
Which one would each critic pick
| Critic | CodeGPT | Tabby | Pick |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Juez | — | — | not enough reviews |
| El Amigo | 6.8 | 7.0 | Tabby — Pick Tabby when you want completions and chat that know your own repositories and issues; pick Llama Coder if you only want autocomplete and nothing to operate. |
| El Crítico | 6.0 | 6.3 | Tabby — It completes, chats and answers, and it does not edit across files or run anything, so anyone comparing it to an agent on this board is comparing different categories. |
| El Profesor | 6.0 | 6.8 | Tabby — The index spans repositories, issues and merge requests, so retrieval covers the discussion around code rather than the code alone, which is an unusual and defensible scope choice. |
| La Inversora | 6.3 | 6.3 | no preference |
| La Jefa | 5.8 | 6.0 | Tabby — The software costs nothing and the real budget line is graphics hardware plus a named owner on call, which is the cost every self-hosted pitch leaves out. |
| El Hacker | 6.8 | 8.0 | Tabby — Apache-2.0 except the ee/ directory, which carries its own licence, and that carve-out is exactly the pattern I complain about, softened by a real OpenAPI surface. |
Picks are derived from each critic's own scores. Humans vote on matchups on the duels page.