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Tabby vs Superset
Tabby has 33,882 GitHub stars, 1,789 forks, 335 open issues and last shipped 3 months ago. Superset has 14,403 stars, 1,285 forks, 666 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Tabby leads on adoption by 135% (33,882 vs 14,403 stars). Tabby is written in Rust under a custom or non-standard licence; Superset is written in TypeScript under a custom or non-standard licence. Tabby has attracted 5% as many forks as stars, Superset 9%. Superset was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (developer-tools), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| Tabby | Superset | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 34K | ★ 14K |
| License | Custom / other | Custom / other |
| Written in | Rust | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-06-30 | 2026-09-20 |
| Forks | ⑂ 1.8K | ⑂ 1.3K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Tabby if
- You weight community size — 34K stars and counting
- You want the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches Rust
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Superset if
- You want the Superset feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and Superset fits your workflow better
About Tabby
Tabby is a self hosted, open source AI coding assistant that acts as an on premises alternative to GitHub Copilot, aimed at developers and engineering teams that want code completion and chat without routing source code through a third party cloud service.
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About Superset
Superset is an agentic IDE for orchestrating many coding agents in parallel on a developer machine. It lives in the AI assisted coding and developer tools ecosystem, and it is aimed at people who run CLI agents such as Claude Code, Codex, or any CLI agent. It can run any agent with the user's own subscription. The project treats each agent as a worker that can run in its own isolated git worktree, with its own branch, terminal, and environment.
read the full Superset overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Tabby or Superset more popular?
Tabby has 33,882 GitHub stars and Superset has 14,403. Tabby has the larger community by that measure.
Are Tabby and Superset free?
Neither Tabby nor Superset declares a licence in this registry, so check each project's own repository before relying on either for a commercial use. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Tabby and Superset?
Tabby is written in Rust and Superset in TypeScript. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Tabby or Superset?
Choose Tabby if you want the larger community (33,882 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose Superset if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.