Astral vs Buf
AstralDeveloper Tools
Open sourcePublished price
BufCode Quality and Linting
Astral Developer Tools Fast Python tooling for modern engineering teams. | Buf Code Quality and Linting Build APIs with Protocol Buffers. | |
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| Overview | ||
| Category | Developer Tools | Code Quality and Linting |
| What it is | Astral builds modern Python tooling like Ruff and uv to improve developer speed, consistency, and dependency workflows. | Buf provides tools for working with Protocol Buffers including linting, breaking change detection, code generation, and a schema registry. |
| Pricing | ||
| Published price | Open source Astral's shipped products, Ruff (linter/formatter) and uv (package/project manager), are free and open source (MIT/Apache 2.0). The company is VC-backed and has not launched a pai… | Pricing: Contact Buf for current pricing details. Plans typically scale based on usage and team size. |
| Pricing model | Free | Usage-based |
| Free options | Free plan · No free trial | Free plan · Free trial |
| Deal on Cubbie | None right now | None right now |
| Company | ||
| Founded | 2022 | 2019 |
| Team size | 11-50 employees | 51-200 employees |
| Headquarters | Brooklyn, NY | Remote |