Astral vs FastAI
AstralDeveloper Tools
Open sourcePublished price
FastAIDeveloper Tools
Free / Open SourcePublished price
Astral Developer Tools Fast Python tooling for modern engineering teams. | FastAI Developer Tools Making neural nets uncool again | |
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| Overview | ||
| Category | Developer Tools | Developer Tools |
| What it is | Astral builds modern Python tooling like Ruff and uv to improve developer speed, consistency, and dependency workflows. | Deep learning library and courses making neural networks accessible with high-level training abstractions. |
| 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… | Free / Open Source fastai is free and open source, released under the Apache 2.0 license. The library and its companion courses are available at no cost; there is no paid tier or commercial license. |
| Pricing model | Free | Free |
| Free options | Free plan · No free trial | Free plan · No free trial |
| Deal on Cubbie | None right now | None right now |
| Company | ||
| Founded | 2022 | 2016 |
| Team size | 11-50 employees | 1-10 employees |
| Headquarters | Brooklyn, NY | San Francisco, CA |