Tree-sitter Pricing

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At a glance

Free and 100% open source under the MIT license. Tree-sitter has no licensing costs or subscription fees; it is a dependency-free C library embeddable in any editor, toolchain, or AI agent runtime.

Self-hosting cost

Tree-sitter is open source under the MIT license. Self-hosting does not add a software license fee, but you still pay for infrastructure, operations, and any external model or API usage.

Free & cheaper Productivity & Workflow

same category, free plan or open-source license

CursorCursor offers a free Hobby tier with core editor access, Composer, and Tab completions. Paid individual plans start with Cursor Pro at $20/month ($16/month billed annually) featuring a $20 third-party model allowance and unlimited Cursor models, followed by Pro+ at $60/month and Ultra at $200/month for high-volume developers. Team plans include Teams Standard at $40/user/month ($32/user/month billed annually) and Teams Premium at $120/user/month (5x usage). Enterprise tier provides custom pricing with SAML SSO and SCIM, and on-demand usage is available for pay-as-you-go model overage.Grok BotBeta access bundled with eligible SuperGrok Plus ($100/mo), Cursor Pro+ ($60/mo), or Cursor Teams ($40/seat/mo); custom pricing for enterprise deployments.RaycastFree core desktop launcher (macOS/Windows, extensions, window management, snippets, 50-query AI trial) / Pro ($8/mo billed annually or $10/mo monthly - unlimited standard AI, encrypted cloud sync, custom themes, clipboard history) / Pro + Advanced AI ($16/mo billed annually or $20/mo monthly - Claude 3.5 Sonnet, GPT-4o, Gemini Pro, o1/o3 reasoning models, higher limits) / Teams ($12/user/mo) & Teams + Advanced AI ($20/user/mo) / Enterprise custom (SAML/SCIM SSO, AI control center) / BYOK & local Ollama supported VS Codeopen sourceFree and open source core (Code - OSS under the MIT license). The official Microsoft Visual Studio Code binary distribution is free ($0) for commercial and personal use under the Microsoft Software License Terms, with optional paid subscriptions for services like GitHub Copilot or cloud extensions.

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FAQ

How much does Tree-sitter cost?

Free and 100% open source under the MIT license. Tree-sitter has no licensing costs or subscription fees; it is a dependency-free C library embeddable in any editor, toolchain, or AI agent runtime.

Does Tree-sitter have a free plan?

Yes — Tree-sitter is open source and free to use.

Can you self-host Tree-sitter for free?

Tree-sitter is open source under the MIT license. Self-hosting does not add a software license fee, but you still pay for infrastructure, operations, and any external model or API usage.

What are free or cheaper Tree-sitter alternatives?

Cursor, Grok Bot, Raycast are in the same category with a free plan or open-source license.

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