---
title: "Dyad pricing, platforms and integrations"
description: "Open source app builder that runs as a desktop app instead of a cloud service. Free with your own keys, Pro adds bundled AI credits, code stays in local git."
canonical_url: "https://whichcoding.tools/tools/dyad"
---
# Dyad

> Open source app builder that runs as a desktop app instead of a cloud service. Free with your own keys, Pro adds bundled AI credits, code stays in local git.

- **Layer**: App builder, Desktop app
- **Vendor**: Dyad Tech
- **Platforms**: macOS, Windows
- **License**: Apache-2.0
- **Pricing**: Free tier
- **Status**: Active
- **JSON**: /api/v1/tools/dyad.json

## Links

- [Website](https://www.dyad.sh)
- [Pricing](https://www.dyad.sh/pro)
- [Repo](https://github.com/dyad-sh/dyad)
- [Docs](https://www.dyad.sh/docs)
- [X](https://x.com/dyad_sh)

## Pricing

| Plan | Price | Included | Beyond that | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Free (individual) | Free | — | Blocked until upgrade | Bring your own API key, no sign up required, community support; Basic Agent mode limited to 20 messages a day |
| Pro (individual) | $20/mo (per user) | 200 credits/mo | — | Pro modes for large codebases, Dyad Academy access. Charged 1.5 credits per million tokens, input and output combined, as a token orchestration fee on ChatGPT subscription access and on custom models. |
| Max (individual) | $79/mo (per user) | 900 credits/mo | Credit packs. Credits can be reloaded at any time at the same price. | Prioritized office hours access |

Linux is not offered on the download page, only macOS and Windows builds.

Source: [dyad.sh/pro](https://www.dyad.sh/pro), verified 2026-09-23.

## Models

- **Providers**: Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, OpenRouter
- **Bring your own key**: BYOK
- **Local models**: Yes

The free tier is bring your own key only, including local models through Ollama. Dyad Pro and Max include monthly AI credits that work without a key.

## Features

- **MCP client**: Connects to MCP servers
- **Checkpoints**: Snapshot and roll back agent changes

## Install

- **download**: [dyad.sh/download](https://www.dyad.sh/download)

## License

- **SPDX**: Apache-2.0
- **Kind**: Open source
- **Repo**: [github.com/dyad-sh/dyad](https://github.com/dyad-sh/dyad)

The src/pro directory is under FSL-1.1-ALv2 and converts to Apache-2.0 two years after each release.

## Sources

Every fact above points at a vendor page and the date someone last checked it.

| Source | Covers | Verified |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [dyad.sh/pro](https://www.dyad.sh/pro) | pricing | 2026-09-23 |
| [dyad.sh](https://www.dyad.sh) | general | 2026-08-24 |
| [dyad.sh/docs/guides/ai-models](https://www.dyad.sh/docs/guides/ai-models) | models | 2026-08-24 |
| [dyad.sh/download](https://www.dyad.sh/download) | platforms | 2026-08-24 |
| [dyad.sh/docs/guides/versioning](https://www.dyad.sh/docs/guides/versioning) | features | 2026-08-24 |
| [dyad.sh/blog/extend-dyad-with-mcp-servers](https://www.dyad.sh/blog/extend-dyad-with-mcp-servers) | features | 2026-08-24 |
| [github.com/dyad-sh/dyad](https://github.com/dyad-sh/dyad) | license | 2026-08-24 |

Source data: [content/tools/dyad.yml](https://github.com/benjamincanac/whichcodingtools/blob/main/content/tools/dyad.yml)

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