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Fine vs tethered
Provides AI agents for software building, whereas tethered guards network calls made by such agents.
Short answer: Pick Fine if you want AI-assisted code generation; pick tethered if you want in-process network firewall for Python. Fine is free; tethered is free and open source.
Which to pick
Pick Fine if you want…
- AI-assisted code generation
Pick tethered if you want…
- In-process network firewall for Python
Side by side
- What it is
- Fine:Build Software with AI Agents.
- tethered:tethered is a zero-dependency Python library that enforces outbound network allow-lists at runtime.
- Best for
- Fine:AI-assisted code generation
- tethered:In-process network firewall for Python
- Who it’s for
- Fine:—
- tethered:Python developers who need runtime network egress control, including AI-generated code and third-party libraries.
- Pricing
- Fine:Free
- tethered:Open source
- Starting price
- Fine:—
- tethered:Free
- Free plan or trial
- Fine:—
- tethered:Free to use
- Open source
- Fine:Yes
- tethered:Yes, 10 GitHub stars
- Works with
- Fine:—
- tethered:requests, httpx, aiohttp, Django, Flask, FastAPI
Fine features
Build Software with AI Agents.
tethered features
- Process-wide activation. Call activate() once to set a global allow-list for all outbound sockets.
- Scoped tightening. Use scope() to apply tighter restrictions to specific code paths or libraries.
- Zero external dependencies. Implements checks by hooking Python's native socket layer, no extra packages needed.
- Works with common frameworks. Compatible with requests, httpx, aiohttp, Django, Flask, FastAPI, and any socket-based library.
- Subprocess propagation. Automatically propagates policies to child processes via site-packages bootstrap.
- Locked-mode integrity checks. Detects tampering of policy payloads and filesystem changes.
- DNS divergence repair. Falls back to safe DNS resolution when standard lookup fails.
- Simple API. One-line allow-list declaration blocks unauthorized network calls with EgressBlocked exceptions.
Fine vs tethered FAQ
What is the difference between Fine and tethered?+
Provides AI agents for software building, whereas tethered guards network calls made by such agents.
Should I use Fine or tethered?+
Pick Fine if you want AI-assisted code generation. Pick tethered if you want in-process network firewall for Python.
Is Fine or tethered free?+
Fine is listed as free on DevHunt. tethered is free and open source.
Is Fine or tethered open source?+
Yes, both are open source: Fine (finehq/fine on GitHub) and tethered (shcherbak-ai/tethered on GitHub, MIT license).
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