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Moderne
What Moderne is
Moderne provides infrastructure for developers and AI coding agents to analyze, evolve, secure, modernize and govern large software systems. Its hybrid SaaS runs deterministic recipes across thousands of repositories as a single tenant in a chosen cloud provider and region. Moderne DX runs inside a customer network without outbound connectivity, keeping source code, recipes and analysis within that perimeter. DevCenter reports upgrade, migration and vulnerability status across repository organizations, including timelines and remaining occurrences. The recipe marketplace spans languages and technologies such as Java, Kotlin, Python, JavaScript, C#, Go, mainframe and infrastructure as code. Teams can review changes across repositories, download data tables, visualize results, and mass commit or open pull requests. Changelog connects to GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket and internal version-control systems; agents can query change context through MCP and the GraphQL API. Moderne states it is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant. Its CLI supports Linux, macOS and Windows, and a community version offers open-source repositories, recipes and cross-repository search. The Member plan costs $2,000 a month, billed monthly or yearly.
Who it suits
Moderne is for developers and organizations managing large software systems across many repositories. Its air-gapped deployment option may suit teams that need analysis to remain inside their network.
What it does well
- Runs recipes across thousands of repositories
- Offers air-gapped deployment with no outbound connectivity
- Supports multi-repository commits and pull requests
- Community version includes cross-repository search
What to know first
- Member plan costs $2,000 a month
- Member plan is limited to one legal entity
Limits
The community version is described as providing pre-loaded open-source repositories, a recipe catalog, and cross-repository search. The Member plan is $2,000 a month, billed monthly or yearly, and covers one legal entity.
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Steering Committee | Everything in Member · Patches produced on demand · Severity-based SLA · Volume patches per week · Delivered into your artifact repository | $200 |
| Member | monthly or yearly · Every backpatch line, current and future · Maven repository credentials · Public source and sources JARs · One legal entity | $2,000 a month |
| Backpatch Alliance Member | $2,000 /mo · Every current and future backpatch line · Maven credentials · public source and sources JARs · one legal entity | $2,000 a month |
| Backpatch Alliance Fully Managed Service | Typical · Steering Committee benefits · managed backpatching · 2+ dedicated FTEs · Moderne-owned application SLA | On request |
| Commercial | Typical · Up to about 1,000 developers · hundreds of repositories · hybrid SaaS · one part-time forward-deployed engineer · unlimited transformations and impact analyses | On request |
| Backpatch Alliance Steering Committee | Typical · Member benefits · on-demand patches · severity-based SLA · volume patches per week · artifact-repository delivery | On request |
| Enterprise | Typical · Thousands of developers · hundreds of millions to billions of lines · hybrid SaaS or on-prem Moderne DX · unlimited transformations and impact analyses | On request |
| Fully Managed Service | Typical · Thousands of developers · hundreds of millions to billions of lines · Moderne-owned outcome SLA · full-time project management · hybrid SaaS and on-prem DX | On request |
As moderne.ai lists them, read 30 Sept 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Getting started
- Visit https://moderne.ai/.
- Use the community version to search pre-loaded open-source repositories without local installation.
- Install the Moderne CLI on Linux or macOS with a shell script or Homebrew, or on Windows with PowerShell or Chocolatey.
- Choose a plan or route a request through the contact page for a demo, sales, or quick answers.
- For an air-gapped deployment, run Moderne DX inside the customer network.
Verdict
Moderne focuses on coordinated software change and status reporting across repository estates, with both hybrid SaaS and air-gapped deployment options. Review plan scope and deployment fit before selecting an offering.
Questions
How much does Moderne cost?
The pricing note says From $2,000/mo. The Member plan is listed at $2,000 a month, billed monthly or yearly; other plans have separate listed prices and terms.
Is there a free plan?
Yes. Moderne offers a community version with pre-loaded open-source repositories, a recipe catalog, and cross-repository search without local installation.
Which platforms does Moderne support?
Listed platforms are API, Linux, macOS, self-hosted, web, and Windows. The Moderne CLI installation instructions cover Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Can Moderne run without outbound connectivity?
Yes. Moderne DX runs inside the customer network without outbound connectivity, keeping code, recipes, semantic trees, and analysis within the perimeter.
Which source-control systems does it connect to?
Changelog connects to GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, and internal version-control systems, including systems in separate network segments.
Who makes Moderne?
The product is Moderne, headquartered in Miami, Florida.
Facts from Moderne's own pages
- Agent API
- Coding agents can query Changelog through MCP and the Moderne GraphQL API for portfolio-wide change context. · moderne.ai, 30 Sept 2026
- AI agent
- Moddy is documented as a multi-repository AI agent that combines natural-language requests with Moderne and OpenRewrite structured code data. · docs.moderne.io, 15 Oct 2026
- Air-gapped deployment
- Moderne DX runs inside the customer network with no outbound connectivity, keeping source code, recipes, lossless semantic trees, and analysis inside the perimeter. · moderne.ai, 30 Sept 2026
- API
- Customers can access a GraphQL API using personal access tokens, with an online explorer and schema documentation. · docs.moderne.io, 15 Oct 2026
- API architecture
- The public API gateway uses Apollo Router to federate GraphQL schemas and rate-limit requests. · docs.moderne.io, 15 Oct 2026
- CLI
- The Moderne CLI is a local, Git-like tool for building LST artifacts, running recipes and developing transformations across repositories. · docs.moderne.io, 15 Oct 2026
- Company headquarters
- LinkedIn identifies Miami, Florida as the headquarters and primary location. · linkedin.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Company profile
- Inc.'s 2026 profile lists Moderne as a Miami software company founded in 2020 with 11–50 employees and Jonathan Schneider as leader. · inc.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Company size
- LinkedIn lists Moderne as a privately held software-development company with 51–200 employees. · linkedin.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Core purpose
- Moderne provides deterministic infrastructure for AI coding agents and developers to analyze, evolve, secure, modernize, and govern large software systems. · moderne.ai, 30 Sept 2026
- DevCenter
- DevCenter reports upgrade campaigns, remaining vulnerabilities and progress over time for organizational owners. · moderne.ai, 15 Oct 2026
- Documentation depth
- The documentation is organized into seven areas covering Platform, CLI, agent tools, recipes, DX, Moddy and IDE plugins, plus administrator references and release notes. · docs.moderne.io, 15 Oct 2026
- Estate-wide execution
- The hybrid SaaS runs deterministic recipes across thousands of repositories and is single tenant in a cloud provider and region of choice. · moderne.ai, 30 Sept 2026
- Founded
- LinkedIn and Gartner list Moderne as founded in 2020. · linkedin.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Funding news
- TechCrunch reported on February 11, 2025 that Moderne raised a $30 million Series B led by Acrew Capital, bringing reported funding to about $50 million. · techcrunch.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Miami, Florida · moderne.ai, 23 Sept 2026
- IDE plugin
- An IntelliJ IDEA plugin supports multi-repository code search plus recipe creation and debugging. · docs.moderne.io, 15 Oct 2026
- Licence: OpenRewrite core
- OpenRewrite core technology and many language libraries are released under Apache License 2.0. · docs.openrewrite.org, 15 Oct 2026
- Licence: product
- The commercial Moderne Platform is presented as a paid proprietary service rather than an open-source product. · moderne.ai, 15 Oct 2026
- Licence: recipes
- Some Moderne-contributed recipes use the Moderne Source Available License, which permits private use but restricts resale or packaging into commercial products. · docs.openrewrite.org, 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: enterprise pricing
- Published typical prices range from $250,000 for Commercial to $5 million for Fully Managed Service, placing the product primarily in an enterprise-budget category. · moderne.ai, 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: feature gaps
- Capterra's catalog says Moderne does not provide built-in version control or continuous integration, despite listing access controls, code review and change management features. · capterra.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: review coverage
- G2 reports that Moderne has not yet received a customer review, limiting buyer sentiment data there. · g2.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Local CLI
- The Moderne CLI supports installation on Linux and macOS with a shell script or Homebrew and on Windows with PowerShell or Chocolatey. · docs.moderne.io, 30 Sept 2026
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