Tabby

Open-source AI coding assistant you can self-host.

Filed under: Coding

About Tabby

Tabby is an open-source alternative to GitHub Copilot that offers code completion and chat inside your IDE, with the option to self-host the model. Teams that cannot send code to third-party clouds use it to keep everything in-house. In the world of AI coding tools, it is the go-to pick alongside GitHub Copilot for privacy-conscious developers.

Key features

AI code autocompletion in your IDE
Codebase-aware chat assistant
Self-hosted deployment option
Works with VS Code, JetBrains, and Vim
Custom model support
Team management dashboard

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Tabby: pros & cons

Pros

Open source and self-hostable
Strong privacy story for teams
Works with major IDEs
Generous free tier

Cons

Completions trail frontier models
Self-hosting needs setup effort
Smaller community than Copilot

Tabby FAQs

Is Tabby free?

Tabby offers a free tier and an open-source version you can self-host; paid plans add team features and managed hosting.

How is Tabby different from GitHub Copilot?

Tabby is open source and can be self-hosted, so your code never has to leave your own infrastructure.

Which IDEs does Tabby support?

Tabby has extensions for VS Code, JetBrains IDEs, Vim/Neovim, and other popular editors.