Tabby

★★★★☆3.9 / 5 editorial Free Free and open source to self-host; a commercial edition adds team management and support — check the official site for current pricing.

Self-hosted, open-source AI coding assistant for privacy-first teams

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What is Tabby?

Tabby is an open-source, self-hosted AI coding assistant from TabbyML: you run it on your own servers or GPU machine and connect it to VS Code, JetBrains, or Vim for code completion and chat that never leaves your infrastructure. That makes it a go-to option for companies whose policies forbid sending source code to outside AI services.

Tabby can index your repositories so answers and completions reflect your own codebase, and it supports a range of open code models. The software is free, though you supply the hardware and administration, and a commercial edition adds team management and support; suggestion quality depends heavily on the model you deploy and the GPU behind it.

Key Features

  • Self-hosted completion and chat server
  • Repository indexing for codebase-aware answers
  • Connects to VS Code, JetBrains, and Vim
  • Answer engine over your own documentation
  • Supports a range of open code models

Pros

  • Code never leaves your infrastructure
  • Free software with an active community
  • Answer quality improves with your own repos

Cons

  • You supply and maintain GPU hardware
  • Quality depends on the model you deploy
  • Setup is a real DevOps task, not a plugin install

Pricing

  • Model: Free
  • Free and open source to self-host; a commercial edition adds team management and support — check the official site for current pricing.

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How We Rated It

Scores reflect our editors’ independent assessment at the time of review.

Ease of Use
4.5
Feature Depth
4.5
Value for Money
3.5
Output Quality
4.0

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