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Tabby

Self-hosted AI coding assistant — an on-prem Copilot alternative.

Category
IDE
Pricing
FREEMIUM
Source
Open core
Hosting
Self-host
Platforms
VS Code extensionWebLinuxmacOS
Models
Multi-model
Verified
Jun 7, 2026

Open-source, self-hosted code-completion and answer engine that teams run on their own infrastructure for full data control. Ships IDE extensions for VS Code, JetBrains, and Vim plus an in-IDE chat. The core is Apache-2.0; enterprise features (SSO, seats) live in a separately licensed 'ee/' directory.

Capabilities 3

What it actually does — grouped by capability family.

  • Code generation (primary capability)
  • IDE integration (primary capability)
  • Chat with documents (secondary capability)

Pros & cons

  • Self-hosted, full data control
  • Open code LLMs or OpenAI-compatible endpoint
  • VS Code, JetBrains, Vim extensions
  • In-IDE chat included
  • Needs your own GPU
  • Smaller models than cloud rivals
  • Setup and ops overhead

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