Tabby
by TabbyMLSelf-hosted AI coding assistant — open-source alternative to GitHub Copilot. Runs on your own hardware.
About Tabby
Tabby is a Rust open-source ide extensions project by TabbyML. Self-hosted AI coding assistant — open-source alternative to GitHub Copilot. Runs on your own hardware. With 26,000 GitHub stars and 0forks, it's one of the IDE Extensions tools worth knowing. You can download the source, browse it on GitHub, or read the full setup guide in the README below.
From the project README
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Tabby is a self-hosted AI coding assistant, offering an open-source and on-premises alternative to GitHub Copilot. It boasts several key features: <ul><li>Self-contained, with no need for a DBMS or cloud service.</li><li>OpenAPI interface, easy to integrate with existing infrastructure (e.g Cloud IDE).</li><li>Supports consumer-grade GPUs.</li></ul>
🔥 What's New
This is an excerpt from the project's own README, quoted here for reference. Read the full README on GitHub →
Tabby — FAQ
What is Tabby?
Self-hosted AI coding assistant — open-source alternative to GitHub Copilot. Runs on your own hardware.
Is Tabby free to use?
Yes. Tabby is open-source and free. You can browse the source on GitHub or download it here at no cost — no signup required.
How do I install and run Tabby?
Download the latest source as a ZIP from GitHub (or clone the main branch), then follow the setup steps in the README below.
What language is Tabby written in?
Tabby is primarily written in Rust.
How popular is Tabby?
Tabby has 26,000 stars and 0 forks on GitHub — a useful signal of how actively it's maintained and trusted by developers.