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Tabby
Self-hosted AI coding assistant
Tabby is an open-source, self-hosted AI coding assistant positioned as an on-premises alternative to GitHub Copilot. The TabbyML team also builds Pochi, a linked agent project that turns GitHub issues into tasks and creates PRs.
Pros & cons
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Pros
- DocsA self-hosted Copilot alternative with code completion, codebase chat, and team features (SSO, access control).[1][2]
- User reportsRuns on your own GPU or Apple Silicon, so code never leaves your infrastructure.[1][2]
- DocsPlugins for VS Code, Vim/Neovim and IntelliJ, plus GitHub/GitLab integration.[1]
- MetadataA mature project (since 2023) with about 34k stars.[1]
Cons
- MetadataDevelopment has slowed: the last release (v0.32.0) was Jan 2026 and the last push June 2026, while the team's news now centres on Pochi.[1][2]
- MetadataNot fully Apache: the ee/ directory is under a separate enterprise licence.[1]
- User reportsA user reports unstaged git changes being randomly reverted while Tabby runs.[1]
- User reportsRepo-context bugs with GitLab subgroups and Bitbucket, and Vulkan builds failing to launch on Fedora.[1][2][3]
- User reportsLocal model quality and speed depend on hardware; small models are weak at conversational coding.[1][2]
- Best for
- Teams that need an on-prem, air-gapped code completion and chat server.
- Watch out for
- Maintenance has slowed and enterprise features are under the ee licence; it is a completion tool, not an agent harness.
Assessed Oct 29, 2026 · adversarially reviewedSuggest a correction
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Sources
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