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About tabby
Self-hosted AI coding assistant written in Rust that runs on your infrastructure. Provides code completion and generation without sending code to external services. Integrates with IDEs via language server protocol.
Best for
Teams prioritizing data privacy and control over ease of deployment
Use cases
- Private code completion for teams with data sensitivity requirements
- Local inference to avoid cloud API costs at scale
- Offline development environments without external connectivity
Notes
33,554 stars on GitHub. Last updated 2026-03-02.
Pros
- Runs entirely on your hardware, no data leaves your infrastructure
- Written in Rust for performance and memory efficiency
- Open source with active community (33k+ stars)
Cons
- Requires managing your own compute resources and model deployment
- Smaller ecosystem and fewer integrations compared to cloud alternatives
- Performance depends on local hardware specifications
Key facts
What we have checked
- Latest prerelease version
- next-alpha (released 9 Feb 2026)
- GitHub stars
- 33,894
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Stars and usage
How tabby is growing
33,554 to 33,894
Alternatives
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| GhostwriterAlternative to this | App | Named in the listing | Not dated |
| GitHub CopilotAlternative to this | App | Named in the listing | Not dated |
| tabnineAlternative to this | App | Named in the listing | Not dated |
| TurboPilotAlternative to this | App | Named in the listing | Not dated |
| CodeiumThis is an alternative to it | Product | Linked recordGitHub | |
| ContinueThis is an alternative to it | Agent | Named in the listing | Not dated |
| CursorThis is an alternative to it | Product | Linked recordGitHub | |
| Github CopilotThis is an alternative to it | Product | Linked recordGitHub |
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Sources
Where this comes from
- GitHubOfficial
- github api via nightly crawl, recovered from git history 20e874270887c1008f860ee0198e461a23c9e438Registry
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Changelog
What changed
Released next-alpha
Released 0.32.0
Released 0.32.0-rc.1
Released 0.32.0-rc.0
Released 0.31.2
Released 0.31.2-rc.0
Released 0.31.1
Released 0.31.1-rc.0
Released 0.31.0
Released nightly
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