# Alternatives to Tabby Tabby (TabbyML) is an open-source AI coding assistant built to run entirely on a team's own infrastructure, serving code completion and chat from locally hosted or self-hosted open-weight models with no calls to a third-party cloud. It integrates as a plugin into VS Code, JetBrains, and Vim, and includes an admin console for team-wide model/policy management. It remains actively maintained, with stable release v0.32.0 shipping in January 2026. Tabby ranks #1 of 11 in AI coding assistants, with an Alt Score of 96. It is licensed under Apache-2.0, freemium from $19/user/mo and available on Windows, macOS and Linux. 10 of 10 checklist rows are verified against a public source. Source: https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/tabbyml/ Category: AI coding assistants ## Where Tabby stands out - **Self-hostable** — 3 of 7 apps with a verified answer have this - **Autocomplete** — 4 of 9 apps with a verified answer have this ## Overview - **Who it's for**: Tabby is aimed at individual developers and engineering teams who want an AI coding assistant they can run on their own infrastructure rather than a third-party cloud service, including teams with data-control or air-gapped requirements. It scales from solo/small-team self-hosted use (Community plan, up to 5 users) up to larger organizations on paid Team and Enterprise plans. - **What you get**: Core Tabby provides real-time multi-line code autocomplete, an in-IDE chat/Answer Engine that can answer questions about your codebase, inline chat-driven code edits, and data connectors for pulling in extra project context. TabbyML also ships Pochi, an agentic coding teammate that can plan and execute multi-step, multi-file tasks (including refactors) from the editor, a CLI, or GitHub, installable via curl, Homebrew, or npm. - **How it works**: Tabby is deployed as a self-hosted server (via Docker, Docker Compose, or Homebrew on Linux, Windows/WSL2, or macOS) that serves open-source completion, chat, and embedding models such as StarCoder, CodeLlama, DeepSeek-Coder, and Qwen2.5-Coder, including models loaded from a local directory. IDE extensions for VS Code, IntelliJ, and Vim/NeoVIM connect to this server endpoint, while the Pochi agent can additionally connect to a chosen AI provider or local model to carry out agentic, multi-file coding tasks. ## Profile - **License**: Apache-2.0 (verified 2026-07-30) - **Pricing model**: Freemium (verified 2026-07-30) - **Starts at**: $19/user/mo (verified 2026-07-30) - **Platforms**: Windows, macOS, Linux - **Status**: active (verified 2026-07-30) ## Ranked alternatives | # | App | Alt Score | Licence | Platforms | |---|-----|-----------|---------|-----------| | 1 | [Cline](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/cline.md) | 91 | Apache-2.0 | Windows, macOS, Linux | | 2 | [Amazon Q Developer](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/amazon-q-developer.md) | 82 | ? | Web, Windows, macOS, Linux | | 3 | [GitHub Copilot](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/github-copilot.md) | 82 | Proprietary | Web, Windows, macOS, Linux | | 4 | [Kilo](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/kilo-code.md) | 82 | MIT | Windows, macOS, Linux, Android | | 5 | [Aider](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/aider.md) | 78 | Apache-2.0 | Windows, macOS, Linux | | 6 | [Codex](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/codex.md) | 73 | Proprietary | macOS, Linux, Windows, Web | | 7 | [Amp](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/amp-code.md) | 64 | Proprietary | macOS, Linux, Windows, Web | | 8 | [Claude Code](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/claude-code.md) | 64 | Proprietary | macOS, Linux, Windows | | 9 | [Devin Desktop](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/windsurf.md) | 62 | Proprietary | Windows, macOS, Linux | | 10 | [Qodo](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/qodo.md) | 46 | Proprietary | Web | Alt Score = Verified coverage (90%) + Visibility (10%). See https://altcatalog.com/how-alt-score-works/ ## Feature comparison Legend: Yes / No / Partial / ? (not verified). | AI coding assistants checklist | Tabby | Cline | Amazon Q Developer | GitHub Copilot | Kilo | Aider | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Pricing model | Freemium | OSS + paid hosting | Freemium | Freemium | Freemium | Free | | Starts at | $19/user/mo | $9.99/mo | $19/month per user | $10/month | $15/user/mo | Free | | License | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 | ? | Proprietary | MIT | Apache-2.0 | | Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux | Windows, macOS, Linux | Web, Windows, macOS, Linux | Web, Windows, macOS, Linux | Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, Web | Windows, macOS, Linux | | Editor integrations | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | | Autocomplete | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | | Chat with codebase context | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | | Agentic edits | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | | Local model support | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | | Self-hostable | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Partial | Yes | | Free tier limits | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | No | | Privacy: code retention policy | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes | | Terminal / CLI use | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | | Multi-file refactors | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ## Sources Sources for Tabby. Each alternative is sourced on its own page. - **License**: Apache-2.0 — (verified 2026-07-30) - Note: Apache 2.0" license as defined below." — Core repo is Apache-2.0; content under the ee/ directory (if present) is licensed separately per ee/LICENSE. - Quote: “Content outside of the above mentioned directories or restrictions above is available under the ” - **Platforms**: Windows, macOS, Linux — (verified 2026-07-30) - Note: Refers to server install targets (Docker/Homebrew/Linux/Windows/WSL2); IDE extensions additionally cover VS Code, IntelliJ, and Vim/NeoVim. - Quote: “Step 1 - Installation Docker Docker Compose Homebrew (Apple M1/M2) Linux Windows Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2)” - **Status**: active — (verified 2026-07-30) - Note: README changelog shows continuous releases through late 2025/2026 (e.g. v0.30 on 07/02/2025); docs site footer copyright reads 2026. - Quote: “12/12/2025 Get your GitHub issues implemented by connecting them to Pochi tasks and create PRs directly from the sidebar” - **Pricing model**: Freemium — (verified 2026-07-30) - Quote: “Community Perfect for individuals, freelancers, and small teams Free Open Source ... Team Ideal for larger and growing development teams $19 /mo per seat” - **Starts at**: $19/user/mo — (verified 2026-07-30) - Note: Community tier is free/self-hosted (up to 5 users); $19/user/mo Team plan is the cheapest paid tier. Enterprise is custom pricing. - Quote: “Team Ideal for larger and growing development teams $19 /mo per seat” - **Editor integrations**: Yes — (verified 2026-07-30) - Note: Docs sidebar also lists IntelliJ Platform and VIM / NeoVIM as supported IDE/editor extensions. - Quote: “The Tabby VSCode extension is available on the Visual Studio Marketplace and Open VSX.” - **Autocomplete**: Yes — (verified 2026-07-30) - Quote: “Tabby suggests multi-line code completions and full functions in real-time as you write code.” - **Chat with codebase context**: Yes — (verified 2026-07-30) - Quote: “Tabby can answer general coding questions and specific questions about your codebase with its chat functionality.” - **Agentic edits**: Yes — (verified 2026-07-30) - Note: Agentic capability is delivered via Tabby's Pochi agent product. - Quote: “Automate multi-step tasks, refactor safely, and ship faster with an agent that understands your entire project.” - **Local model support**: Yes — (verified 2026-07-30) - Quote: “Can I use local model with Tabby? Tabby also supports loading models from a local directory that follow our specifications as outlined in MODEL_SPEC.md.” - **Self-hostable**: Yes — (verified 2026-07-30) - Quote: “Tabby is a self-hosted AI coding assistant, offering an open-source and on-premises alternative to GitHub Copilot.” - **Free tier limits**: Yes — (verified 2026-07-30) - Note: Community/self-hosted plan caps at 5 users; separately, the Tabby Cloud/Pochi usage-based plan includes "$20 in free monthly credits" and states "Tab Completion is always free. No usage limits, no res - Quote: “Community $0 user/month Up to 5 users” - **Privacy: code retention policy**: Partial — (verified 2026-07-30) - Note: Self-hosted deployment keeps code on the customer's own infrastructure (no vendor-side retention), but no explicit written code-retention policy for the hosted/Cloud Pochi tier was found on vendor pag - Quote: “Security Full data control with self-hosting options and enterprise‑grade safeguards.” - **Terminal / CLI use**: Yes — (verified 2026-07-30) - Note: Also installable via 'npm install -g @getpochi/cli'; product page states it "Works across your editor, CLI, and GitHub". - Quote: “Install via CLI ... curl -fsSL https://getpochi.com/install.sh | bash” - **Multi-file refactors**: Yes — (verified 2026-07-30) - Quote: “Coordinate multi-file changes safely Make large, structured edits across files while Pochi maintains consistency across imports, types, behavior, and architecture.” --- Ranked by verified data, never by who paid. https://altcatalog.com/trust/