# Tabby Tabby is a self-hosted, open-source artificial intelligence (AI) coding assistant that provides an on-premises alternative to GitHub Copilot. It is open source and self-hosted, installable on Docker Hub and Unraid. Canonical page: https://ourlocalhost.com/app/1202/tabby ## Description Tabby is a self-hosted, open-source artificial intelligence (AI) coding assistant that provides an on-premises alternative to GitHub Copilot. It exposes an OpenAPI interface for integration with existing tools and is intended for developers who want AI code completion without external cloud services. ## Platform availability Available on 1 of 9 platforms: Unraid. ## Health score 57/100 (Fair), based on 4 of 5 factors. - Maintained: 64 (last commit 115 days ago) - Popular: 91 (33,906 GitHub stars) - Easy to install: 35 (1 install platform, install notes, Docker image) - Security check: 20 (1 serious finding, 6 minor, CI, tests) ## Security check 1 serious finding: Uses lettre 0.11.7, which has a known critical vulnerability. Automated checks on commit 21b2904, 12 Oct 2026. Not an audit. ## Links - GitHub: https://github.com/TabbyML/tabby - Docker Hub: https://hub.docker.com/r/tabbyml/tabby/ - Official website: https://tabby.tabbyml.com/ - Unraid: https://ca.unraid.net/apps/tabby-0xv7jfa02cm8b6?q=Tabby - Documentation: https://tabby.tabbyml.com/docs/welcome/ ## Common questions ### Does Tabby need an external database or cloud service to run? No. Tabby is self-contained and does not require a DBMS or cloud service. ### Can Tabby be integrated into existing development infrastructure? Yes. It exposes an OpenAPI interface that can be integrated with existing infrastructure, such as cloud IDEs. ### What authentication option did Tabby add for managing users? Tabby added LDAP authentication in v0.24.0. ### Can Tabby use existing coding LLM models? Yes. It is compatible with major coding LLMs such as CodeLlama, StarCoder, and CodeGen, and can use or combine preferred models. ### How does Tabby reduce code-completion response time? Its IDE extensions use an adaptive caching strategy, and model serving parses relevant code into Tree Sitter tags for effective prompts. ## Alternatives - Claude Code: Claude Code is a self-hosted Docker container that keeps an always-on Claude Code session on your homelab, so the agent stays reachable fro… - Codex: Codex is a web-based comic archive browser and reader for organizing, importing, and reading personal CBZ, CBR, CB7, CBT, and PDF comic lib… - Cursor: The AI-first Code Editor. - Devin Desktop: Windsurf is an IDE that enables anyone to collaborate in lockstep with AI. - Emdash: Emdash is a provider-agnostic desktop app that lets you run multiple coding agents in parallel, each isolated in its own git worktree, eith… - Firebase Studio: A cloud-based, agentic development environment designed to accelerate how you build, test, deploy and run production-quality AI application… - GitHub Copilot: GitHub Copilot leverages the power of OpenAI Codex to provide real-time suggestions for code and complete functions, all within your editor. - Google Antigravity: Google Antigravity is an agentic IDE and coding environment designed to support real world software projects through autonomous development… - Google Opal: Build, edit and share mini-AI apps using natural language. - Void: The open source AI code editor. - bolt.diy: bolt.diy is the open-source version of Bolt.new that lets you prompt, run, edit, and deploy full-stack web applications using any LLM you c… - opencode: OpenCode is an open-source AI (artificial intelligence) coding agent for terminal, editor, and desktop environments that helps developers w… --- Source: Our Local Host (https://ourlocalhost.com/app/1202/tabby), the self-hosted and open-source app directory.