Tabby
by Tabby · Open-source, self-hosted AI coding assistant
38.5 — BenchRank score out of 100
Screenshots of Tabby
Homepage Pricing page
Overview
Tabby is an open-source AI coding assistant that developers run themselves rather than consume as a hosted service. Its own pages describe it as a self-contained alternative to GitHub Copilot, and flag an Agent feature as the latest addition. A live demo, documentation and a getting-started route are linked from the homepage.
- Best for
- Development teams that want an AI coding assistant they can self-host rather than use a hosted one.
- Pricing
- The captured pages show no prices; a Pricing link exists in the navigation but its contents were not captured.
- Runs on
- macOSLinuxSelf-hosted
Strengths and trade-offs
Strengths
- Open source and self-hosted on your own infrastructure
- Presented as a self-contained alternative to GitHub Copilot
- A live demo is linked from the homepage
- An Agent feature is listed as a recent addition
Trade-offs
- Self-hosting means you provide and maintain the serving infrastructure
- Site text names no supported editors, languages or models
How this score is made up
Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.
- MCP support
- 0 out of 100
- API quality
- 25 out of 100
- Documentation
- 55 out of 100
- Agent friendliness
- 48 out of 100
- Pricing transparency
- 100 out of 100
- Changelog
- 25 out of 100
- Marketing site structure
- 60 out of 100
- Operational trust
- 0 out of 100
Measured, but not part of the score
Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.
- Openness
- 55 out of 100
- Maintenance
- 90 out of 100
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