# 🐾 Tabby [📚 Docs](https://tabby.tabbyml.com/docs/welcome/) • [💬 Slack](https://links.tabbyml.com/join-slack) • [🗺️ Roadmap](https://tabby.tabbyml.com/docs/roadmap/) [![latest release](https://shields.io/github/v/release/TabbyML/tabby)](https://github.com/TabbyML/tabby/releases/latest) [![PRs Welcome](https://img.shields.io/badge/PRs-welcome-brightgreen.svg?style=flat-square)](https://makeapullrequest.com) [![Docker pulls](https://img.shields.io/docker/pulls/tabbyml/tabby)](https://hub.docker.com/r/tabbyml/tabby) [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/TabbyML/tabby/graph/badge.svg?token=WYVVH8MKK3)](https://codecov.io/gh/TabbyML/tabby) [English](/README.md) | [简体中文](/README-zh.md) | [日本語](/README-ja.md)

Tabby is a self-hosted AI coding assistant, offering an open-source and on-premises alternative to GitHub Copilot. It boasts several key features: * Self-contained, with no need for a DBMS or cloud service. * OpenAPI interface, easy to integrate with existing infrastructure (e.g Cloud IDE). * Supports consumer-grade GPUs.

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## 🔥 What's New * **12/12/2025** Get your GitHub issues implemented by connecting them to [Pochi](https://github.com/TabbyML/pochi) tasks and create PRs directly from the sidebar with a breakdown of CI/Lint/Test results [vscode@0.20.0](https://github.com/TabbyML/pochi/releases/tag/vscode%400.20.0). * **07/02/2025** [v0.30](https://github.com/TabbyML/tabby/releases/tag/v0.30.0) supports indexing GitLab Merge Request as Context! * **05/25/2025** 💡Interested in joining [Agent](https://links.tabbyml.com/pochi-github-readme) private preview? DM in [X](https://x.com/getpochi) for early waitlist approval!🎫 * **05/20/2025** Enhance Tabby with your own documentation📃 through REST APIs in [v0.29](https://github.com/TabbyML/tabby/releases/tag/v0.29.0)! 🎉 * **05/01/2025** [v0.28](https://github.com/TabbyML/tabby/releases/tag/v0.28.0) transforming Answer Engine messages into persistent, shareable Pages * **03/31/2025** [v0.27](https://github.com/TabbyML/tabby/releases/tag/v0.27.0) released with a richer `@` menu in the chat side panel.

Archived

* **02/05/2025** LDAP Authentication and better notification for background jobs coming in Tabby [v0.24.0](https://github.com/TabbyML/tabby/releases/tag/v0.24.0)!✨ * **02/04/2025** [VSCode 1.20.0](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items/TabbyML.vscode-tabby/changelog) upgrade! @-mention files to add them as chat context, and edit inline with a new right-click option are available! * **01/10/2025** Tabby [v0.23.0](https://github.com/TabbyML/tabby/releases/tag/v0.23.0) featuring enhanced code browser experience and chat side panel improvements! * **12/24/2024** Introduce **Notification Box** in Tabby [v0.22.0](https://github.com/TabbyML/tabby/releases/tag/v0.22.0)! * **12/06/2024** Llamafile deployment integration and enhanced Answer Engine user experience are coming in Tabby [v0.21.0](https://github.com/TabbyML/tabby/releases/tag/v0.21.0)!🚀 * **11/10/2024** Switching between different backend chat models is supported in Answer Engine with Tabby [v0.20.0](https://github.com/TabbyML/tabby/releases/tag/v0.20.0)! * **10/30/2024** Tabby [v0.19.0](https://github.com/TabbyML/tabby/releases/tag/v0.19.0) featuring recent shared threads on the main page to improve their discoverability. * **07/09/2024** 🎉Announce [Codestral integration in Tabby](https://tabby.tabbyml.com/blog/2024/07/09/tabby-codestral/)! * **07/05/2024** Tabby [v0.13.0](https://github.com/TabbyML/tabby/releases/tag/v0.13.0) introduces ***Answer Engine***, a central knowledge engine for internal engineering teams. It seamlessly integrates with dev team's internal data, delivering reliable and precise answers to empower developers. * **06/13/2024** [VSCode 1.7](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items/TabbyML.vscode-tabby/changelog) marks a significant milestone with a versatile Chat experience throughout your coding experience. Come and they the latest **chat in side-panel** and **editing via chat command**! * **06/10/2024** Latest 📃blogpost drop on [an enhanced code context understanding](https://tabby.tabbyml.com/blog/2024/06/11/rank-fusion-in-tabby-code-completion/) in Tabby! * **06/06/2024** Tabby [v0.12.0](https://github.com/TabbyML/tabby/releases/tag/v0.12.0) release brings 🔗**seamless integrations** (Gitlab SSO, Self-hosted GitHub/GitLab, etc.), to ⚙️**flexible configurations** (HTTP API integration) and 🌐**expanded capabilities** (repo-context in Code Browser)! * **05/22/2024** Tabby [VSCode 1.6](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=TabbyML.vscode-tabby) comes with **multiple choices** in inline completion, and the **auto-generated commit messages**🐱💻! * **05/11/2024** [v0.11.0](https://github.com/TabbyML/tabby/releases/tag/v0.11.0) brings significant enterprise upgrades, including 📊**storage usage** stats, 🔗**GitHub & GitLab** integration, 📋**Activities** page, and the long-awaited 🤖**Ask Tabby** feature! * **04/22/2024** [v0.10.0](https://github.com/TabbyML/tabby/releases/tag/v0.10.0) released, featuring the latest **Reports** tab with team-wise analytics for Tabby usage. * **04/19/2024** 📣 Tabby now incorporates [locally relevant snippets](https://github.com/TabbyML/tabby/pull/1844)(declarations from local LSP, and recently modified code) for code completion! * **04/17/2024** CodeGemma and CodeQwen model series have now been added to the [official registry](https://tabby.tabbyml.com/docs/models/)! * **03/20/2024** [v0.9](https://github.com/TabbyML/tabby/releases/tag/v0.9.1) released, highlighting a full feature admin UI. * **12/23/2023** Seamlessly [deploy Tabby on any cloud](https://tabby.tabbyml.com/docs/installation/skypilot/) with [SkyServe](https://skypilot.readthedocs.io/en/latest/serving/sky-serve.html) 🛫 from SkyPilot. * **12/15/2023** [v0.7.0](https://github.com/TabbyML/tabby/releases/tag/v0.7.0) released with team management and secured access! * **10/15/2023** RAG-based code completion is enabled by detail in [v0.3.0](https://github.com/TabbyML/tabby/releases/tag/v0.3.0)🎉! Check out the [blogpost](https://tabby.tabbyml.com/blog/2023/10/16/repository-context-for-code-completion/) explaining how Tabby utilizes repo-level context to get even smarter! * **11/27/2023** [v0.6.0](https://github.com/TabbyML/tabby/releases/tag/v0.6.0) released! * **11/09/2023** [v0.5.5](https://github.com/TabbyML/tabby/releases/tag/v0.5.5) released! With a redesign of UI + performance improvement. * **10/24/2023** ⛳️ Major updates for Tabby IDE plugins across [VSCode/Vim/IntelliJ](https://tabby.tabbyml.com/docs/extensions)! * **10/04/2023** Check out the [model directory](https://tabby.tabbyml.com/docs/models/) for the latest models supported by Tabby. * **09/18/2023** Apple's M1/M2 Metal inference support has landed in [v0.1.1](https://github.com/TabbyML/tabby/releases/tag/v0.1.1)! * **08/31/2023** Tabby's first stable release [v0.0.1](https://github.com/TabbyML/tabby/releases/tag/v0.0.1) 🥳. * **08/28/2023** Experimental support for the [CodeLlama 7B](https://github.com/TabbyML/tabby/issues/370). * **08/24/2023** Tabby is now on [JetBrains Marketplace](https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/22379-tabby)!

## 👋 Getting Started You can find our documentation [here](https://tabby.tabbyml.com/docs/getting-started). - 📚 [Installation](https://tabby.tabbyml.com/docs/installation/) - 💻 [IDE/Editor Extensions](https://tabby.tabbyml.com/docs/extensions/) - ⚙️ [Configuration](https://tabby.tabbyml.com/docs/configuration) ### Run Tabby in 1 Minute The easiest way to start a Tabby server is by using the following Docker command: ```bash docker run -it \ --gpus all -p 8080:8080 -v $HOME/.tabby:/data \ tabbyml/tabby \ serve --model StarCoder-1B --device cuda --chat-model Qwen2-1.5B-Instruct ``` For additional options (e.g inference type, parallelism), please refer to the [documentation page](https://tabbyml.github.io/tabby). ## 🤝 Contributing Full guide at [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/TabbyML/tabby/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md); ### Get the Code ```bash git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/TabbyML/tabby cd tabby ``` If you have already cloned the repository, you could run the `git submodule update --recursive --init` command to fetch all submodules. ### Build 1. Set up the Rust environment by following this [tutorial](https://www.rust-lang.org/learn/get-started). 2. Install the required dependencies: ```bash # For MacOS brew install protobuf # For Ubuntu / Debian apt install protobuf-compiler libopenblas-dev ``` 3. Install useful tools: ```bash # For Ubuntu apt install make sqlite3 graphviz ``` 4. Now, you can build Tabby by running the command `cargo build`. ### Start Hacking! ... and don't forget to submit a [Pull Request](https://github.com/TabbyML/tabby/compare) ## 🌍 Community - 🎤 [Twitter / X](https://twitter.com/Tabby_ML) - engage with TabbyML for all things possible - 📚 [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/tabbyml/) - follow for the latest from the community - 💌 [Newsletter](https://newsletter.tabbyml.com/archive) - subscribe to unlock Tabby insights and secrets ### 🔆 Activity ![Git Repository Activity](https://repobeats.axiom.co/api/embed/e4ef0fbd12e586ef9ea7d72d1fb4f5c5b88d78d5.svg "Repobeats analytics image") ### 🌟 Star History [![Star History Chart](https://api.star-history.com/svg?repos=tabbyml/tabby&type=Date)](https://star-history.com/#tabbyml/tabby&Date)

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