Tabby

Tabby is TabbyML's self-hosted coding assistant. The same page also lists annual Basic $180 / year, Business $280 / year, and Enterprise $480 / year rows. github.com/TabbyML/tabby had 33,830 stars the same day. The repo LICENSE is Apache-2.0 for the core, with an ee/ commercial directory. Latest GitHub release on the public page was v0.32.0 (2026-01-25). A Pochi teammate product on the same site bills token usage with $20 free monthly credits and auto-bills after $10. That is not Tabby Community.

Compare GitHub Copilot if you wanted a hosted seat, Continue if you wanted another Apache-2.0 IDE agent, and Cody if you wanted Sourcegraph's enterprise assistant.

Key Features

Self-hosted completion: Run a local or on-prem server and point VS Code / JetBrains / Vim at it. No DBMS is required on the welcome docs on the public page.
Answer engine and inline chat: Paid compare rows still list Answer Engine, Code Browser, and Context Providers above Community.
Bring your model: Docs still mention CodeLlama, StarCoder, CodeGen, and other coding LLMs. Treat the live model list as the catalog.
License split: Community is the Apache-2.0 tree. Team/Enterprise unlock the commercial bits. Do not call the whole repo unlimited-free for a 50-person company.

Use Cases

Air-gapped teams that will run inference on their own GPU.
Small shops under 5 users that can stay on Community $0.
Orgs that will pay $19 / seat instead of Copilot for on-prem control.

Limitation: You still buy hardware and operate the box. StarCoder-1B examples on old blogs are not a quality guarantee. Pochi's $20 credit pool is a different product on the same marketing site.

Pricing

tabbyml.com/pricing on 2026-08-17.

Plan	Price	Notes from that page
Community	$0	Open source. Up to 5 users.
Team	$19 / seat / month	Up to 50 users.
Enterprise	Custom	Contact sales.
Basic / Business / Enterprise (annual rows)	$180 / $280 / $480 per year	Extra yearly cards on the same page. Confirm which SKU they map to before you buy.
Pochi usage (separate)	$20 free credits / month	Token billing; auto-charge after $10. Not Tabby Community.

If a leftover blog still says Tabby is only free, treat this table as the source.

Getting Started

Open tabbyml.com/pricing and decide Community vs Team $19 before you provision a GPU.
Follow tabby.tabbyml.com/docs/welcome or the GitHub Docker example.
Install the IDE extension and point it at your server URL.
Confirm Copilot or Continue if you did not actually need on-prem.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Tabby still fully free?

Community is $0 for up to 5 users. Team is $19 / seat / month.

Is the license plain Apache-2.0?

The core is Apache-2.0. The ee/ tree is a separate commercial license.

Same as Copilot?

No. Copilot is hosted. Tabby is a self-hosted server you operate.

Alternatives

GitHub Copilot: Hosted completions and agents.
Continue: Apache-2.0 IDE agent, now under Cursor.
Cody: Sourcegraph enterprise assistant.

Tips

Quote Community $0 (5 users) and Team $19 / seat.
Do not paste "no paid plan" into a deck.
Confirm whether you are buying Tabby or Pochi.

Conclusion

Tabby is a self-hosted completion server with a public Team $19 seat, not an unmetered Copilot clone. Start at tabbyml.com/pricing, then decide whether GitHub Copilot already covers the seat you need.