Alternatives to TabbyML
An open-source, self-hosted AI coding assistant for code completion and chat, offered as a Copilot alternative. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
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TabbyML
An open-source, self-hosted AI coding assistant for code completion and chat, offered as a Copilot alternative.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as TabbyML.
Refact.ai
Open-source AI coding agent with chat and code completion that can be self-hosted on your own hardware.
Refact.ai is also open source and self-hostable, adding an agent that connects to GitHub, databases and CI/CD, while its hosted cloud service is shutting down.
Twinny
An open-source AI coding assistant for VS Code that works with local or hosted models.
Twinny is a free open-source VS Code extension using local or hosted models, with self-hosting files included, but it only works inside VS Code.
GitHub Copilot
An AI coding assistant from GitHub that suggests code and carries out coding tasks in editors and terminals.
GitHub Copilot replaces your own server with GitHub's hosted service, requiring a GitHub account and sending code to GitHub, with paid plans for heavier use.
CodeGPT
An AI coding agent extension for VS Code, JetBrains IDEs and Visual Studio that works with many models.
CodeGPT is a proprietary freemium extension for VS Code, JetBrains and Visual Studio that can use local models through Ollama instead of a self-hosted server.
Windsurf Plugins
AI autocomplete and chat plugins for JetBrains, VS Code and other editors.
Windsurf Plugins give hosted autocomplete and chat across many editors, but the plugin line is proprietary and in maintenance mode rather than active development.
Kilo Code
An open-source AI coding agent for VS Code, JetBrains, the terminal and the cloud.
Kilo Code is an MIT-licensed coding agent for VS Code, JetBrains, CLI and cloud that supports local models, focusing on agent work over self-hosted completion.
Also worth comparing
These listings name TabbyML as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Amazon Q Developer
AWS AI coding assistant that writes, debugs and refactors code in your IDE.
TabbyML is an open-source, self-hosted assistant for completion and chat on your own hardware, so no cloud account is needed but you maintain the server.
Cody Enterprise
Enterprise AI coding assistant grounded in Sourcegraph's codebase context.
TabbyML is open source and self-hosted on your own hardware with no cloud service needed, but you must set up and maintain the server.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
JetBrains AI Assistant
AI chat, code completion and agent workflows built into JetBrains IDEs such as IntelliJ IDEA.
Tongyi Lingma
Alibaba Cloud's AI coding assistant for VS Code, Visual Studio and JetBrains IDEs, plus its own Lingma IDE.
Cline
An open-source AI coding agent for VS Code, the terminal and a standalone desktop app.
