# 🐾 Tabby
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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.
## 🔥 What's New
* **12/15/2023** [v0.7.0](https://github.com/TabbyML/tabby/releases/tag/v0.7.0) released with team management and secured access!
* **10/24/2023** ⛳️ Major updates for Tabby IDE plugins across [VSCode/Vim/IntelliJ](https://tabby.tabbyml.com/docs/extensions)!
* **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!
Archived
* **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.
* **10/04/2023** 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 TabbyML/StarCoder-1B --device cuda
```
For additional options (e.g inference type, parallelism), please refer to the [documentation page](https://tabbyml.github.io/tabby).
## 🤝 Contributing
### 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-get install protobuf-compiler libopenblas-dev
```
3. 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
- #️⃣ [Slack](https://join.slack.com/t/tabbycommunity/shared_invite/zt-1xeiddizp-bciR2RtFTaJ37RBxr8VxpA) - connect with the TabbyML 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://tinyletter.com/tabbyml/) - subscribe to unlock Tabby insights and secrets
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