GitHub Copilot
Coding assistants · Freemium
About
GitHub's AI coding assistant for code completion, chat and agent tasks in editors and on GitHub.
Key features
- Inline completions
- Chat in the editor
- Coding agent that opens pull requests
- Code review suggestions
Best for
- — Inline code completion
- — Teams on GitHub
- — Pull request assistance
- Pricing
- Freemium
- Platforms
- VS Code, JetBrains, Web, CLI
- Works with
- GitHub, VS Code, JetBrains
- Last checked
- 2026-10-29
- Status
- Listed, not yet tested
Our take
The easiest assistant to adopt across a GitHub-based team. Suggestions still need review, especially for security-sensitive code.
Features and pricing change often — confirm on github.com before you commit.
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