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GitHub Copilot

AI pair programmer in your editor — completions, chat, and agents.

Categories
IDEAgent
Pricing
FREEMIUM
Source
Proprietary
Hosting
Cloud
Platforms
VS Code extensionCLIWeb
Models
Multi-model
Verified
Jun 7, 2026

The original in-editor AI coding assistant, offering multi-line completions, chat with codebase context, agent mode, and a cloud coding agent that opens pull requests. Runs across VS Code, JetBrains, Visual Studio, the CLI, and GitHub.com. A free tier covers light use; paid tiers add premium models and more allowance.

Capabilities 5

What it actually does — grouped by capability family.

  • Code generation (primary capability)
  • Autonomous coding agent (primary capability)
  • Code review (secondary capability)
  • IDE integration (secondary capability)
  • Terminal / CLI agent (secondary capability)

Pros & cons

  • Works across most major IDEs
  • GitHub-native PR/agent workflow
  • Model picker spans Anthropic/OpenAI/Google
  • Free tier for light use
  • Usage-based AI-credit billing can surprise
  • Agent quality trails dedicated tools
  • Closed source

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