📋 About GitHub Copilot
GitHub Copilot is the world's most widely used AI coding assistant developed by GitHub and Microsoft in partnership with OpenAI. Launched in 2021 it has over 1.8 million paying subscribers and is used by more than 50000 organisations including Google, Airbnb and Shopify.
Copilot works as an extension in VS Code, JetBrains IDEs, Visual Studio and Neovim. It provides real-time code suggestions as you type completing entire functions and classes from comments.
Copilot Chat lets you ask questions about your code, debug errors and request refactors in natural language. Copilot Individual costs $10/month or $100/year.
Copilot Business at $19/user/month adds code security screening, policy management and IP indemnification for organisations.
⚡ Key Features
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Real-time code completions in VS Code, JetBrains, Visual Studio and Neovim✓
Copilot Chat — ask questions, debug and refactor in natural language✓
Supports 30+ programming languages including Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Go, Rust✓
Multi-line and whole function suggestions from comments✓
Code explanation — understand unfamiliar code instantly✓
Test generation — write unit tests automatically✓
Security vulnerability detection in code✓
Pull request summaries in GitHub✓
CLI assistant for terminal commands✓
Copilot Workspace — AI-driven development environment🎯 Popular Use Cases
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Code Completion
Get real-time suggestions for functions, classes and entire files as you type in your editor
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Debugging
Describe the error and Copilot suggests fixes with explanations of what went wrong
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Test Writing
Generate comprehensive unit tests and edge cases automatically from your existing functions
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Code Documentation
Generate docstrings, comments and README files from your codebase automatically
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Refactoring
Ask Copilot to refactor code for performance, readability or a different programming pattern
💬 Frequently Asked Questions
Is GitHub Copilot free? ▼
GitHub Copilot is free for verified students and active open source maintainers. Individual plan costs $10/month. Copilot Business for teams costs $19/user/month.
Which editors does GitHub Copilot support? ▼
Copilot supports VS Code, Visual Studio, JetBrains IDEs including IntelliJ, PyCharm and WebStorm, Neovim, Azure Data Studio and the GitHub.com web editor.
How accurate is GitHub Copilot? ▼
Studies show developers accept approximately 30% of Copilot's suggestions. For boilerplate, tests and common patterns acceptance rates are significantly higher with productivity gains of 55% reported.
Does GitHub Copilot store my code? ▼
For Copilot Individual code snippets are sent to GitHub's servers for processing. Copilot Business offers an option to not retain code snippets or use them for model training.
What languages does Copilot work best with? ▼
Copilot performs best with Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Ruby, Go, C# and C++. It works with any language but quality varies for less common languages.
👤 About the Founder
Thomas Dohmke
CEO, GitHub · GitHub / Microsoft
Thomas Dohmke is the CEO of GitHub the platform behind GitHub Copilot. He joined GitHub in 2018 through the acquisition of HockeyApp and became CEO in 2021. Under his leadership GitHub launched Copilot and grew to 100 million developers on the platform. GitHub was acquired by Microsoft in 2018 for $7.5 billion.
⭐ User Reviews
★★★★★
GitHub Copilot is the single best investment I have made in my development career. The time saved on boilerplate and test writing alone pays for itself in the first hour of use each month.
AS
Aakash Sharma
Full Stack Developer
Feb 2025
★★★★★
Copilot Chat is what elevated it from good to essential. Being able to ask questions about my codebase in natural language and get accurate answers has completely changed how I work with legacy code.
PI
Pooja Iyer
Backend Developer
Jan 2025
★★★★★
We rolled out Copilot Business across our 50-person team. Our sprint velocity increased by 35% in the first month. The code security scanning feature has also caught several critical vulnerabilities.
SN
Sunil Nair
Engineering Manager
Feb 2025
ℹ️ Quick Info
CategoryCoding & Dev
DeveloperGitHub / Microsoft
PlatformWeb, iOS, Android
AccessPaid
Rating⭐ 4.8/5
Launched2021
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