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GitHub Copilot

AI pair programmer and coding agent in GitHub

⌨️ Coding agents
A
83
/ 100

Visit github.com ↗

Completions, chat and an asynchronous coding agent that opens PRs, across VS Code, JetBrains and GitHub.

Use it when…

Your team lives on GitHub and wants low-friction AI everywhere.

Skip it if…

You want the most aggressive autonomous agent.

Score breakdown

Job fit22/30
Ease / time-to-first-result14/15
Value13/15
Momentum13/15
Openness & portability7/10
Trust & maturity10/10
Builder/gamer bonus4/5

Initial editorial estimate from public info; not yet hands-on tested. How we score →

Details

Pricing
Free tier; paid Pro plan
Unverified. Unverified: editorial summary. We couldn't confirm this on an official pricing page (JS-rendered, no public pricing, or usage-based) as of Oct 18, 2026.
Free tier
Yes (unverified)
Platforms
IDE extension · web · CLI
Open source
No
Official URL
https://github.com/features/copilot
URL verified
Oct 18, 2026 (curl HTTP GET)
Last reviewed
Oct 18, 2026 by agent
Sources
https://github.com/features/copilot

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