What is GitHub Copilot?

GitHub Copilot is an intelligent programming assistant that acts as your AI pair programmer. It provides contextual code suggestions, completions, and chat assistance throughout the software development lifecycle. Integrated directly into popular IDEs and GitHub, it helps developers write code faster and more efficiently by suggesting entire lines or blocks of code based on context.

Main Features

- Intelligent code completions and suggestions

- Contextual chat assistance in IDE

- Automated code explanations and documentation

- Multi-language support across programming languages

- Fast integration with popular development environments

- Customizable suggestions based on project context

Use Cases

- Accelerating code writing and prototyping

- Learning new programming languages and frameworks

- Reducing boilerplate code writing time

- Debugging and code explanation assistance

- Maintaining coding standards and patterns

- Onboarding new developers to codebases

Common Questions

- What is GitHub Copilot? It's an AI programming assistant that suggests code and entire functions in real-time.

- Is it copying code? No, it generates suggestions using probabilistic determination, not copy-pasting.

- What languages does it support? All languages appearing in public repositories, with best support for well-represented languages like JavaScript.

- Can I disable it? Yes, it's entirely optional and can be configured or disabled at any time.

Pricing Plan

- Free: $0/month - 50 agent mode or chat requests, 2,000 completions monthly, access to basic models

- Pro: $10/month or $100/year - Unlimited agent mode and chats, unlimited code completions, coding agent, access to advanced models

- Pro+: $39/month or $390/year - All Pro features plus access to all models, 5x more premium requests, GitHub Spark access

- Enterprise: Custom pricing - Organization-wide features, codebase indexing, private models, enterprise controls and security

All paid plans include priority support and advanced features. Free available for verified students, teachers, and open source maintainers.