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Industry-leading AI code completion with 100M+ accepted suggestions daily

Updated Nov 23, 2025
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GitHub Copilot is the industry's most widely adopted AI coding assistant, developed by GitHub and Microsoft. With over 100 million suggestions accepted daily, Copilot provides intelligent code completion, chat-based assistance, and multi-model support including GPT-4.1, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, and Gemini 2.5 Pro. It integrates seamlessly with VS Code, Visual Studio, JetBrains IDEs, and Neovim, offering developers context-aware suggestions that learn from billions of lines of code. Copilot now offers a generous free tier with 2,000 completions per month, making it accessible to all developers.

Key Features

  • Real-time code completion with AI
  • Multi-model AI support (GPT-4.1, Claude 3.5, Gemini 2.5 Pro)
  • Copilot Chat for natural language coding
  • 100M+ suggestions accepted daily
  • Context-aware completions from entire codebase
  • CLI command suggestions
  • Pull request summaries
  • Security vulnerability detection

Use Cases

  • Daily development with AI-powered completions
  • Learning new programming languages and frameworks
  • Rapid prototyping and MVPs
  • Enterprise software development
  • Open source contributions
  • Student projects and education

Technical Details

Languages

JavaScriptTypeScriptPythonJavaC++C#GoRubyPHPSwift

AI Models

GPT-4.1GPT-4 TurboClaude 3.5 SonnetGemini 2.5 Pro

Integrations

VS CodeVisual StudioJetBrains IDEsNeovimAzure DevOpsGitHubTerminal

Frequently Asked Questions

What is GitHub Copilot?

GitHub Copilot is the industry's most widely adopted AI coding assistant, developed by GitHub and Microsoft. With over 100 million suggestions accepted daily, Copilot provides intelligent code completion, chat-based assistance, and multi-model support including GPT-4.1, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, and Gemini 2.5 Pro. It integrates seamlessly with VS Code, Visual Studio, JetBrains IDEs, and Neovim, offering developers context-aware suggestions that learn from billions of lines of code. Copilot now offers a generous free tier with 2,000 completions per month, making it accessible to all developers.

How much does GitHub Copilot cost?

GitHub Copilot offers freemium pricing. Plans include: Free: $0/month, Individual: $10/month or $100/year, Business: $19/user/month, Enterprise: $39/user/month.

What programming languages does GitHub Copilot support?

GitHub Copilot supports 13+ programming languages including JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Java, C++, C#, Go, Ruby, PHP, Swift.

What AI models does GitHub Copilot use?

GitHub Copilot is powered by GPT-4.1, GPT-4 Turbo, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Gemini 2.5 Pro.

What platforms does GitHub Copilot support?

GitHub Copilot is available on macOS, Linux, Windows, Web.

What can GitHub Copilot do?

GitHub Copilot provides code completion, code generation, debugging, AI chat. Key features include: Real-time code completion with AI, Multi-model AI support (GPT-4.1, Claude 3.5, Gemini 2.5 Pro), Copilot Chat for natural language coding.

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Pricing

Free

$0/month
  • 2,000 code completions per month
  • 50 chat messages per month
  • Multi-model support (GPT-4.1, Claude 3.5, Gemini 2.5)
  • All IDE integrations

Individual

$10/month or $100/year
  • Unlimited code completions
  • Unlimited chat
  • Multi-model AI support
  • Copilot Chat
  • CLI completions
  • Mobile support

Business

$19/user/month
  • Everything in Individual
  • Organization license management
  • Policy management
  • Usage analytics
  • Enterprise support

Enterprise

$39/user/month
  • Everything in Business
  • Advanced security features
  • Audit logs
  • Fine-tuned models
  • Dedicated support

Company

Name
GitHub (Microsoft)
Founded
2021 (Copilot launch)
Location
Redmond, WA
Users
10M+ developers

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