What is GitHub Copilot

GitHub Copilot is an AI-powered coding assistant designed to enhance the developer experience. It provides contextualized assistance throughout the software development lifecycle, offering features like code completions, chat assistance, code explanations, and more. Integrated with leading editors such as Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio, JetBrains IDEs, and Neovim, Copilot helps developers focus on problem-solving and collaboration, reducing the effort spent on mundane tasks. It is trained on natural language text and source code from publicly available sources, including GitHub repositories.

Top Features

• Customizable and Contextual AI Assistance: GitHub Copilot offers AI-powered suggestions tailored to your coding style and project context.
• Multi-file Edits: It can update multiple files simultaneously based on your instructions.
• Real-time Code Suggestions: Provides real-time code completions and turns natural language prompts into coding suggestions.
• Debugging and Security Assistance: Helps identify and fix bugs, vulnerabilities, and security issues.
• Support for Multiple Models: Allows switching between AI models like Claude 3.5 Sonnet, o1, and GPT-4o for different tasks.
• Extensions and Integrations: Works with third-party tools and services, offering extensions for enhanced functionality.
• Terminal and CLI Support: Provides AI assistance directly in the terminal and CLI environments.

Pricing

• Free Plan: $0/month, includes up to 2,000 completions and 50 chat requests per month.
• Pro Plan: $10/month, offers unlimited completions and chat requests, free for verified students, teachers, and open-source maintainers.
• Business Plan: $19/user/month, designed for teams to accelerate workflows.
• Enterprise Plan: $39/user/month, offers a fully customized experience with advanced features like fine-tuned models and organizational knowledge integration.

FAQs

• What is GitHub Copilot?
  GitHub Copilot is an AI-powered coding assistant that provides contextualized assistance throughout the software development lifecycle.

• Who is eligible for the Free Plan?
  Individual developers can access the Free Plan, but users with Copilot Business or Enterprise seats are not eligible.

• What languages and IDEs does Copilot support?
  Copilot supports all languages found in public repositories and integrates with Visual Studio Code, JetBrains IDEs, Visual Studio, and more.

• Does Copilot copy/paste code?
  No, Copilot generates suggestions using probabilistic determination, not by copying code.

• What are the differences between Copilot plans?
  The Free Plan has limited functionality, while Pro, Business, and Enterprise plans offer unlimited completions, advanced customization, and organizational features.

• What data is Copilot trained on?
  Copilot is trained on natural language text and source code from publicly available sources, including GitHub repositories.

• Does Copilot support GDPR compliance?
  Yes, GitHub Copilot supports compliance with GDPR and other data protection laws.

• Can Copilot introduce insecure code?
  While Copilot has filters to block insecure code, users should always review suggestions and use security tools.

• Is Copilot intended to replace developers?
  No, Copilot is designed to assist developers, not replace them. It enhances productivity but requires oversight and judgment.

• Does Copilot support non-English languages?
  Copilot works best with English prompts and may provide lower-quality suggestions for non-English inputs.