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GitHub Copilot

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GitHub Copilot is an AI-powered coding assistant and collaborative developer tool designed to assist engineers with code generation, reviews, and project planning. It offers a range of tiers catering to individual developers, teams, and large enterprises, integrating directly into development environments and command-line interfaces. The platform transitioned to a usage-based billing model in June 2026 to manage the costs of advanced agentic tasks and high-capacity model inference.

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What you can do with it
  • Developers can use code completions and Next Edit suggestions to accelerate their daily programming tasks without consuming AI Credits.
  • Users can brainstorm ideas, generate project plans, and iterate on code within a collaborative workspace called canvas.
  • Engineers can automate autonomous code reviews that evaluate pull requests according to specific organizational standards.
  • The Copilot CLI allows developers to queue prompts and manage subagents using specialized commands like /tasks and /rewind directly from the terminal.
  • Administrators can set budget controls and manage AI Credit allocations for teams using Business and Enterprise plans.
Standout features
Canvas collaborative workspaceAgent Merge and autonomous code reviewUsage-based AI Credits billingHeadless autopilot mode for CI pipelinesMulti-model choice
Pricing

Free tier + $10/mo Pro. While base prices remain at $10 for Pro and $39 for Pro+, advanced features now consume metered AI Credits following a shift to usage-based billing on June 1, 2026.

What's new
  1. 2026-09-14New profile

    GitHub Copilot added to the directory

    GitHub Copilot is an AI-powered coding assistant and collaborative developer tool designed to assist engineers with code generation, reviews, and project planning. It offers a range of tiers catering to individual developers, teams, and large enterprises, integrating directly into development enviro

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