GitHub Copilot
Your AI pair programmer, designed to help you write code faster and with less work.
Productivity Boost
Up to 55% faster coding
Code Acceptance Rate
26% of code written by Copilot
Supported Languages
Optimized for dozens of languages
About GitHub Copilot
GitHub Copilot is a cloud-based artificial intelligence tool that provides autocompletion-style suggestions to developers. It analyzes the context of the file being edited, along with related files, to offer real-time suggestions directly within the editor. Copilot is trained on a vast dataset of public source code from GitHub repositories. It can understand natural language prompts (in comments) to generate code, create unit tests, and even suggest approaches for complex algorithms. It is available as an extension for popular IDEs like Visual Studio Code, JetBrains IDEs, and Neovim, serving individual developers, businesses, and enterprises.
Core Features
Code Completion
Suggests entire lines or blocks of code as you type.
Natural Language To Code
Generate code snippets from natural language comments.
Test Generation
Suggests unit tests for your code.
Vulnerability Prevention
Scans for and helps block insecure coding patterns.
IDE Integration
Visual Studio Code
Available as a first-party extension.
Jetbrains
Supports the full suite of JetBrains IDEs (IntelliJ, PyCharm, etc.).
Visual Studio
Integrates directly into Visual Studio 2022.
Neovim
Available as a plugin for Neovim users.
Plans
Copilot Individual
For personal use, with a monthly or yearly subscription. Free for verified students and maintainers of popular open-source projects.
Copilot Business
Includes organization-wide policy management and enhanced security features for a per-user, per-month fee.
Copilot Enterprise
Adds advanced features like chat personalization and docs/codebase search for a higher per-user, per-month fee.