GitHub Copilot
by GitHub (Microsoft)
AI pair programmer that suggests code in real time inside your code editor
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About
GitHub Copilot is an AI coding assistant developed by GitHub in collaboration with OpenAI. Integrated directly into popular code editors including VS Code, Visual Studio, JetBrains IDEs, and Neovim, Copilot suggests single lines of code, complete functions, tests, and even entire files as you type — dramatically accelerating the speed of software development.
Trained on billions of lines of public code from GitHub repositories, Copilot understands programming patterns, APIs, and common code structures across dozens of programming languages. It can complete boilerplate code, generate implementations from natural language comments, explain existing code, detect bugs, and write tests. GitHub Copilot Chat allows developers to have full conversations about their code without leaving the editor.
Studies by GitHub have shown that developers using Copilot complete tasks 55% faster and report significantly higher job satisfaction. GitHub Copilot is now used by over 1.3 million developers and is available in GitHub Codespaces, making AI-assisted development accessible from any device with a browser.
Trained on billions of lines of public code from GitHub repositories, Copilot understands programming patterns, APIs, and common code structures across dozens of programming languages. It can complete boilerplate code, generate implementations from natural language comments, explain existing code, detect bugs, and write tests. GitHub Copilot Chat allows developers to have full conversations about their code without leaving the editor.
Studies by GitHub have shown that developers using Copilot complete tasks 55% faster and report significantly higher job satisfaction. GitHub Copilot is now used by over 1.3 million developers and is available in GitHub Codespaces, making AI-assisted development accessible from any device with a browser.
Product Features
- Real-time code completion in VS Code, JetBrains, Neovim, and more
- GitHub Copilot Chat: conversational AI within the editor
- Code explanation and documentation generation
- Test generation for existing functions
- Bug detection and fix suggestions
- Multi-line and whole-function suggestions
- Supports 30+ programming languages
- GitHub Copilot CLI for terminal commands
- GitHub Copilot for Pull Requests: AI code review
- GitHub Advanced Security integration
- Enterprise version with IP indemnity and privacy controls
- GitHub Copilot Chat: conversational AI within the editor
- Code explanation and documentation generation
- Test generation for existing functions
- Bug detection and fix suggestions
- Multi-line and whole-function suggestions
- Supports 30+ programming languages
- GitHub Copilot CLI for terminal commands
- GitHub Copilot for Pull Requests: AI code review
- GitHub Advanced Security integration
- Enterprise version with IP indemnity and privacy controls
About the Publisher
GitHub is the world's largest code hosting platform, owned by Microsoft since its $7.5 billion acquisition in 2018. Founded in 2008 by Tom Preston-Werner, Chris Wanstrath, and PJ Hyett, GitHub hosts over 100 million repositories and has over 100 million registered users. GitHub Copilot, launched in preview in 2021 and generally available in 2022, represented GitHub's transformation from a code repository into an AI-powered development platform. GitHub is headquartered in San Francisco.