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GitHub Copilot

by GitHub

82M / mo
Free / $10/mo
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GitHub Copilot is an AI pair programmer developed by GitHub and OpenAI that suggests code completions, entire functions, and boilerplate inline as you type. It understands the context of your file and project, making suggestions that fit your coding style. With over 1.8 million paid subscribers, it's the most widely adopted AI coding assistant across all major languages and editors.

GitHub Copilot features and capabilities, including which plan they need and how they compare in the CanIUse matrix.

githubAdded 2025-09-21Catalog rank 9

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✨ Modalities

💬
Text Input
Yes
🖼️
Image Upload / Vision
Yes. Vision support in chat
🎨
Image Generation
No
🎙️
Voice Mode
No
🎥
Video Understanding
No. GitHub Copilot assists with code in IDEs, GitHub.com, and the CLI. Official Copilot docs do not describe natively watching or summarizing uploaded video files.
🎬
Video Generation
No. Not a video generation product.
📁
File Upload (PDF, DOCX)
Yes. Via IDE context
💻
Code Execution
Yes. Spark/Codespaces integration
🔊
Audio Input
No
🖌️
Canvas / Artifact Editor
Paid Only. Auto populated
🖥️
Screen Sharing / Computer Use
No. Auto populated

🧠 Memory & Context

🧠
Persistent Memory
No
📏
Large Context Window
Yes. Large codebase context
⚙️
Custom Instructions
Yes. Via .github/copilot-instructions.md
📜
Conversation History
Yes

🔌 Integrations

🌐
Web Search / Browsing
Yes. Bing web search in chat
🔌
Plugins / Extensions
Yes. VS Code extensions
🔧
API Access
Yes, requires pro plan
⚡
Zapier Integration
No
🤖
Custom GPTs / Bots
Paid Only. Auto populated
👥
Real-time Collaboration
Partial. Auto populated
🐦
Live Social Data Integration
📚
Live Citation Mapping

👨‍💻 Developer

🛠️
Function Calling
Yes, requires pro plan
⚡
Streaming Responses
Yes
🎛️
Fine-Tuning
No
📐
Embeddings API
No
📋
Structured Output (JSON)
Yes
🧩
Reasoning / Thinking Mode
Paid Only. Auto populated
🏠
Local Execution
🔓
Open Weights
🤖
Multi-Agent Orchestration

📱 Platforms

🌐
Web App
Yes. github.com chat
📱
iOS App
Yes
🤖
Android App
Yes
🖥️
Desktop App
Yes. VS Code, JetBrains, Vim, etc.
🔵
Chrome Extension
Yes. GitHub.com integration

🔒 Privacy

🔒
GDPR Compliant
Yes
🚫
Opt Out of Data Training
Yes
🏢
Enterprise Privacy Mode
Yes, requires enterprise plan

💼 Workspaces

📂
Projects / Folders
Paid Only. Auto populated