GitHub is making its AI programming Copilot free for VS Code developers

Date:
Thu, 19 Dec 2024 13:00:00 +0000

Description:
Free version of GitHub Copilot is now available to all developers in VS Code, but there are some restrictions.

FULL STORY ======================================================================GitHub Copilot free tier now integrates directly into VS Code Limits include 2,000 monthly code completions and 50 chats GitHub now supports 150 million developers on its platform

Microsoft-owned developer platform GitHub has confirmed it will be offering a free version of its Copilot AI assistant for all developers using the VS Code IDE.

Until now, Copilot was only available for free to verified students, teachers and open-source maintainers, with developers who weren't eligible for free access having to pay a monthly subscription for one of three levels to access the tool.

Anyone familiar with the way the platform has operated wont be surprised at the change. CEO Thomas Dohmke explained: GitHub has a long history of
offering free products and services to developers. GitHub Copilot now free
for VS Code

Previous products and tools that have been made available for free include open source and public collaboration, private repos, minutes for GitHub Actions and GitHub Codespaces, and package and release storage.

GitHub Copilot free is now available directly within VS Code and includes access to 2,000 code completions and 50 chat messages per month. Access to
the AI tool requires users to sign in with their personal GitHub account.

Users will also be able to choice between OpenAIs GPT-4o, which powers the version of ChatGPT that many developers use, or Anthropics Claude 3.5 Sonnet.

GitHub Copilot free includes most of the functionalities that the Pro tier has, which is the version thats free for students and teachers. The free version makes do without summaries for pull requests, issues and discussions, among a few other things.

Anybody who isnt an open-source maintainer or in education will need to pay $10/month for Pro, which removes the code completion and message limitations entirely.

More broadly, Github Copilot is also available across other popular IDEs , like Visual Studio, JetBrains IDE, Neovim and Azure Data Studio. Despite the platforms affiliation with Microsoft, you can also use the AI assistant in Apples Xcode.

At the same time, Dohmke announced a new milestone of 150 million developers on GitHub. The Microsoft-owned platform is now said to have an annual revenue run rate of $2 billion. You might also like Weve listed the best AI tools Popular IDE JetBrains Rider is going free to use Upgrade this Christmas with the best laptops for programming



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