GitHub Copilot★ BREAF Pick
GitHub (Microsoft)
GitHub's AI pair programmer: code completions, chat, review, and an autonomous coding agent for PRs.
BREAF's verdict
Why BREAF recommends (or doesn't) GitHub Copilot, the full guide, and the sources it was checked against are Premium.
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Free tier
2,000 code completions/month, limited chat and agent usage, auto-selected models, no card required
Commercial use
Included in every plan
Platforms
vscode-extension, jetbrains-plugin, web, cli, mac, windows, linux
First released
2021-06-29
API docs
Available
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