GitHub Copilot is the industry-leading AI coding assistant, used by over 1.8 million developers. Powered by OpenAI Codex and GPT-4, it suggests entire functions, explains code, writes tests, and fixes bugs directly in VS Code, JetBrains, Neovim, and other editors. Copilot Chat adds a conversational interface.
Pros
- ✅ Best-in-class code suggestions
- ✅ Works in all major IDEs
- ✅ Copilot Chat for explanations
- ✅ Trained on massive code corpus
Cons
- ❌ $10-19/month (no free tier)
- ❌ Occasional incorrect suggestions
- ❌ Privacy considerations for private repos
Best For
Professional developers who want to ship code faster