GitHub Copilot Review
GitHub's AI pair programmer with real-time code suggestions and chat assistance.
Best For: Budget-conscious developers already using GitHub
GitHub's AI pair programmer with real-time code suggestions and chat assistance.
- Real-time code completions
- Multi-line suggestions
- GitHub Copilot Chat for Q&A
- Code explanation and documentation
- Test generation
- Bug detection and fixes
- Supports 12+ programming languages
- Most affordable premium AI coding tool ($10/mo)
- Works across multiple IDEs and editors
- Deep integration with GitHub ecosystem
- Free for students and open-source maintainers
- Strong community and documentation
- Suggestions can be hit-or-miss quality
- Limited codebase-wide understanding
- Chat feature less powerful than competitors
- Requires active GitHub account
Free for verified students and open-source maintainers
GitHub Copilot earns a solid 4.6/5 rating for its capabilities and value proposition.
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Solid AI pair programmer
GitHub Copilot is the gold standard for in-IDE code completion. It understands context well and the suggestions are usually on point. Works great across multiple IDEs. Could be better at understanding...
- Gold standard completion
- Multi-IDE support
- Good context awareness
- Struggles with large codebases
- Occasional irrelevant suggestions