GitHub Copilot

The most widely used AI pair programmer

What GitHub Copilot does

  • The most widely used AI pair programmer
  • Free tier: 2,000 completions & chats/month
  • Agent mode and multi-model choice
  • Works across all major IDEs

GitHub Copilot — straight answers

What is GitHub Copilot?

GitHub Copilot is listed under Code Autocomplete & Assistants, in the Code & Development category on Flocci AI Tools. The most widely used AI pair programmer. It is freemium — a usable free tier with paid plans above it, and it lives at github.com.

Is GitHub Copilot free?

GitHub Copilot is freemium: there is a free tier you can work in and paid plans above it. It is one of 426 freemium tools in the catalog, all labelled the same way so you are never surprised by a paywall.

Can I use GitHub Copilot in a browser, or is there an app?

GitHub Copilot works in a normal browser tab with no install. It is available on inside another product, iOS, Android and the web. You can sign in with a Google account.

What can GitHub Copilot do?

GitHub Copilot does 4 things the catalog singles out: The most widely used ai pair programmer; free tier: 2,000 completions & chats/month; agent mode and multi-model choice; works across all major ides.

What is the best free alternative to GitHub Copilot?

Continue is the closest free alternative: it sits in the same Code Autocomplete & Assistants sub-category and is free. Tabby, Amazon Q Developer and Tabnine also start free. The full list is on the alternatives page.

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  • Feature development from issues
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Tabnine

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  • Personalized to your code
  • Model choice and controls
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Sourcegraph Cody

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  • Chat, autocomplete and fixes
  • Great for large/legacy repos
  • Cody is now documented as supported on Sourcegraph Enterprise only; Free and Pro plans were retired.

Continue

Code Autocomplete & Assistants
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  • Apache-2.0 open-source coding agent for VS Code, JetBrains and the CLI
  • Bring any model: cloud API keys or local models via Ollama
  • Custom rules, MCP tools and PR checks defined as code

Tabby

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  • Self-hosted AI coding assistant with completion and chat
  • Runs on your own hardware with open code models, no cloud dependency
  • IDE extensions for VS Code, JetBrains and Vim

Cursor

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  • AI-first VS Code fork with agent mode
  • Multi-file edits and terminal commands
  • Codebase-wide context and rules
  • Free tier with limited requests

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