Github Copilot

Name: Github Copilot
Rating: 4.75 (27 reviews)

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4.8•27 reviews•

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4.8•27 reviews•

1.1K followers

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GitHub Copilot works alongside you directly in your editor, suggesting whole lines or entire functions for you. Powered by OpenAI its trained on billions of lines of public code, saving you time and helping you stay focused.

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GitHub Copilot is now usage-based. What's your team doing about it?

Starting June 1st, @Github Copilot moved to a usage-based billing model.

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4.8

Based on 27 reviews

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Reviewers mostly see GitHub Copilot as a strong in-editor helper that saves time on boilerplate, repetitive code, syntax, and learning, while helping developers stay in flow across tools like VS Code and IntelliJ. Several say it has improved notably and works well with mature codebases or established patterns. The main complaint is reliability: suggestions can be wrong, generic, buggy, or need refinement, especially on project-specific logic. For bigger multi-file tasks, some reviewers still prefer tools like Cursor or Claude Code, though Copilot remains the preferred always-on autocomplete layer.

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productivity boost (6)

focus on problem-solving (4)

suggests code snippets (4)

accelerates development process (3)

integrates with major IDEs (2)

transforms development experience (2)

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What's great

productivity boost (6)suggests code snippets (4)focus on problem-solving (4)

It lives right where you're already working. No context switching, no copy-pasting into a chat window, it just suggests the next line or block as you type. For boilerplate and repetitive patterns it's a genuine time saver. The tab-complete flow becomes second nature fast, and it's surprisingly good at picking up on the conventions in your current file. It won't architect a feature for you, but for the moment-to-moment grind of writing code it removes a lot of friction.

What needs improvement

The suggestions can be confidently wrong, which is worse than no suggestion at all because you end up accepting something that looks right and only catch the bug later. It also struggles with anything project-specific, if you have custom abstractions or unusual patterns it'll keep suggesting the generic version. The chat feature inside VS Code feels bolted on compared to dedicated tools. And pricing for teams adds up quickly when half the value is just autocomplete.

vs Alternatives

Codex by OpenAI Cursor

Cursor

Claude Code

Use Claude Code and Cursor as well, and honestly they're better for bigger tasks like multi-file refactors or reasoning through a problem. But Copilot fills a different role. It's the autocomplete layer, always on, zero effort. Tried Tabnine and Codeium before settling on Copilot. Tabnine felt slower and less accurate. Codeium was decent but the suggestions weren't as context-aware. Copilot just has the best hit rate for useful completions.

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