Dec 19, 2024 11:40:00

GitHub Copilot introduces free plan with few functional limitations but monthly usage limits

GitHub Copilot is a tool that allows you to write code partially and then have AI automatically complete the remaining parts. Developed by GitHub in collaboration with OpenAI, it has been available as a paid subscription service since June 2022, but from December 18, 2024, a free plan, ' GitHub Copilot Free ', will be available.

Announcing 150M developers and a new free tier for GitHub Copilot in VS Code - The GitHub Blog
https://github.blog/news-insights/product-news/github-copilot-in-vscode-free/

GitHub Copilot Free is here in Visual Studio - Visual Studio Blog
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/github-copilot-free-is-here-in-visual-studio/

To use GitHub Copilot Free, all you need to do is install the GitHub Copilot extension in Visual Studio Code and log in to your personal GitHub account. You can choose either Anthropic's Claude 3.5 Sonnet or OpenAI's GPT-4o as your AI model.

GitHub Copilot goes beyond just completing your code: you can chat with the AI to ask coding questions, explain existing code, find bugs, and more.

The difference between the free and paid versions is as described on

the plan page. The free version does not have any significant limitations on the functionality of code completion or reading, but there is a limit to the number of times it can be used, with real-time code completion limited to 2000 times per month and chat with AI limited to 50 times per month.

If you reach a usage limit, you'll see a clear indicator, and if you want to continue using GitHub Copilot, you can seamlessly upgrade to a paid version to remove the limit.

A tutorial video on creating the Game of Life using GitHub Copilot Free has been uploaded to YouTube. It contains useful information, such as examples of how to write good prompts, so be sure to check it out.

Build Conway's Game of Life with GitHub Copilot Free - YouTube