The original AI-powered code completion tool stemming from early OpenAI technology, GitHub Copilot, now comes in a free tier for the Visual Studio IDE and Visual Studio Code, along with other editors.

For those who spend their days (and sometimes nights) immersed in code, GitHub Copilot is a valuable addition to your toolkit. It’s like having a co-pilot in the cockpit of a plane, but for coding.

GitHub has unveiled a new free plan for GitHub Copilot in VS Code, which is available immediately and only requires a GitHub account , according to the announcement post.

VS Code has barely been released and can already handle OpenAI's latest language model GPT-5. It should bring advantages in ...