AI-powered coding just got more accessible with GitHub Copilot's free plan. Here's how to set it up in VS Code, step-by-step, and find out whether it's smart enough to actually improve your work.

Why open‑source GitHub Copilot Chat The primary motivations for this move are community‑driven innovation and data transparency. The VS Code team emphasises that as AI becomes central to ...

News VS Code Goes Transparent as Open-Source AI Editor By David Ramel 06/30/2025 Microsoft today announced the first milestone of its project to transform the popular Visual Studio Code editor into an ...

GitHub has expanded Copilot to include Agent Mode and the Copilot Edits function, which are now generally available in Visual Studio Code. A new AI option, Gemini 2.0 Flash, is available to users.

GitHub Copilot Chat is an AI assistant extension for VS Code, allowing developers to chat with a GPT4-based model inside the editor to get help with coding tasks.

The new free tier for VS Code aims to expand the AI-powered code completion assistant’s reach to a broader audience of developers — namely, those with only light usage needs and tighter budgets.