GitHub is expanding its free offerings to developers by introducing GitHub Copilot Free. This announcement comes on the heels of GitHub reaching a significant milestone of 150 million developers on the platform. Here are the key points summarized:<ul><li>Free Copilot Access:<ul><li>Integrated into VS Code. &nbsp;</li><li>2,000 code completions and 50 chat messages/month. &nbsp;</li><li>Access via personal GitHub account. &nbsp;</li></ul></li><li>Copilot Features:<ul><li>Code completion.</li><li>Coding question answering.</li><li>Code explanation. &nbsp;</li><li>Bug finding.</li><li>Multi-file edits. &nbsp;</li><li>Third-party agent access.</li><li>Custom extension building.</li></ul></li><li>Model Choice:<ul><li>Anthropic's Claude 3.5 Sonnet or OpenAI's GPT-4o.</li></ul></li></ul>read more about this announcement here: <a href="https://github.blog/news-insights/product-news/github-copilot-in-vscode-free/" class="text-gray-700 hover:text-gray-1k hover:underline break-all link-break" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://github.blog/news-insights/product-news/github-copilot-in-vscode-free/</a>

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GitHub Copilot Lands in VS Code: What You Need to Know

GitHub Copilot is now free! Get access to 2,000 code completions and 50 AI-powered chat messages per month, directly in your VS Code editor. Boost your producti