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title: "AI Code Editors: GitHub Copilot"
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[AI Editor: GitHub Copilot](#/github-copilot?id=ai-editor-github-copilot)
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AI Code Editors like [GitHub Copilot](https://github.com/features/copilot), [Cursor](https://www.cursor.com/), [Windsurf](http://windsurf.com/), [Roo Code](https://roocode.com/), [Cline](https://cline.bot/), [Continue.dev](https://www.continue.dev/), etc. use LLMs to help you write code faster.

Most are built on top of [VS Code](#/vscode). These are now a standard tool in every developer’s toolkit.

[GitHub Copilot](https://github.com/features/copilot) is [free](https://github.com/features/copilot/plans) (as of May 2025) for 2,000 completions and 50 chats.

[![Getting started with GitHub Copilot | Tutorial (11 min)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/n0NlxUyA7FI/sddefault.webp)](https://youtu.be/n0NlxUyA7FI)

You should learn about:

* [Code Suggestions](https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/copilot/using-github-copilot/using-github-copilot-code-suggestions-in-your-editor), which is a basic feature.
* [Using Chat](https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/github-copilot-chat/using-github-copilot-chat-in-your-ide), which lets you code in natural language.
* [Changing the chat model](https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/using-github-copilot/ai-models/changing-the-ai-model-for-copilot-chat). The free version includes Claude 3.5 Sonnet, a good coding model.
* [Prompts](https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/copilot-chat-cookbook) to understand how people use AI code editors.

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