GitHub / Microsoft
GitHub Copilot
Microsoft's GitHub Copilot coding stack across VS Code, Visual Studio, Copilot CLI, issues, pull requests, cloud sessions, and code review.
Attributed output
GitHub public-attribution count, 2026-06-09
3.8MAttributed outputGitHub public-attribution count, 2026-06-09Commits and PRs on public GitHub provably produced by this agent. Exact if it is visible through its own bot or workflow, an estimate if measured through attribution it declares (these can swing 30 to 40 percent between measurement runs at multi-million scale), and a floor either way.#5
Index rank
of 44 tracked agents
#5Index rankof 44 tracked agentsBusiness signal
Paid Copilot subscribers · Jan 2026
4.7M paidBusiness signalPaid Copilot subscribers · Jan 2026Free / $10+ paid
Entry price
GitHub AI Credits
Free / $10+ paidEntry priceGitHub AI CreditsNot published
GitHub stars
No public repo
Not publishedGitHub starsNo public repo1,499,891
npm demand/wk
Adjusted from raw npm channel
1,499,891npm demand/wkAdjusted from raw npm channelWeekly package downloads as an install-demand floor; adjusted when the vendor's main install channel is no longer npm.45,118,973
npm installs to date
Since 2025-09-22
45,118,973npm installs to dateSince 2025-09-22Total npm downloads of this agent's package(s) summed across every tracked week since it was first published. A floor, like the weekly figure. Where a one-week automated/CI burst inflated the total, the baseline-only figure is shown too.Activity Over Time
Weekly attributed output on public GitHub. Output visible through the agent's own bot or workflow is exact; output measured through declared attribution is an estimate. Window: 2025-02-03 to 2026-09-28.
npm Installs Over Time
Weekly npm downloads since 2025-09-22, the install-demand trajectory.
Market
Developer output
Public GitHub commits attributed to the Copilot coding agent
Copilot's coding agent acts through its own workflow, so this is exact. Its editor completions land under the developer's identity and a separate command-line surface is counted apart, so total Copilot output is far larger than this.
Last full week (ending 2026-10-04): 23,982 signed commits (-1.9% week over week), exact count.
Distinct users: 5,168 humans opened the 12,599 most recently sampled PRs, about 2.4 PRs per person.
Merge rate: 68.1% of its pull requests get merged (79,444 of 116,716 over 8 settled weeks, 2026-08-03 to 2026-09-27). The window ends about ten days back so recently-opened PRs have had time to merge.
GitHub review activity: 4.2% of its merged PRs had at least one GitHub review record before merging; the other 95.8% had none. This is a broad weekly signal and can include bot reviews; the human-review read below comes from the enriched PR sample.
In significant repos (company-owned or 10+ stars), 80.5% of its merged PRs got a human review. Across all sampled repos, the rate is 64.2%. Human review means a non-author, non-bot GitHub reviewer in the PR-lifecycle sample.
Median time to merge: 33 min. The unreviewed median is 0.2h. The human-reviewed median is 1.24h. From a 120-PR sample merged 2026-07-30 to 2026-08-28.
Test-inclusion: 31.7% of its sampled merged PRs touch a test file. This is a rough read on production readiness.
Commits per PR: 1.6 over the last 8 weeks. Both counts come from the same visible workflow, so this is a clean measure of how many commits make up one delegated task.
Flow share: 0% of the 1999 most recent public PRs sampled (0 PRs, 2 windows, last 2026-09-27). Zero marked PRs in the sampled flow despite the historical total: current run-rate is far below the accumulated stock.
Task lens: 1.9M agent-opened PRs. Copilot's coding agent opens every task as a pull request, so this is its task-level count, exact.
Snapshot 2026-06-09, confidence High, tracked since 2026-06-09, +0.7% over 7 days. Read the methodology.
- Index rank
- #5 of 44
- Demand share
- 3.7% of tracked npm demand floor
- Business signal
- 4.7M paid Paid Copilot subscribers · Jan 2026
- GitHub share
- No public repo
- npm channel
- 1.7M raw downloads/week (CLI/package channel)
Best fit
Direct competitors
- Copilot has the broadest paid-user disclosure in the index.
- GitHub Copilot revenue is not broken out separately by Microsoft.
npm channel caveat: CLI/package channelExpandHide
The Copilot npm package is a secondary signal beside IDE, GitHub, and enterprise distribution.
Package downloads cover the public npm package, not all Copilot seat or IDE extension usage.
- Demand floor
- 1.5M / wk
- Latest npm week
- 1.7M
- Peak npm week
- 4M
- 4-week average
- 1.5M
Trailing 4-week average
Complete Mon-Sun week when cron-backed
Observed public npm range
As of 2026-10-04
All sourced signals (3)ExpandHide
| Signal | Value | Type | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm downloads (2026-09-18 to 2026-09-24) | 1,212,410 | Public metric | High |
| Paid subscribers | 4.7M paid Copilot subscribers disclosed by Microsoft | Official | High |
| Codex as agent provider | Codex selectable as an agent provider inside JetBrains IDEs (public preview, July 2026) | Official | High |
Where GitHub Copilot Works
Share of GitHub Copilot's own classified sampled work by segment; countries reflect where its PR authors are based. Full breakdowns: Languages, Frameworks, Industries, Map.
Pricing And Economics
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Pricing snapshot: 2026-09-25. Check the vendor for current terms.
Free, Pro ($10/month), Pro+ ($39/month), and Max ($100/month) plans are available; organization plans have separate pricing.
- Entry price
- Free / $10+ paid
- Top self-serve price
- $100/mo
- Pricing unit
- GitHub AI Credits
- Token transparency
- Token rate card
- Included usage
- Agent features consume GitHub AI Credits; costs vary by model and task.
- Overage path
- Flex allotments can change. Code completions and next-edit suggestions do not use AI credits.
Retail Token Equivalent
Allowance is not a fixed token entitlement. Consult the linked vendor pricing and your account’s usage limits.
| Plan | Price | Allowance | Unit | Token / Overage Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Limited chat and agent use. | GitHub AI Credits | |
| Pro | $10/mo | Credits and variable flex allotment. | GitHub AI Credits | |
| Pro+ | $39/mo | Credits and variable flex allotment. | GitHub AI Credits | |
| Max | $100/mo | Credits and variable flex allotment. | GitHub AI Credits |
Summary checked 2026-09-25.
Free, Pro ($10/month), Pro+ ($39/month), and Max ($100/month) plans are available; organization plans have separate pricing.
- Agent features consume GitHub AI Credits; costs vary by model and task.
- Flex allotments can change. Code completions and next-edit suggestions do not use AI credits.
Company And Funding
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- Ownership
- Public
- Founded
- 2008
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, CA
- Employees
- Microsoft ~228,000
- Parent company
- Microsoft
- Total raised
- Not applicable
- Most recent round
- Acquired by Microsoft, $7.5B (2018)
- Round leads
- Microsoft
GitHub is a subsidiary of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), acquired in 2018 for $7.5B. Copilot is funded through Microsoft, not external rounds.
Enterprise And Security
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- SSO / SCIM
- Enterprise tier
- Deployment
- Cloud-only
- Trains on your code
- Not trained on your code
- Zero data retention
- Yes
Compliance
Admin controls
GitHub does not train on Copilot Business or Enterprise data; prompts and suggestions are not retained on those plans. SSO and SCIM are on the Copilot Enterprise tier, not Business. Microsoft provides IP indemnity for unmodified suggestions.
Product
Providers
Model families
Capabilities
Tradeoffs
- Best inside GitHub/VS Code workflows
- Pricing is moving toward token/credit-based metering