The pickLink checked Oct 9
GitHub Copilot
github.comAI code suggestions and chat in VS Code and other editors
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Why it's the pick
Copilot Free gives 2,000 code completions and 50 chat requests a month in VS Code, Visual Studio, JetBrains and other editors, enough for learning and hobby projects. You need a GitHub account, and it can confidently suggest wrong or insecure code, so read what it writes before you run it.
Know a better one? Tell us Made GitHub Copilot? Get the badgeGitHub Copilot is also the pick for gives Claude ready-made skills it can use for documents, design and more, turns a PDF, Word file or slide deck into clean Markdown for AI, checks your developer computer for compromised packages and extensions, finds a free API for almost anything, gives you a ready-made .gitignore file for your project, helps you opt out of data broker sites, walks you through building your own database, game or even Git from scratch, teaches you how big websites are built to handle millions of users.
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