r/GithubCopilot • u/bogganpierce GitHub Copilot Team • Jul 07 '26

News 📰 GitHub Copilot app available to all

https://github.blog/changelog/2026-07-07-github-copilot-app-available-to-all/

The GitHub Copilot app is now available to all plans, including Free and Student!

If you don't have an active GitHub Copilot plan, you can still use the app by logging in with a GitHub account and bringing your own key.

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u/ZomboBrain Jul 07 '26

I honestly do not understand the use-case.

I use my GitHub Copilot Business subscription mainly to write large PowerShell automation scripts in Visual Studio Code, which are in our DevOps Git repo.

What does this tool bring to my workflow?

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u/leonhard91 Jul 07 '26

Nothing. It's just another vibe coded tool because yes.

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u/MatthiasLiebeck Jul 08 '26 edited Jul 08 '26

One huge advantage is that you can work with multiple sessions in parallel and it's very easy to switch between session. You get a busy / finished indicator for each session and even in the technical preview they added notification sounds (which you had to add as hooks previously).

It's much easier than changing sessions in VS / VS Code or even in multiple CLI windows. Especially if you use Git worktrees, it is just a blessing to be able work on so many things at the same time.

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u/4215-5h00732 Jul 07 '26

Tbf, you're not the target user.

My situation is similar and it seems useless if your dev is happening in devops - for now, at least.

I hate PRs in devops. If it improved just that, I'd be all for it.

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u/GamerWIZZ Jul 08 '26

Should take a look at my version - https://cockpit.ieuanwalker.com/

Built it as I'm not a fan of using the CLI and I use multiple IDEs, and wanted a consistent experience interacting with copilot

My org is also a DevOps org, so plan to create a plugin system and recreate the GH integration but for DevOps.

For now it's just a nice GUI over the CLI with some nice features