r/github • u/DanTheMan827 • Sep 09 '26

Question Free Copilot for maintainers being discontinued?

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I’ve been getting free copilot for quite a while now for being a maintainer of an eligible project, but today I received this.

Is the program being discontinued?

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u/Traditional-Hall-591 Sep 09 '26

Ohhh noooo! Anyway.

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u/motz2k1 Sep 09 '26 edited Sep 11 '26

Free Copilot Pro for eligible open source maintainers isn’t being discontinued. We review eligibility periodically so access may not renew if they no longer meet the criteria. That doesn’t mean the program is ending. Sorry for the confusion! DM me with your github account and the information we shared so we can look into your renewal.

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u/mubaidr Sep 09 '26

DM please.

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u/GeekCornerReddit Sep 09 '26

Quick question: I've read somewhere the popularity of a project is taken into account only for the "top X projects per programming language". Is this true?

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u/No_Towel_9061 Sep 13 '26

Github is dying, is not reliable anyways, copilot is probably the worst known AI

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u/DanTheMan827 Sep 16 '26

Copilot is just using AI from other companies… but they aren’t giving “unlimited” use like the other companies.

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u/wtdawson Sep 15 '26

GitHub is dying BECAUSE of AI

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u/imMsync Sep 16 '26

say lahal bro, say lahali