GitHub Copilot
3 recommend 6 criticize 1 moved to it 5 moved away
Why hackers recommend it
“I find the copilot app better integrated for the PR workflow with PR management available in the app.”zabil, 2026-05-23original comment ↗
“I recent switched from vs code copilot to open code and I kinda miss it.”Mashimo, 2026-03-01original comment ↗
“Copilot feels more frugal with token usage.”arowthway, 2026-01-20original comment ↗
What hackers criticize
“it likes to use cloud models and burn tokens sometimes”selicos, 2026-09-17original comment ↗
“I was shocked to realize how difficult it has been to have a GitHub CoPilot license on Azure.”sntran, 2026-06-02original comment ↗
“Opus was the reason I paid for GitHub copilot, but they had the pricing model completely wrong.”jeremyjh, 2026-04-23original comment ↗
“I just switched from the $10 Copilot subscription to a $20 Claude subscription to get general AI and coding in one bill.”jareds, 2026-04-21original comment ↗
“But letting it write the actual code was a mistake.”mcv, 2026-01-22original comment ↗
“I switched from Copilot to Cursor at the end of 2025, and it was absolute night and day in terms of how the agents behaved.”deanc, 2026-01-07original comment ↗
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Hackers moved from GitHub Copilot to
- GitHub Copilot → Claude Code (2 hackers)
- GitHub Copilot → Claude (1 hacker)
- GitHub Copilot → Cursor (1 hacker)
- GitHub Copilot → Microsoft Copilot (1 hacker)
Hackers moved to GitHub Copilot from
- Claude Code → GitHub Copilot (1 hacker)
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