---
title: "GitHub Copilot CLI pricing, platforms and integrations"
description: "GitHub's terminal agent on the Copilot subscription. Parallel subagents through /fleet, cloud sandboxes, worktrees and remote control from mobile."
canonical_url: "https://whichcoding.tools/tools/copilot-cli"
---
# GitHub Copilot CLI

> GitHub's terminal agent on the Copilot subscription. Parallel subagents through /fleet, cloud sandboxes, worktrees and remote control from mobile.

- **Layer**: Terminal agent
- **Vendor**: GitHub
- **Platforms**: macOS, Windows, Linux
- **License**: Proprietary
- **Pricing**: Free tier
- **Status**: Active
- **JSON**: /api/v1/tools/copilot-cli.json

## Links

- [Website](https://github.com/features/copilot/cli)
- [Pricing](https://github.com/features/copilot/plans)
- [Repo](https://github.com/github/copilot-cli)
- [Docs](https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/concepts/agents/copilot-cli/about-copilot-cli)
- [Changelog](https://github.com/github/copilot-cli/blob/main/changelog.md)

## Pricing

Included with [GitHub Copilot](https://whichcoding.tools/plans/copilot) plans. Same pricing as [GitHub Copilot](https://whichcoding.tools/tools/github-copilot).

| Plan | Price | Included | Beyond that | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Copilot Free (individual) | Free | 2,000 completions/mo. 2,000 completions per month plus a small allowance of AI credits | Blocked until upgrade | Copilot CLI and the Copilot app are included. Verified students get Copilot Student at no charge. |
| Copilot Pro (individual) | $10/mo (per user) | 1,500 credits/mo (≈ $15). 1,000 base credits plus a 500 credit flex allotment, 1 credit is $0.01 | Credit packs, $0.01 each. Additional usage is billed against a budget you set in USD at $0.01 per credit. | Unlimited code completions and next edit suggestions |
| Copilot Pro+ (individual) | $39/mo (per user) | 7,000 credits/mo (≈ $70). 3,900 base credits plus a 3,100 credit flex allotment | Credit packs, $0.01 each | Access to premium models, including Opus |
| Copilot Max (individual) | $100/mo (per user) | 20,000 credits/mo (≈ $200). 10,000 base credits plus a 10,000 credit flex allotment | Credit packs, $0.01 each | Priority access to new models and features |
| Copilot Business (team) | $19/mo (per user) | 1,900 credits/mo (≈ $19) | Credit packs, $0.01 each | — |
| Copilot Enterprise (enterprise) | $39/mo (per user) | 3,900 credits/mo (≈ $39) | Credit packs, $0.01 each | — |

Draws from the shared GitHub AI Credits pool, 1 credit is $0.01 and usage-based billing replaced premium requests on 1 June 2026. The Free plan includes CLI and agent mode with limited usage. Sandboxing and the ACP server mode are public preview.

Source: [github.com/features/copilot/plans](https://github.com/features/copilot/plans), verified 2026-09-28.

## Works with

What GitHub Copilot CLI runs, and what can run GitHub Copilot CLI. "With your existing login" means the wrapped tool's subscription is reused, no second bill.

### Runs inside

- [dmux](https://whichcoding.tools/tools/dmux) (via CLI, Free with your existing login): FormKit's open source tmux pane manager. Each pane gets its own git worktree and branch, launches the agents you pick, and merges or opens a pull request from the pane menu.
- [JetBrains AI](https://whichcoding.tools/tools/jetbrains-ai) (via ACP, Free with your existing login): AI Assistant and the Junie agent in JetBrains IDEs. Completions on JetBrains models are free, cloud agents draw from monthly AI Credits. Claude Agent and Codex plug in over ACP.
- [Multica](https://whichcoding.tools/tools/multica) (via CLI, Free with your existing login): Self-hostable platform that assigns issues to AI coding agent CLIs like Claude Code and Codex, and tracks their work in one workspace.
- [Zed](https://whichcoding.tools/tools/zed) (via ACP, Free with your existing login): Open source editor written in Rust with GPU rendering. Hosts external agents such as Claude Code, Codex and Gemini CLI over ACP at no charge, with its own hosted models on Pro.

## Models

- **Providers**: Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, xAI, Moonshot
- **Bring your own key**: Partial BYOK
- **Local models**: No

Claude, GPT, Gemini, Grok and Kimi models switched with /model, the roster rotates with releases. Env vars point custom OpenAI compatible, Azure OpenAI or Anthropic endpoints at it.

## Features

- **Git worktrees**: One isolated checkout per task
- **Parallel agents**: Several agents running at once
- **Subagents**: The agent can delegate to child agents
- **MCP client**: Connects to MCP servers
- **ACP agent**: Can be hosted by ACP clients such as Zed
- **Sandboxing**: Runs commands in an isolated sandbox
- **Remote execution**: Runs on a remote machine or over SSH
- **Mobile companion**: Follow or drive sessions from a phone
- **Scheduled tasks**: Automations that run on a schedule
- **Diff review**: Review and annotate changes in the tool
- **Checkpoints**: Snapshot and roll back agent changes
- **Plugins**: Extensible through plugins or a marketplace
- **Hooks**: Run your own commands at lifecycle points

## Install

- **npm**: `npm install -g @github/copilot`
- **brew**: `brew install copilot-cli`
- **winget**: `winget install GitHub.Copilot`
- **curl**: `curl -fsSL https://gh.io/copilot-install | bash`

## License

- **SPDX**: Proprietary
- **Kind**: Proprietary

The GitHub repo carries a custom install-and-run license and holds the binary, changelog and installer, not the source.

## Sources

Every fact above points at a vendor page and the date someone last checked it.

| Source | Covers | Verified |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [github.com/features/copilot/plans](https://github.com/features/copilot/plans) | pricing | 2026-09-28 |
| [github.com/features/copilot/cli](https://github.com/features/copilot/cli) | general, features | 2026-08-24 |
| [raw.githubusercontent.com/github/copilot-cli/main/README.md](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/copilot-cli/main/README.md) | platforms, models, features, license | 2026-08-24 |
| [docs.github.com/en/copilot/concepts/agents/copilot-cli/about-copilot-cli](https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/concepts/agents/copilot-cli/about-copilot-cli) | general, models, features | 2026-08-24 |
| [docs.github.com/en/copilot/reference/copilot-cli-reference/acp-server](https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/reference/copilot-cli-reference/acp-server) | features | 2026-08-24 |
| [github.blog/news-insights/company-news/github-copilot-is-moving-to-usage-based-billing](https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/github-copilot-is-moving-to-usage-based-billing/) | pricing | 2026-09-28 |
| [raw.githubusercontent.com/github/copilot-cli/main/changelog.md](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/copilot-cli/main/changelog.md) | features, models | 2026-08-24 |

Source data: [content/tools/copilot-cli.yml](https://github.com/benjamincanac/whichcodingtools/blob/main/content/tools/copilot-cli.yml)

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