The original AI-powered code completion tool stemming from early OpenAI technology, GitHub Copilot, now comes in a free tier for the Visual Studio IDE and Visual Studio Code, along with other editors.
VS Code is one of the most popular open-source (mostly) applications out there, and for good reason: It does everything you ...
Fortunately, Visual Studio Code has a little terminal you can use to run commands without needing to swap between windows.
Public preview of Microsoft’s C++ tools for the AI coding assistant are available in Visual Studio 2026 Insiders.