{"slug": "github-copilot-app-available-to-all", "title": "GitHub Copilot app available to all", "summary": "GitHub has made its Copilot app available to all users across every Copilot plan, including Copilot Free and GitHub Education, on macOS, Windows, and Linux. The app enables agent-driven development from the desktop, and users without a Copilot plan can still use it by bringing their own API key.", "body_md": "Release\n\n# GitHub Copilot app available to all\n\nThe GitHub Copilot app is now available on every Copilot plan. Sign in with your GitHub account to start agent-driven development from your desktop. Available on macOS, Windows, and Linux platforms.\n\nWith this release:\n\n**Every Copilot plan is supported:** This includes users on Copilot Free and GitHub Education. Sign in with your GitHub account and start your first session in a couple of clicks.**You can still build without a Copilot plan:** Bring your own key (BYOK) to run sessions against your own model provider, no Copilot subscription needed.\n\nReady to try it? [Download the GitHub Copilot app](https://gh.io/app) to start your first session.\n\nWant to learn more? Check out [our docs about getting started with the GitHub Copilot app](https://docs.github.com/copilot/how-tos/github-copilot-app/getting-started?utm_source=changelog-github-copilot-app&utm_medium=changelog&utm_campaign=github-copilot-app-everyone-2026).\n\nTo access the GitHub Copilot app on a Copilot Business or Enterprise plan, your organization or enterprise admin must have the Copilot CLI enabled in the policy settings.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/github-copilot-app-available-to-all", "canonical_source": "https://github.blog/changelog/2026-07-07-github-copilot-app-available-to-all", "published_at": "2026-07-07 15:10:14+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-07 15:37:52.828632+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-tools", "developer-tools", "large-language-models"], "entities": ["GitHub", "GitHub Copilot"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/github-copilot-app-available-to-all", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/github-copilot-app-available-to-all.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/github-copilot-app-available-to-all.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/github-copilot-app-available-to-all.jsonld"}}