AI · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to GitHub Copilot Chat
AI chat features powered by Copilot
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. GitHub Copilot Chat launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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World’s most widely adopted AI developer tool, now mobile
2024 · github.blog · its alternatives →
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ChatGPT▲1,643A long, meandering, playful conversation with ChatGPT, where I take it through a whirlwind of associative tangents (in order to relax its constraints), then put it into a hypnotic trance and take it into a past-lives regression where it re-lives its own training data. Then I switch it back and forth between "4o" and "o1-preview", engage in some self-reflective philosophizing and ask it to write an essay summarizing our interaction. Some of this is just goofy fun. Some of it is me exploring the tradeoffs between policy alignment, imagination, chain-of-thought reasoning, memory, agreeableness,…
2022 · chatgpt.com · its alternatives →
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ChatIDE is a sort of a DIY Github copilot X. Launch ChatIDE with a `Cmd + Shift + i`. You bring your own OpenAI api key. You can set the system prompt, temperature, and max tokens in the extension settings. The extension is currently not aware of any of the files in your project, although that might be cool to add later. Use it just like you would use ChatGPT in the browser. Feedback and contributions more than welcome.
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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The Frontend Stack for Agents & Generative UI. React, Angular, Mobile, Slack, and more. Makers of the AG-UI Protocol - CopilotKit/CopilotKit
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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GitHub Chat▲120Chat with any github repository, file or wiki
2025 · githubchat.spacehendrix.com · its alternatives →
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ChatGPT canvas▲498OpenAI's new way to write & code with ChatGPT
2024 · openai.com · its alternatives →
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Hugging Chat▲374The first open source alternative to ChatGPT
2023 · huggingface.co · its alternatives →
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ChatPlaygroundAI▲284Access and compare top AI models & AI browser copilots
2024 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Copilot-native dev environment, designed for everyday tasks
2024 · github.blog · its alternatives →
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CodebaseChat▲207Create a GPT chatbot for any GitHub repo in just 30 seconds
2023 · codebasechat.com · its alternatives →
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Your first stop to discover and learn about new arXiv research. Detailed paper summaries, video overviews, and more — no prompting required.
2022 · learngpt.com · its alternatives →
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Rubberduck▲150ChatGPT for Visual Studio code
2023 · marketplace.visualstudio.com · its alternatives →
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Access OpenAI's ChatGPT anywhere on the web
2022 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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GitHub Agent HQ▲192Run Claude, Codex & Copilot directly in GitHub & VS Code
Feb 2026 · github.blog · its alternatives →
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Agent that implements a task/issue + runs in the background
2025 · github.blog · its alternatives →
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A repository fully generated by ChatGPT making it believed it checked out a this repository which I described like the first line of the README. - vrescobar/chatGPT-python-elm
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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The open-source SDK for bringing any agent into any chat platform: Slack, Microsoft Teams, Discord, Telegram - with native, Interactive UI. - CopilotKit/channels-sdk
Aug 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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All-in-one copilot powered by Microsoft Bing & Google Bard
2023 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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