Access Copilot Pro for free as a teacher or open source maintainer

Get free access to Copilot Pro as a verified teacher or open-source maintainer.

About free GitHub Copilot Pro access

There are two ways to qualify for free access to Copilot Pro:

As a verified teacher on GitHub Education. To become a verified teacher, see AUTOTITLE.
As a maintainer of a popular open-source repository. To check your eligibility, see Accessing Copilot Pro for free.

GitHub reevaluates your eligibility every month.

If you have been granted free access to Copilot as a verified student, teacher, or maintainer of a popular open source project, you won’t be able to cancel your plan. For more information about managing your plan, see AUTOTITLE.

What if I don't qualify for free access to Copilot Pro?

If you do not meet the previous criteria, you can do one of the following:

Subscribe to Copilot Pro, Copilot Pro+, or Copilot Max for a paid plan with access to premium models.
Set up Copilot Free to get a limited experience of Copilot without a paid plan. See AUTOTITLE.

Accessing Copilot Pro for free

In the upper-right corner of any page, click your profile picture, then click copilot Copilot settings.
If you qualify for free access to Copilot, you will see a page titled "GitHub Copilot Pro" informing you that you are eligible. Click Get access to GitHub Copilot.
On the page that appears, configure the Copilot use policies to meet your needs, then click Save and complete.