Visual Studio Code, the popular development text editor and IDE, has rolled out its big July 2025 release. The v1.103 update adds new Git and terminal integrations, better language support, and more.

You’re not making a clone of the repo; instead you’re using GitHub’s APIs to work directly against your cloud-hosted code. Github.dev isn’t a replacement for a local editor.

Learn how to add a GitHub repository to VS Code as well as how to install a handy extension to manage pull requests and issues.

GitHub Copilot is an OpenAI-powered Visual Studio Code extension that can suggest lines of code or entire functions as you type.

GitHub has unveiled a new free plan for GitHub Copilot in VS Code, which is available immediately and only requires a GitHub account , according to the announcement post.