Restricted to student (GitHub Student Developer Pack) applicants — not generally available. As of 2026-09-09, education.github.com/pack reads: GitHub Copilot Student is available to verified students… Our stored GitHub terms are superseded and withheld. See the recorded change history.
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Restricted to student (GitHub Student Developer Pack) applicants — not generally available. As of 2026-09-09, education.github.com/pack reads: GitHub Copilot Student is available to verified students… We are not publishing our stored GitHub terms beside it — our own pricing change record, discovered 2026-09-09, names them as the previous ones. GitHub warrants caution — discovered 2026-09-09: GitHub Copilot access for students is now limited. Previously offering full access, it now offers a plan with 'limited chat and agent usage with models available through auto model selection only'. Additionally, new Copilot Student signups are paused until 2026-04-20 due to infrastructure strain. Source: https://education.github.com/pack Monitor for further changes.
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Superseded: As of 2026-09-09, education.github.com/pack reads: GitHub Copilot Student is available to verified students. The plan includes unlimited code completions and an allowance of GitHub AI Credits, plus limited chat and agent usage with models available through auto model selection only. We are not publishing our stored GitHub terms beside it — our own pricing change record, discovered 2026-09-09, names them as the previous ones. Read what we recorded ↓
We read that on 2026-09-24 from https://education.github.com/pack, and our check recorded: the page names GitHub as "github" and states amounts, none of which we matched to the terms we publish.
GitHub Copilot access for students is now limited. Previously offering full access, it now offers a plan with 'limited chat and agent usage with models available through auto model selection only'. Additionally, new Copilot Student signups are paused until 2026-04-20 due to infrastructure strain. Source ↗
Before: Free access to GitHub Pro, JetBrains, Namecheap domain, and 100+ developer tools for verified students. Includes GitHub Copilot (new Copilot Student signups paused 2026-04-20 due to infrastructure strain — existing students unaffected), Codespaces, and Actions minutes
After: GitHub Copilot Student is available to verified students. The plan includes unlimited code completions and an allowance of GitHub AI Credits, plus limited chat and agent usage with models available through auto model selection only.
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Restricted to student (GitHub Student Developer Pack) applicants — not generally available. As of 2026-09-09, education.github.com/pack reads: GitHub Copilot Student is available to verified students. The plan includes unlimited code completions and an allowance of GitHub AI Credits, plus limited chat and agent usage with models available through auto model selection only. We are not publishing our stored GitHub terms beside it — our own pricing change record, discovered 2026-09-09, names them as the previous ones. What our record says changed: GitHub Copilot access for students is now limited. Previously offering full access, it now offers a plan with 'limited chat and agent usage with models available through auto model selection only'. Additionally, new Copilot Student signups are paused until 2026-04-20 due to infrastructure strain. Source: https://education.github.com/pack
What is GitHub's free tier?
Restricted to student (GitHub Student Developer Pack) applicants — not generally available. GitHub's free tier is called "Student Pack". As of 2026-09-09, education.github.com/pack reads: GitHub Copilot Student is available to verified students. The plan includes unlimited code completions and an allowance of GitHub AI Credits, plus limited chat and agent usage with models available through auto model selection only. We are not publishing our stored GitHub terms beside it — our own pricing change record, discovered 2026-09-09, names them as the previous ones.
Is GitHub's free tier good for production?
Restricted to student (GitHub Student Developer Pack) applicants — not generally available. As of 2026-09-09, education.github.com/pack reads: GitHub Copilot Student is available to verified students… We are not publishing our stored GitHub terms beside it — our own pricing change record, discovered 2026-09-09, names them as the previous ones. Until we have re-read the page we cannot say what capacity GitHub gives you, so we are not recommending it for production on figures we have already superseded.
What changed in GitHub's pricing?
GitHub has had 1 recorded pricing change. Most recently: GitHub Copilot access for students is now limited. Previously offering full access, it now offers a plan with 'limited chat and agent usage with models available through auto model selection only'. Additionally, new Copilot Student signups are paused until 2026-04-20 due to infrastructure strain. Source: https://education.github.com/pack (discovered 2026-09-09).
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