Get GitHub Copilot on macOS and Linux Now!
The GitHub Copilot app is an agent-native desktop experience for finding, running, steering, and landing software work across your GitHub repositories
Get GitHub Copilot with one command
Pick your system, reveal the step-by-step guide, copy the command, paste it into your terminal and press Enter. This command comes from the project's public source.
Not available for Windows yet.
GitHub Copilot doesn't publish an install command for Windows anywhere we can verify, so there's nothing for us to show you. We won't invent one. It does document one for macOS and Linux — switch to that tab.
Pastes into PowerShell and installs GitHub Copilot on your Windows machine in one step. Runs as your normal user account, and needs no administrator rights.
Not available for macOS yet.
GitHub Copilot doesn't publish an install command for macOS or Linux anywhere we can verify, so there's nothing for us to show you. We won't invent one.
Installs GitHub Copilot on your macOS or Linux machine and links it into your PATH — after this,
GitHub Copilot just works from any directory. Runs as your normal user account, and needs no administrator rights.
How to set up GitHub Copilot, step by step
Open Terminal. On a Mac it's in Applications ▸ Utilities, or press Cmd+Space and type Terminal. On Linux, press Ctrl+Alt+T. Paste the command and press Enter.
Run GitHub Copilot --help to see the available commands, and
GitHub Copilot --version to confirm the install worked. If your shell complains about
permissions, that project usually documents a corrected command on its own site.
This asks Homebrew to fetch GitHub Copilot and link it into /opt/homebrew/bin (Apple Silicon) or /usr/local/bin (Intel), so you can run it by name.
GitHub Copilot at a glance
- Installs with a single
command —
Homebrew. - Installs on macOS / Linux.
- Free and open source, with no paid tier and no account needed.
- 2.2k stars — an actively used project.
GitHub Copilot doesn't publish a feature list we can quote, so this is what we verified ourselves.
About GitHub Copilot
The GitHub Copilot app is an agent-native desktop experience for finding, running, steering, and landing software work across your GitHub repositories
| Category | AI agent |
|---|---|
| Install method | Homebrew |
| Windows | no install command published |
| macOS / Linux | documented install command available |
| Price | Free and open source |
| Command verified | From project source |
| Popularity | 2.2k stars on the project's public repository |
On mobile
GitHub Copilot is a command-line tool, so there is no phone app for it — a phone has no shell to run it in. You'll need a desktop, or a remote shell into a machine that has one.
GitHub Copilot is developed by its own authors. This page is an independent reference; we are not affiliated with or sponsored by the project. The command shown here was reproduced from the project's public documentation — always check the project's own documentation before running anything.