GitHub Copilot vs VSCode DMs

Overview

VSCode DMs

Stacks6

Followers9

Votes0

GitHub Stars91

Forks2

GitHub Copilot

Stacks234

Followers123

Votes0

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Detailed Comparison

VSCode DMs	GitHub Copilot
Direct Messages is a simple way of messaging your developer friends and collaborating with them through VSCode. Level up your collaboration experience—create Group DMs, share code snippets, debug bugs (or add new features), and check your developer friends' activity status—all through your GitHub handle.	It is an AI pair programmer that helps you write code faster and with less work. It draws context from comments and code, and suggests individual lines and whole functions instantly.
Quickly sign-in through your GitHub account to get started; The extension fetches all your mutual contacts from GitHub to whom you can message right away; Know when your friends are online by simply checking their status; Share screenshots of bugs, features, or anything you wish by pasting the image in the chatbox; Share code snippets to your most recent conversation in one click.	Extends your editor; Speaks all the languages you love; More than autocomplete; Convert comments to code
Statistics
GitHub Stars 91	GitHub Stars -
GitHub Forks 2	GitHub Forks -
Stacks 6	Stacks 234
Followers 9	Followers 123
Votes 0	Votes 0
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