# github/gh-copilot

Ask for assistance right in your terminal.

Repository: https://github.com/github/gh-copilot
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/gh-copilot
Homepage: https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/github-copilot-in-the-cli
License Family: other
Topics: gh-extension
Archived: true
Last push: 2025-10-30T21:18:49+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 49, release rhythm 30, longevity 74
- inputs: {"age_days": 1042, "days_push": 307, "days_rel": 307, "gap_med": 120.5, "n_releases_24m": 5}
- flags: archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1151, forks 88 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:46.703930+00:00)

## What it is
A GitHub CLI extension providing a chat-like AI assistant in the terminal that suggests shell commands and explains what commands do. It has been deprecated in favor of the new GitHub Copilot CLI.

## Use cases
- suggest a shell command for a task from natural language
- explain what an unfamiliar shell command does
- get terminal help without leaving the command line
- generate shell aliases with AI assistance

## When to choose
- you are already on the new GitHub Copilot CLI and want history of this extension
- you need a legacy gh extension for Copilot command suggestions on an old setup

## When to avoid
- starting a new project - it was deprecated October 2025 in favor of github/copilot-cli
- you do not have an active GitHub Copilot subscription
- you need 32-bit Android support

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: cli, chatbot, llm-inference, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, artificial-intelligence
- platform: cli, cross-platform, windows
- tags: gh-extension, github-copilot, terminal-assistant, shell-commands, deprecated, command-line, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- github/gh-copilot (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:46.703930+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:33:36.622554+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/github/gh-copilot (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:46.703930+00:00, sha 7e712041dd6e)
  - homepage: https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/github-copilot-in-the-cli (fetched 2026-08-29T12:38:36.510062+00:00, sha 1358e36dbbc5)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.