We’re excited to announce that the GitHub Copilot for Eclipse plugin is going open source under the MIT license and will be hosted on GitHub under the microsoft organization in the coming weeks.

By open-sourcing the project, we’re inviting the community to contribute, extend, and innovate, helping shape a more powerful and inclusive AI development experience for everyone in the open source ecosystem. 

Why are we open‑sourcing Copilot for Eclipse?

Over the last few months, we’ve heard consistent requests from the community and from real users who rely on GitHub Copilot for Eclipse, asking for the project to be open sourced. At the same time, many core interaction patterns and integration approaches have matured, making it a good moment to open the code and enable the community to refine and build on these shared experiences.

Open‑sourcing the GitHub Copilot for Eclipse plugin allows us to be more transparent about how the plugin works, welcome broader community contributions, and evolve the product in closer collaboration with Eclipse developers and maintainers.

What’s next

We’ll continue to: 

• Evolve GitHub Copilot features in Eclipse
• Work closely with the developer community 
• Explore additional collaboration opportunities as the ecosystem evolves