Coding agentsFree plan
GitHub
Where code lives: repos, pull requests, reviews and CI. Copilot is built in.
Our take
Where your code, pull requests and checks live; every coding agent works with it.
Easy to start3/5
Quality of results5/5
Free plan value5/5
Safety and privacy5/5
Our own rating for learners: we score ease for beginners, quality of results, value of the free plan, and safety for families, then average them.
What it includes
- Repos and history
- Pull requests and reviews
- Actions for CI
- Copilot built in
Quick start
Your first ten minutes with GitHub.
- Make an account and a new private repo.
- Push your project to it.
- Open a pull request for one change.
- Add a simple test workflow so every change runs the tests.
Good for
- Keeping code safe in a repo
- Reviewing pull requests
- Running tests on every change (CI)
Tip
Protect the main branch so changes go through a pull request.
Watch out
Never commit secrets; use the repo secrets settings instead.