# Open Source AI Editor: First Milestone

DevFeed: [Open Source AI Editor: First Milestone](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/open-source-ai-editor-first-milestone-4022.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2025/06/30/openSourceAIEditorFirstMilestone>)

Author: The VS Code team

Published: 2025-06-30T00:00:00Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [Visual Studio Code - Code Editing. Redefined.](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/visual-studio-code-code-editing-redefined.md>)

Topics: [AI Chat](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-chat.md>), [AI Bots](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-bots.md>)

Tags: [agent](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agent.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [blog](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blog.md>), [copilot](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/copilot.md>), [extension](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/extension.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [github-copilot](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github-copilot.md>), [llms](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/llms.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [pull-requests](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pull-requests.md>), [telemetry](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/telemetry.md>), [vs-code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vs-code.md>)

## AI overview

VS Code has open-sourced the GitHub Copilot Chat extension under the MIT license as its first milestone toward becoming an open-source AI editor.

## Source excerpt

We are open sourcing the GitHub Copilot Chat extension. It's the first milestone in making VS Code an open source AI editor. Read the full article