**Microsoft plans to open-source the AI features for VS Code. As a first step, Microsoft has released the GitHub Copilot Chat extension on GitHub under the MIT License.**
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## The details
* Now, users can take a look at the code on GitHub to understand how the extension processes prompts and what the application sends to the LLM.
* Microsoft wants to improve the AI features of VS Code together with the AI community. Additionally, this makes the AI features more transparent.
* VS Code has also been open-source for a decade. AI is becoming an essential part of the modern coding experience so that AI features can be developed further alongside VS Code in an open-source manner.
**Our thoughts**
We welcome Microsoft’s move to make VS Code an open AI editor. This encourages transparency and strengthens the open-source community.
**More information:** 🔗 [Microsoft VS Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2025/06/30/openSourceAIEditorFirstMilestone){:target="_blank" rel="noopener"} \| [Heise Online](https://www.heise.de/en/news/Microsoft-releases-GitHub-coding-assistant-for-VS-Code-MIT-license-in-the-future-10469111.html){:target="_blank" rel="noopener"}
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