Migrate from GitHub Copilot to Claude Code
40 public pull requests on GitHub since Oct 2024, in 38 repos, say they move a project from GitHub Copilot to Claude Code. 28 go the other way. Real code changes by developers in general, not only makers — read from the titles, so a PR is counted when its title says "GitHub Copilot to Claude Code".
When they moved
Pull requests a month. Most are recent: 40 in the last 13 months against 0 before. The busiest month was Jun 2026 (12).
The newest 20 pull requests
- chore: migrate Copilot instructions to Claude Code setupALCops/RoslynTestKit · 2026-09-19
- chore: migrate Copilot instructions to Claude Code setupcezarypiatek/RoslynTestKit · 2026-09-19
- Migrate Copilot instructions to Claude Coderobjackstewart/payment-manager · 2026-09-14
- chore: migrate AI-assisted workflows from GitHub Copilot to Claude Codekhaines/deltasharp · 2026-09-07
- ci: automatically return Copilot fix decisions to Claude Codehide212131/hane · 2026-09-05
- chore: migrate Copilot instructions to Claude Code .claude/ setupALCops/Analyzers · 2026-08-26
- feat(copilot): bring GitHub Copilot CLI to parity with Claude Codejmuise/dotfiles · 2026-08-21
- feat(home): auto-bind Copilot key (F23) to the Claude Code launcher on KDE hostspalazzem/hanzo · 2026-08-17
- chore: migrate Copilot instructions to Claude Code native setupaxsaucedo/kaos · 2026-08-15
- Migrate agent instructions from Copilot to Claude Codeenigmatry/entry-angular-building-blocks · 2026-08-05
- chore(ci): migrate agent tooling from Copilot to Claude Code (#87)MrClit/friends-web · 2026-07-28
- feat(claude): copilot + workstreams port to Claude Code (C0–C1)btimothy-har/basecamp · 2026-07-17
- Migrate Dissector from Copilot CLI agent to Claude Code multi-agent systemSufficientDaikon/dissector-agent · 2026-07-12
- feat(models): map Copilot ids to Claude Code canonical ids for native pickerwangcansunking/copilot-reverse · 2026-06-29
- refactor: convert Copilot multi-agent system to Claude Code native packagePact-Community-Organization/pact-kit · 2026-06-28
- docs(readme): update plugin branding from Copilot CLI to Claude Codechatbot-pf/wiki-please · 2026-06-25
- fix(cleanup): Migrate from Copilot to Claude Code and remove unimplemented triage featuresmetanull/appsec-scout-2 · 2026-06-22
- chore: switch primary AI from GitHub Copilot to Claude Codeiodigital-com/io-design-system · 2026-06-19
- chore(build): migrate project configuration from GitHub Copilot to Claude Codeunknown-studios-code/goo-galaxy · 2026-06-18
- (chore): Migrate AI tooling from Copilot to Claude Code and archive promptsgrob-lang/grob · 2026-06-16
GitHub Copilot and Claude Code, side by side
Among makers' products we track for AI coding assistants: GitHub Copilot 27, Claude Code 735.
At developers 1 seat, GitHub Copilot costs $10/mo (Pro) and Claude Code $20/mo (Pro), at list prices.
Where else GitHub Copilot projects go
OpenAI Codex14 PRs
Cursor7 PRs
OpenCode5 PRs
Where else Claude Code's newcomers come from
- Cursor48 PRs
- OpenAI Codex43+ PRs
- OpenCode28 PRs
Questions
How many projects have moved from GitHub Copilot to Claude Code?
40 public pull requests on GitHub since Oct 2024, in 38 repos, have a title saying they move from GitHub Copilot to Claude Code.
Do projects move back from Claude Code to GitHub Copilot?
Yes: 28 pull requests over the same time go from Claude Code to GitHub Copilot, against 40 from GitHub Copilot to Claude Code.
Is Claude Code cheaper than GitHub Copilot?
At developers 1 seat: GitHub Copilot $10/mo (Pro), Claude Code $20/mo (Pro), at list prices.
GitHub search, Oct 2026 (as of 2026-10-02).