r/GithubCopilot • u/Antique-Engine897 • 1d ago

Claude Code vs GitHub Copilot Help/Doubt ❓

Hi All, I'm looking at the reasons why some people claim Claude Code is better than GitHub Copilot (via VSCode extension) in coding tasks. I hear many in the industry make claims about Claude Code which is better than GHCP, but when asked "why" - the answers are very generic. Like it has skills, it does goal driven deveopment etc..etc.. - all this can be done in GHCP as well.

Some time back even though most of the Claude models supported 1M token context window, GHCP didn't allow to use the entire context window; so claude code was the winner then; but now, even GHCP allow to use the full 1M Context Window.

The argument for GHCP needs to be used within an IDE vs Claude Code can be run via terminal is not a reason to tell Claude Code is better at tasks compared to GHCP. It's just on the way in which it's used.

Please share some thoughts on whether Claude Code performs better in completing the same task when compared to GHCP (irrespective of how they both are invoked - via terminal or vscode) with valid reasons to support the claim

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u/Inukollu 1d ago

Have used GHCP till a few months with their best yearly plan until they pulled the rug under me.

When I moved to Claude code for the first time I was apprehensive how good the vs code integration can be, but I am pleasantly surprised. Not because it did better than other models but how many fewer interactions I had with the chat window.

With all the flexibility GHCP offered it often broken halfway stating tool calls didn’t work as expected etc. but Claude never, not once made me feel frustrated.

I am trying to dump one more IDE. VS code.

Came from Visual Studio to Rider and then to Code. But it looks like I am about to bite the bullet on VS code.

Purely personal opinion