Stackness

Claude Code vs GitHub Copilot

Claude Code

8 members list Claude Code, up 8 in the last 12 weeks, data as of 18 September 2026

GitHub Copilot

3 members list GitHub Copilot, up 3 in the last 12 weeks, data as of 18 September 2026

How has interest in each changed?

Collected from public datasets outside Stackness, not from stacks on this site. A series both tools have shares one chart and one scale, because its unit is the same for both. Data sources

Mentions, monthly

Claude Code: Hacker News mentions: 1 mention (2024) to 1,667 mentions (2026)

GitHub Copilot: Hacker News mentions: 7 mentions (2021) to 360 mentions (2026)

Claude CodeGitHub Copilot
20212022202320252026

Imported from Hacker News mentions

Installs, monthly

Claude Code: Homebrew analytics installs: 79,995 installs (2026)

GitHub Copilot: Homebrew analytics installs: 18,225 installs (2026)

Claude CodeGitHub Copilot

Imported from Homebrew analytics

Installs, yearly

Claude Code: Homebrew analytics installs: 1,173,923 installs (2026)

GitHub Copilot: Homebrew analytics installs: 216,929 installs (2026)

Claude CodeGitHub Copilot

Imported from Homebrew analytics

Questions asked, monthly

Claude Code: Stack Exchange data explorer questions asked: 1 question (2025) to 4 questions (2026)

GitHub Copilot: Stack Exchange data explorer questions asked: 5 questions (2021) to 4 questions (2026)

Claude CodeGitHub Copilot
20212022202420252026

Imported from Stack Exchange data explorer

Usage share, yearly

Claude Code: Stack Overflow developer survey usage share: 9.75 % of respondents (2025)

GitHub Copilot: Stack Overflow developer survey usage share: 85.23 % of respondents (2023) to 42.81 % of respondents (2024)

Claude CodeGitHub Copilot
202320242025

Imported from Stack Overflow developer survey

Pageviews, monthly

Claude Code: Wikipedia pageviews: 3 views (2024) to 132,501 views (2026)

GitHub Copilot: Wikipedia pageviews: 8,154 views (2021) to 8,041 views (2026)

Claude CodeGitHub Copilot
20212022202420252026

Imported from Wikipedia pageviews

Series only one of them has

  • Claude Code: npm downloads: 147,648 downloads (2025) to 82,199,042 downloads (2026). Imported from npm downloads.

Who uses both?

1 member lists both Claude Code and GitHub Copilot.

No member has recorded moving from one to the other yet.

What do people pair them with?

Tools that members list in the same stack as each of them.

Paired with both

Only with Claude Code

Only with GitHub Copilot

Which moves use Claude Code?