How to Integrate GitHub Copilot with Ollama

Updated on:

June 5, 2026

By:

Madhav Bhandari

Use this interactive demo to learn how to integrate GitHub Copilot with Ollama.

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Here’s how to integrate GitHub Copilot with Ollama:

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Click on the Copilot Chat button in VS Code Insiders.
Click on the model picker at the bottom of the chat panel.
You can then select 'Manage Models...'
Select 'Ollama', once configured, the selected Ollama model will be used for your Copilot Chat interactions and potentially for inline suggestions, depending on the current capabilities of the extension.

📌 Why this matters

Integrating GitHub Copilot with Ollama lets you run AI code assistance entirely on your local machine instead of sending your code to external servers. This gives you full control over your intellectual property and coding patterns while maintaining the conversational AI experience you expect from Copilot Chat.

Beyond privacy, local models can be fine-tuned for your specific codebase or domain requirements, creating a personalized coding assistant that understands your team's conventions and architectural patterns better than generic cloud models.

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