Hi! Thank you for the research! It's a little sad that there is no free offer. However, the official price is 15$ per user, and it is unlikely that it will suddenly become free for a large number of developers. Somebody will still have to pay for the tokens used by models.
A good comment comes from [image: assignuser]Jacob Wujciak <https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=assignuser> from https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-26698 - > you can still request the copilot review if you have access to it on your account, the repo setting is just for automatically requesting it. Indeed we still could use our personal accounts (it's still only 15$ per month) and review or make our personal PRs using Copilot. On Mon, May 11, 2026 at 6:20 AM Dianjin Wang <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > During last week’s biweekly community meeting, we briefly discussed > the idea of introducing AI-assisted code review. I did some follow-up > research and wanted to share findings and get more input from the > community. > > From what I can see, there are some constraints in Apache repositories > that may not align with our initial expectations. In particular, two > popular AI code review tools—GitHub Copilot and CodeRabbit (which is > free for open source)—currently cannot be enabled at the repository > level under ASF policies: > > * CodeRabbit requires write access to the repository, which conflicts > with ASF’s rule that only committers have write permissions. Relevant > discussions: > - https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-27676 > - https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-26837 > * GitHub Copilot is not free in this context. Based on Infra discussions: > - https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-26698 > - https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-27132 > > It seems unlikely that ASF Infra will enable this by default for now > due to budget constraints. However, individuals with Copilot Pro can > still use it when reviewing pull requests. > > As a possible workaround, one option is to fetch pull requests > locally, run an AI code review tool on the changes in your local > environment, and then manually copy the suggestions or comments back > into the corresponding PR on GitHub. While not fully automated, this > could still provide value. > > Would love to hear if others have explored similar approaches or if > there are alternative tools or workflows that better fit within ASF > constraints. > > Looking forward to your thoughts. > > Best, > Dianjin Wang > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
