GitHub Copilot CLI

Where GitHub Copilot CLI keeps its logs

GitHub Copilot CLI logs to ~/.copilot/ on Windows. 1 other Windows log location is recorded below.

GitHub Copilot CLI logs to ~/.copilot/ on macOS. 1 other macOS log location is recorded below.

GitHub Copilot CLI logs to ~/.copilot/ on Linux. 1 other Linux log location is recorded below.

Paths are printed exactly as GitHub Copilot CLI writes them. Environment variables like %LOCALAPPDATA% and $XDG_STATE_HOME are never expanded, so a path can be pasted straight into a shell. Where a path differs between installer types or shipping flavours, each one is racked as its own card below - why that happens.

Finding your way around Windows, macOS and Linux.