Hey,
Just wanted to share with the community that today we discovered we have been paying for idle GitHub Copilot seats in our GitHub organization for months! This can be easily accounted for hundreds if not thousands of dollars yearly.
The funny thing is GitHub doesn't really make it easy to spot this. You have to dig into the Billing section of your org setting (require org owner privilege or manage billing permission) and get an activity report of those seats.
It is quite a hassle to see right away who's not actively using their Copilot seat assignments.
Hence I made a tiny open‑source tool that:
1. Connects via GitHub OAuth
2. Lists every Copilot seat and last‑activity date
3. Highlights seats inactive for 90+ days
4. Optionally disabling these idle seats for you
I hope it is useful for you too.
The code is fully open-sourced at https://github.com/LeeU1911/copilot-lic-mon
Disclaimer:
The report is completely free and is shown right after logging with GitHub. If you want one‑click seat disabling, there’s a small fee (or you can always revoke seats manually via GitHub).
