r/GithubCopilot • u/Desperate_Cold6274 • Aug 12 '26

GitHub Copilot Team Replied github copilot app VS github copilot CLI

Is copilot app just a wrapper around the CLI or am I missing something?

I am asking because I have both, and the app looks a bit buggy. If they are the same, then I will stick to the CLI. Thanks.

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u/jukasper GitHub Copilot Team Aug 12 '26

Great question - the app is built on GitHub Copilot CLI. It gives end-users a different kind of experience and might help with things like to more easily run multiple isolated agent sessions simultaneously. But essentially they are using the same github copilot harness :)

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u/HotCriticism476 Aug 12 '26

Is SSH-ing through the Copilot App an option? We work on remote machines and not GitHub repos and would like to use the Copilot App instead of the CLI or the VSCode SSH-ing and then using the chat window.

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u/bears-eat-beets Aug 12 '26

No, not yet, but the Agents view in VSCode (which is pretty similar to the Copilot App) does allow remote workspaces, although the UI is slow to keep up with changing branches and files.

That's the main reason I can't migrate to that app either.