Comparison - AI coding agent

Winy vs GitHub Copilot CLI

Copilot CLI is GitHub's agent in your terminal; Winy is the board where Copilot CLI runs as a card beside your notes.

GitHub Copilot CLI is a GitHub-native coding agent for the terminal that works directly with your issues and pull requests, and it is included in every Copilot plan.

Winy is a native infinite-canvas notebook for Mac, iPad and iPhone, where any CLI agent, Copilot CLI included, runs as a live terminal card on the board next to your notes, ink and images.

Winy has no model of its own, so it does not replace Copilot CLI: it gives your Copilot CLI sessions a place on the board where you can see them and think around them.

At a glance

Question	Winy	GitHub Copilot CLI
What it is	A canvas notebook where agent sessions are cards	GitHub's coding agent for the terminal
Writes code itself	No, the agents on the board do	Yes - from /plan to merged code
Models	None of its own; runs the agents you use	Anthropic, Google and OpenAI models, switch with /model
Where it runs	Mac, iPad and iPhone; the Mac runs the agents	Terminal on macOS, Linux and Windows
Many agents at once	Many sessions, any agent, as cards on one board	Parallel subagents with /fleet
Notes and sketches	Text, notes, ink, arrows and images on the board	Not a notebook; works from issues and PRs
Open source	No	No, GitHub's own license
Price	Early access, join the waitlist	In every Copilot plan, Free included; uses AI Credits

Which one is for you

Choose GitHub Copilot CLI if

You want the agent itself, tied into GitHub: Copilot CLI works with your issues and pull requests directly.
You already have Copilot: the CLI is included in every plan from Free to Enterprise.
You want to fan work out to parallel subagents with /fleet and pick models from several labs.

Choose Winy if

You run Copilot CLI next to Claude Code, Codex or other CLI agents and want all of them on one board.
You want your notes, sketches and arrows beside the agent, and visible to it.
You want to zoom out and see which agents are working and which are waiting on you, from your Mac, iPad or iPhone.

Using both

Use both. Copilot CLI runs in a terminal card on the Winy canvas, a real session on your Mac signed in to your GitHub account. Keep the issue you are working on, a sketch and your notes beside it, run another agent in the next card, and zoom out to see which agents are working and which are waiting on you.

Questions

Does Winy work with GitHub Copilot CLI?

Yes. Winy runs any CLI agent as a live terminal card, and Copilot CLI runs in the terminal as the copilot command.

Is GitHub Copilot CLI free?

Copilot CLI is included in every Copilot plan, including Copilot Free, and each agent interaction uses your plan's AI Credits. Paid plans start at $10 a month for Pro. On Business and Enterprise an admin has to enable it.

Can I use Copilot CLI on an iPad?

Copilot CLI runs on macOS, Linux and Windows. With Winy, your Mac runs it, and the same board, with the Copilot CLI card on it, opens on your iPad and iPhone.

Can I run Copilot CLI and Claude Code side by side?

Yes. In Winy each one is a card on the same board, next to your notes.

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