--- title: GitHub Copilot App Is Actually Good… Just Not with Copilot description: A creator reviews the GitHub Copilot desktop app, arguing it's actually a solid GitHub notification/PR/issue triage dashboard for Linux, Mac, and Windows,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/github-copilot-app-is-actually-good-just-not-with-copilot-nrl7lxzbn twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: GitHub Copilot App Is Actually Good… Just Not with Copilot | daily.dev og:description: A creator reviews the GitHub Copilot desktop app, arguing it's actually a solid GitHub notification/PR/issue triage dashboard for Linux, Mac, and Windows,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/github-copilot-app-is-actually-good-just-not-with-copilot-nrl7lxzbn og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/nrl7lXzBN.png og:image:alt: GitHub Copilot App Is Actually Good… Just Not with Copilot og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # GitHub Copilot App Is Actually Good… Just Not with Copilot **[Chris Titus Tech](https://daily.dev/sources/christitustech)** · 8 min read · 16 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary A creator reviews the GitHub Copilot desktop app, arguing it's actually a solid GitHub notification/PR/issue triage dashboard for Linux, Mac, and Windows, despite disliking the Copilot branding and subscription push. He recommends bypassing GitHub's own Copilot subscription by routing the app through an open-source proxy (CLI Proxy API) to use existing OpenAI, Anthropic, or Codex subscriptions instead. He demonstrates using it to prioritize issues, triage repos across 100+ projects, sync local repos with GitHub, and make quick PR scaffolding, while noting he still prefers his own CLI-based workflow for actual coding. The video also includes a sponsored segment for Blacksmith, a GitHub Actions runner replacement that reportedly cut CI run times significantly. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How can I use GitHub Copilot's app with my own OpenAI or Anthropic subscription instead of paying for Copilot? Route requests through the open-source project CLI proxy API, which has around 60,000 GitHub stars. In the Copilot app's settings under model providers, skip the GitHub option and add a provider pointed at the proxy, which forwards calls to your existing Claude or OpenAI subscription instead of billing per-API-call rates that can get expensive fast. _daily.dev surfaces workflow tricks like this for developers juggling multiple AI subscriptions and coding tools._ ### What can the GitHub Copilot desktop app do besides AI chat? It works as a dashboard for managing GitHub notifications, issues, and pull requests across many repositories, showing review requests, active branches, and recent activity in one front end. It supports natural-language chat commands like prioritizing outstanding issues, checking which local repos are behind main, or pulling in all GitHub projects not yet added to the app. _developers tracking dozens of repos can find similar dashboard and triage tips on daily.dev._ ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@khevlar** · 0 upvotes > It sounds useful, but the Copilot branding feels misleading if the main value is really GitHub management rather than AI coding. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [GitHub takes aim at Claude Code and Codex with its new Copilot app](https://daily.dev/posts/github-takes-aim-at-claude-code-and-codex-with-its-new-copilot-app-u5mftvizf) · The New Stack · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [GitHub Copilot app is now available in technical preview](https://daily.dev/posts/github-copilot-app-is-now-available-in-technical-preview-il6nmtnxx) · GitHub Changelog · 7 upvotes · 3 comments - [GitHub Copilot app for Beginners: Getting started](https://daily.dev/posts/github-copilot-app-for-beginners-getting-started-xmhu8qors) · GitHub Blog · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - 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