Why you need the new GitHub Copilot desktop app

GitHub announces the GitHub Copilot desktop app is now generally available for macOS, Windows, and Linux.

Overview

The video introduces the GitHub Copilot app as an agent-native desktop experience intended to act as a control center across GitHub “primitives” (work that spans multiple repositories and workflows).

Key points highlighted:

• General availability (GA) for:
  • macOS
  • Windows
  • Linux
• Designed to reduce context loss when running multiple agents across different repositories.
• Mentions workflow features aimed at safer parallel work:
  • Isolated git work trees
  • Agent merge to help manage and combine parallel agent work safely and efficiently