GitHub Copilot CLI and mistral-vibe, fact by fact
| Fact | GitHub Copilot CLI | mistral-vibe |
|---|---|---|
| StarsGitHub Copilot CLI has 6,165 more stars (2.2×). | 11,244Verified 8 Oct 2026 | 5,079Verified 8 Oct 2026 |
| Newest commitBoth committed on the same day. | 7 Oct 20260 days old when we read itVerified 8 Oct 2026 | 6 Oct 20262 days old when we read itVerified 8 Oct 2026 |
| ContributorsGitHub Copilot CLI has 14 more contributors (2.2×). | 26Verified 8 Oct 2026 | 12Verified 8 Oct 2026 |
| LicenseOther against Apache-2.0. | OtherVerified 8 Oct 2026 | Apache-2.0Verified 8 Oct 2026 |
| Latest stable releaseBoth released on the same day. | v1.0.93published 7 Oct 2026Verified 8 Oct 2026 | v2.26.0published 6 Oct 2026Verified 8 Oct 2026 |
| npm downloads | 1,723,666 a week@github/copilotVerified 8 Oct 2026 | not tracked for mistral-vibe |
| PyPI downloads | not tracked for GitHub Copilot CLI | 613,081 a weekmistral-vibeVerified 8 Oct 2026 |
| Homebrew installs | not tracked for GitHub Copilot CLI | 146 in 30 daysmistral-vibeVerified 8 Oct 2026 |
| VS Code installs | not tracked for GitHub Copilot CLI | 42,329mistralai.mistral-vibe-codeVerified 8 Oct 2026 |
| Repository | github/copilot-cliShellVerified 8 Oct 2026 | mistralai/mistral-vibePythonVerified 8 Oct 2026 |
What we know about GitHub Copilot CLI
Copilot CLI bills the agent from a dollar-denominated credit balance rather than per token: Pro carries $15 of GitHub AI Credits a month, Pro+ $70 and Max $200.
“Credits used when interacting with Copilot features. Chat, agent mode, code review, Copilot cloud agent, Copilot CLI, and Copilot Apps consume GitHub AI Credits. Free plan supports CLI and agent mode.”
Work across code and GitHub state — issues, pull requests, repositories — in one session, because the agent ships with GitHub's MCP server enabled.
“- **MCP-powered extensibility:** Take advantage of the fact that the coding agent ships with GitHub's MCP server by default and supports custom MCP servers to extend capabilities.”
Hold one very long session: at 95% of the token limit Copilot compacts the history in the background instead of stopping.
“Auto-compaction : When your conversation approaches 95% of the token limit, Copilot automatically compresses your history in the background without interrupting your workflow. This enables virtually infinite sessions.”
Agree the scope before any code is written: plan mode asks clarifying questions and produces a plan first.
“In plan mode, Copilot analyzes your request, asks clarifying questions to understand scope and requirements, and builds a plan before writing any code.”
Your employer can switch the tool off: when Copilot comes from an organization, an administrator must enable the Copilot CLI policy first.
“GitHub Copilot CLI is available with all Copilot plans. If you receive Copilot from an organization, the Copilot CLI policy must be enabled in the organization's settings.”
You cannot bring an arbitrary model: one that lacks tool calling or streaming makes the CLI return an error, and GitHub asks for a 128k context window.
“Models used with Copilot CLI must support tool calling (function calling) and streaming . If the model does not support these capabilities, Copilot CLI will return an error. For best results, the model should have a context window of at least 128k tokens.”
Model access fails in the field: a 403 on listing models is open with 30 comments, and sporadic policy blocking on model retrieval is open with 29.
“Failed to list models: 403 : unauthorized: not authorized to use this Copilot feature”
A developer with no GitHub Copilot subscription who wants an agent on day one should pick OpenCode or Crush; Copilot CLI needs an active Copilot plan.
“- An **active Copilot subscription**. See [Copilot plans](https://github.com/features/copilot/plans?ref_cta=Copilot+plans+signup&ref_loc=install-copilot-cli&ref_page=docs).”
What GitHub Copilot CLI costs
Copilot CLI is on the $0 Free plan; paid plans are Pro at $10 per user per month, Pro+ at $39 and Max at $100.
“Pro · For everyday coding with agents in GitHub Copilot. · $ 10 USD per user / month”
The Max plan is built for sustained agent work and carries $100 a month of GitHub AI Credits.
“GitHub Copilot Max is built for heavy Copilot usage, including sustained agent-driven workflows, and includes $100/month in GitHub AI Credits.”
What we know about mistral-vibe
Mistral Vibe sets its risk level by picking one of four named agent profiles — ask, plan, accept-edits and auto-approve — rather than by editing a permission table, and accept-edits, which auto-approves edits but not shell commands, is the shipped default.
“- **`ask`**: Requires approval for tool executions. · - **`plan`**: Read-only agent for exploration and planning. Auto-approves safe tools like `grep` and `read`. · - **`accept-edits`**: The default agent. Auto-approves file edits only (`write_file`, `edit`). Useful for code refactoring. · - **`a…”
Refactor with edits applied but shell commands still gated: that is the shipped default, the `accept-edits` agent.
“- **`accept-edits`**: The default agent. Auto-approves file edits only (`write_file`, `edit`). Useful for code refactoring.”
Run two agent sessions on one repository at once: `--worktree` claims a fresh git worktree per session on a `vibe/<name>` branch, so the checkouts cannot collide.
“Unlike the named form, this never reuses an existing worktree: Vibe claims a free name, adding `-2`, `-3` and so on if needed, so two sessions started at once can never land in the same checkout. The branch is always `vibe/<name>`, matching the worktrees Le Chat Desktop creates.”
Hand the agent a screenshot: `.png`, `.jpg`, `.jpeg`, `.gif` and `.webp` attach through `@` mentions as native multimodal content.
“- Image attachments via `@` mentions — `.png`, `.jpg`, `.jpeg`, `.gif`, `.webp` files are sent to vision-capable models (e.g. Mistral Medium 3.5) as native multimodal content.”
Windows is not a supported target, only a working one; Mistral tests and aims at UNIX.
“> [!WARNING] · > Mistral Vibe works on Windows, but we officially support and target UNIX environments.”
There is no bring-your-own-provider path in the default setup: Vibe asks for a Mistral API key from console.mistral.ai and stores it in `~/.vibe/.env`.
“To use Vibe, you'll need a Mistral API key. You can obtain one by signing up at [https://console.mistral.ai](https://console.mistral.ai).”
Interrupting the agent can break the turn: after an interrupt Vibe emits two user messages in a row, which the Devstral 2 template rejects, and the issue is open with 16 comments.
“bug: Mistral-Vibe produces multiple user messages in a row after interrupts, which the Devstral 2 template does not allow”
A Windows-first team should pick Crush, whose built-in Bash interpreter makes the same config run on Windows as on Linux.
“Because Crush has a native, built-in Bash interpreter, Bash-based config works identically across all platforms, including Windows.”
What mistral-vibe costs
Mistral's Free plan includes Vibe with limited coding sessions and $10 a month of API credits.
“Limited coding sessions. · State-of-the-art image generation. · Test Mistral models in Studio. · $10 /mo in API credits.”
The Pro plan is $14.99 a month, lifts the cap to all-day coding in the CLI, and carries $30 a month of API credits; Team is $24.99 per user per month.
“All-day coding in the CLI, IDE, or on web. · More image generations. · $30 /mo in API credits.”
Questions people ask
- Are GitHub Copilot CLI and mistral-vibe still maintained?
- GitHub Copilot CLI committed to github/copilot-cli (main) on 7 Oct 2026. mistral-vibe committed to mistralai/mistral-vibe (main) on 6 Oct 2026. Both readings come from the default branch of each repository, on the date shown beside them.
- What do GitHub Copilot CLI and mistral-vibe cost?
- GitHub Copilot CLI: Copilot CLI is on the $0 Free plan; paid plans are Pro at $10 per user per month, Pro+ at $39 and Max at $100. The Max plan is built for sustained agent work and carries $100 a month of GitHub AI Credits. mistral-vibe: Mistral's Free plan includes Vibe with limited coding sessions and $10 a month of API credits. The Pro plan is $14.99 a month, lifts the cap to all-day coding in the CLI, and carries $30 a month of API credits; Team is $24.99 per user per month. Every figure here is quoted from the vendor's own page and linked beside the claim.
- Is GitHub Copilot CLI or mistral-vibe open source?
- GitHub Copilot CLI's repository github/copilot-cli reports the Other licence. mistral-vibe's repository mistralai/mistral-vibe reports the Apache-2.0 licence. We read the licence GitHub reports for the repository, which is not the same question as whether the hosted product is free.
How we check this page
- Machine facts. Stars, contributors, the newest commit on the default branch, the licence GitHub reports and the latest stable release come from the GitHub API, and download counts from npm, PyPI, Homebrew and the VS Code Marketplace. Each value carries the day it was last confirmed, never the day this page was built. The line under each label is arithmetic on those two values.
- Judgments. Every claim about what a tool suits, what it is bad at and what it costs is quoted from a page we read, and that page is linked beside the claim. Where there is no link, we wrote no claim.
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