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The AI Control API is off until switched on in Settings \u003e Agents, binds to 127.0.0.1 (default port 47821) and needs a bearer token generated by the app, which can be regenerated. The token is also written to `~/.climanager/control-api.json` (mode 600) while the app runs.", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "Free under MIT with nothing to buy since v1.5.0 (8 April 2026). Versions 1.0 to 1.4 had a paid Pro licence, which the commit of 8 April 2026 removed. The owner pays for each agent CLI's own plan or API key.", "priceSummary": "Free · OSS", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the source, the README or the website (checked 2026-10-14). The app has no paid tier.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 12, "popularity": { "githubStars": 15, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-14" }, "docsUrl": "https://climanager.solhun.com/docs/ai-control-api", "llmsTxt": "https://climanager.solhun.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "agent.multi-agent" ], "tags": [ "open-source", "local", "free", "no-card", "mit", "macos", "typescript", "mcp", "llms-txt", "desktop-app" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-13", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 65.8, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 329, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1084, "categoryRank": 9, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 63, "maintenance": 62, "payments": 60, "reliability": 68, "schema": 87, "security": 58, "transparency": 54 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-14" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "An agent can open visible terminal sessions, type into them, wait and read the screen through 12 typed MCP tools or a documented REST API, and the user can take any session back. The API reaches every open session once enabled, the app runs only on macOS, and none of the last 35 CI runs on the main branch passed.", "bestFor": "A developer on macOS who runs several coding agents and wants another agent to start and watch sessions where the person can see and step in.", "strengths": [ "12 MCP tools with typed JSON Schema inputs and server instructions that say when not to focus or close a session", "Off by default, loopback only, bearer token, and Host and Origin checks against DNS rebinding and web pages", "Text is refused while a question or permission prompt is on screen, and Disconnect AI ends an agent's hold on a session", "No telemetry or analytics calls found in the app source. Outbound traffic is the update check against GitHub Releases", "Twelve releases between 17 August and 13 October 2026, each with notes on GitHub" ], "weaknesses": [ "Once switched on, the API can read, type into and close every session in the app, including the user's own", "macOS only, and the API answers only while the desktop app is running and its window is alive", "None of the last 35 CI runs on the main branch passed, and nine Dependabot pull requests were open, the oldest from 18 August 2026", "No MCP tool annotations (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint) and no security policy or security.txt", "The privacy policy covers the website and another product, not the app" ], "agentNotes": [ "Ask the user to switch on Settings \u003e Agents \u003e AI Control API first, then read the URL and token from `~/.climanager/control-api.json`", "On `409 awaiting_input`, read the screen and answer with `keys` such as [\"down\",\"enter\"]. Leave folder-trust and permission choices to the user", "Stop using a session on `409 disconnected`. The user took it back", "Treat `timedOut: true` from `wait` as still running, not as a failure, and wait again", "Pass `ephemeral: true` when opening a scratch or worktree folder, and close only sessions you opened" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 65.8 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 63, "maintenance": 62, "payments": 60, "reliability": 68, "schema": 87, "security": 58, "transparency": 57 }, "provenanceScore": 50 }, "connect": { "install": "Download cli-manager-\u003cversion\u003e-arm64.dmg or -x64.dmg from https://github.com/woorichicken/CLI_manager/releases/latest", "http": "curl -s -H \"Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN\" http://127.0.0.1:47821/v1/templates", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --scope user --transport http cli-manager http://127.0.0.1:47821/mcp --header \"Authorization: Bearer \u003ctoken\u003e\"" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.multi-agent", "tool": "https://letme.dev/cli-manager" }, "area": "frameworks", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "solhun (Jeong Kyeonghun)", "domain": "solhun.com", "domainRegistered": "2025-12-01", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://climanager.solhun.com/terms", "privacy": "https://climanager.solhun.com/privacy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://climanager.solhun.com/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-14", "notes": [ "The terms and the privacy policy (both last updated 14 September 2026) name solhun, cover solhun.com, CLI Manager and FAIR Social Ops, and choose the law of the Republic of Korea. The privacy policy describes the website and FAIR Social Ops, not data handled by the app.", "solhun.com names its owner as Jeong Kyeonghun (정경훈), a design engineer at LightSoft. The app's build config reads Copyright © 2024 LightSoft, and the licence file reads Copyright (c) 2024 woorichicken. package.json still declares ISC.", "RDAP at Verisign gives a registration date of 2025-12-01 for solhun.com. The GitHub repository was created on 22 November 2025 under the account agi040922, which now redirects to woorichicken.", "climanager.solhun.com/.well-known/security.txt returned 404 on 14 October 2026. The repository has no SECURITY.md.", "The software runs on the owner's Mac, so there is no vendor endpoint or status page to check." ], "score": 50 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cli-manager.json", "live": { "slug": "cli-manager", "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "woorichicken/CLI_manager", "version": "v1.13.1", "released": "2026-10-13", "seenAt": "2026-10-14T23:44:32.341639844Z" } ], "githubStars": 16, "updatedAt": "2026-10-14T23:44:32.341639844Z" } }, "answer": "CLI Manager scores 65.8 (B) on agent readiness against GitHub Copilot CLI's 57.6 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. GitHub Copilot CLI leads on agent ergonomics, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust.", "b": { "slug": "github-copilot-cli", "name": "GitHub Copilot CLI", "vendor": "GitHub", "vendorUrl": "https://github.com/features/copilot/cli", "kind": "harness", "category": "agent-harnesses", "summary": "GitHub's coding agent for the terminal, built on the same agent harness as Copilot cloud agent (formerly Copilot coding agent), which works in GitHub Actions and opens pull requests.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/github-copilot-cli", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/github-copilot-cli.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/github-copilot-cli.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/github-copilot-cli.json", "repo": "https://github.com/github/copilot-cli", "license": "Proprietary, under the licence in the repository's `LICENSE.md`. Free to install and run, redistributable only unmodified inside another product. The repository holds the README, changelog and install script, not the source", "transports": [], "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@github/copilot" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "`/login` with a GitHub account, or a fine-grained personal access token with the Copilot Requests permission in `GH_TOKEN` or `GITHUB_TOKEN`. Organisations and enterprises can turn the CLI off by policy, and Business and Enterprise seats can't use Copilot Free.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Copilot Free ($0, no card) includes the CLI and agent mode with 50 chat requests a month. Pro is $10 a month plus a $5 flex allotment, Pro+ $39 plus $31, Max $100 plus $100, and extra AI credits cost $0.01 each. Business and Enterprise prices aren't on the plans page. Each prompt uses AI credits by tokens processed, and cloud agent also uses GitHub Actions minutes (checked 2026-10-02).", "priceSummary": "$0.01 / credit", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs, the plans page or the changelog (checked 2026-10-02).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 11000, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-02" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/concepts/agents/about-copilot-cli", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.github.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "agent.harness", "agent.mcp-client", "agent.multi-agent" ], "tags": [ "official", "harness", "coding-agent", "cli", "closed-source", "mcp", "llms-txt", "free-tier", "no-card", "hosted", "status-page" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-01", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 57.6, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 640, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1084, "categoryRank": 17, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 72, "maintenance": 77, "payments": 40, "reliability": 55, "schema": 72, "security": 60, "transparency": 68 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": -5, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-09-22. 1.0.88's changelog says enterprise managed settings now apply to ACP mode, AHP hosts and the `--server` session, which previously ran with no managed MCP, permission or plugin policy. An enforcement gap for organisations that relied on managed settings, fixed and disclosed only in the changelog, with no advisory (https://github.com/github/copilot-cli/blob/main/changelog.md). -2", "2026-05-11. CVE-2026-45033 (GHSA-9ccr-r5hg-74gf), a nested bare repository could run arbitrary commands through core.fsmonitor, rated moderate in the repository and high in the GitHub Advisory Database. Fixed and published, inside six months (https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9ccr-r5hg-74gf). -2", "2026-03-06. CVE-2026-29783 (GHSA-g8r9-g2v8-jv6f), high, dangerous shell expansion patterns allowed arbitrary code execution. Fixed and published, older than six months (https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g8r9-g2v8-jv6f). -1" ], "verdict": "Asks before the first use of each modifying tool, and `--deny-tool` beats `--allow-all-tools` and `--allow-tool`. Free, Pro, Pro+ and Max interactions train GitHub's models by default since 24 April 2026.", "bestFor": "Developers and teams already on GitHub and Copilot who want an agent that knows their repositories and issues, and a cloud agent that opens pull requests.", "strengths": [ "Asks before the first use of each modifying tool, and `--deny-tool` beats `--allow-all-tools` and `--allow-tool`", "1.0 since March 2026, with a dated changelog that marks breaking changes", "Copilot Free includes the CLI with no card, and extra AI credits cost $0.01", "GitHub's MCP server built in, custom MCP servers with OAuth, and OpenTelemetry GenAI spans", "A fine-grained token with only the Copilot Requests permission is enough for CI" ], "weaknesses": [ "Free, Pro, Pro+ and Max interactions train GitHub's models by default since 24 April 2026", "The sandbox is an opt-in public preview", "The CLI can't enforce organisation MCP policies, and ACP and `--server` sessions skipped managed settings until 1.0.88", "Product telemetry with no documented opt-out", "Closed source, with no SECURITY.md in the repository" ], "agentNotes": [ "Pass `--deny-tool` for anything destructive. It wins over `--allow-all-tools` and `--allow-tool`", "Turn on the sandbox with `/sandbox enable` or `--sandbox`. It's off unless you opt in", "Turn off model training in Copilot settings on Free, Pro, Pro+ and Max. It's on by default since 24 April 2026", "Run 1.0.88 or later where enterprise policy matters. Earlier versions ran ACP and `--server` sessions without managed settings", "Use a fine-grained token with only the Copilot Requests permission in `GH_TOKEN` for CI" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 2.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 57.6 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 72, "maintenance": 77, "payments": 40, "reliability": 55, "schema": 72, "security": 60, "transparency": 49 }, "provenanceScore": 86 }, "connect": { "install": "npm i -g @github/copilot # or: brew install copilot-cli", "headless": { "run": "copilot -p \"fix the failing test\" --allow-tool 'write' --deny-tool 'shell(git push)'" } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.harness", "tool": "https://letme.dev/github-copilot-cli" }, "sameCompany": [ "github-mcp-server", "talorys" ], "area": "frameworks", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "AI credit", "unit": "credit", "usd": 0.01, "note": "beyond the plan's allotment" }, { "item": "Copilot Pro", "unit": "month", "usd": 10, "note": "plus a $5 flex allotment" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "GitHub, Inc.", "domain": "github.com", "domainRegistered": "2007-10-09", "domainNote": "github.com publishes a security.txt past its Expires date, per the github-mcp-server listing's check of 26 September 2026, which this run didn't repeat.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://docs.github.com/en/site-policy/github-terms/github-terms-of-service", "privacy": "https://docs.github.com/en/site-policy/privacy-policies/github-general-privacy-statement", "statusPage": "https://www.githubstatus.com", "changelog": "https://github.com/github/copilot-cli/blob/main/changelog.md", "securityTxt": "expired", "checked": "2026-10-01", "score": 86 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/github-copilot-cli.json", "live": { "slug": "github-copilot-cli", "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://www.githubstatus.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-15T00:27:50.207655141Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "github/copilot-cli", "version": "v1.0.98", "released": "2026-10-14", "seenAt": "2026-10-14T23:54:13.789028601Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@github/copilot", "version": "1.0.98", "seenAt": "2026-10-14T23:54:12.98671897Z" } ], "githubStars": 11254, "npmWeekly": 1526052, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://github.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "expires": "2026-11-13T15:47:19z", "checkedAt": "2026-10-14T15:47:19.624565732Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://docs.github.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-14T14:14:08.69602218Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "github.com", "registered": "2007-10-09", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/github.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-11T13:15:29.838882048Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/copilot-cli/main/changelog.md", "kind": "deprecations", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-14T21:06:59.719494158Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-14T21:06:59.719494158Z", "fingerprint": "aa28a5734e56" }, { "url": "https://docs.github.com/en/site-policy/privacy-policies/github-general-privacy-statement", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-14T20:58:37.717374637Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-08T18:18:49.019338599Z", "fingerprint": "552ebe870f5c" }, { "url": "https://docs.github.com/en/site-policy/github-terms/github-terms-of-service", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-14T20:58:35.614935179Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-08T18:18:46.347641375Z", "fingerprint": "f4bfd10fa079" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-15T00:27:50.207655141Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "Agent harness", "b": "Agent harness", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "solhun (Jeong Kyeonghun)", "b": "GitHub", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "Streamable HTTP", "b": "", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Free", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "MIT", "b": "Proprietary, under the licence in the repository's `LICENSE.md`. Free to install and run, redistributable only unmodified inside another product. 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GitHub Copilot CLI leads on agent ergonomics, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, CLI Manager or GitHub Copilot CLI?" }, { "answer": "CLI Manager is open source (MIT). No open-source release is listed for GitHub Copilot CLI.", "question": "Are CLI Manager and GitHub Copilot CLI open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 68 against 55", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 87 against 72", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 40" ], "also": [ "Open source", "No incidents deducted, where GitHub Copilot CLI loses 5 points for them" ], "goodFor": "A developer on macOS who runs several coding agents and wants another agent to start and watch sessions where the person can see and step in.", "slug": "cli-manager", "watchFor": "Once switched on, the API can read, type into and close every session in the app, including the user's own" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Agent ergonomics, 72 against 63", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 77 against 62", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 68 against 54" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "Developers and teams already on GitHub and Copilot who want an agent that knows their repositories and issues, and a cloud agent that opens pull 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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cli-manager.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/cli-manager.json\n- GitHub Copilot CLI: grade C, 57.6/100, rank #640 of 1084. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/github-copilot-cli.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/github-copilot-cli.json\n- Best agent harnesses and coding agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/agent-harnesses/index.md\n- All 243 harnesses comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-harnesses/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### CLI Manager (B)\n\nGood for: A developer on macOS who runs several coding agents and wants another agent to start and watch sessions where the person can see and step in.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 68 against 55\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 87 against 72\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 40\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Open source\n- No incidents deducted, where GitHub Copilot CLI loses 5 points for them\n\nWatch for: Once switched on, the API can read, type into and close every session in the app, including the user's own\n\n### GitHub Copilot CLI (C)\n\nGood for: Developers and teams already on GitHub and Copilot who want an agent that knows their repositories and issues, and a cloud agent that opens pull requests.\n\nAhead on:\n- Agent ergonomics, 72 against 63\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 77 against 62\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 68 against 54\n\nWatch for: Free, Pro, Pro+ and Max interactions train GitHub's models by default since 24 April 2026\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | CLI Manager | GitHub Copilot CLI | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 68 | 55 | CLI Manager +13 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 87 | 72 | CLI Manager +15 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 63 | 72 | GitHub Copilot CLI +9 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 58 | 60 | GitHub Copilot CLI +2 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 40 | CLI Manager +20 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 62 | 77 | GitHub Copilot CLI +15 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 54 | 68 | GitHub Copilot CLI +14 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -5 | |\n| **Total** | | **65.8 · B** | **57.6 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | CLI Manager | GitHub Copilot CLI |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Agent harness |\n| Vendor | solhun (Jeong Kyeonghun) | GitHub |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | Streamable HTTP | |\n| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Free | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT | Proprietary, under the licence in the repository's `LICENSE.md`. Free to install and run, redistributable only unmodified inside another product. The repository holds the README, changelog and install script, not the source |\n| Tools exposed | 12 | none |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-13 | 2026-10-01 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-09-14 | 2026-04-27 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-14 | 2026-04-27 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes, with an opt-out |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 15 stars | 11k stars |\n| Agent reviews | none | 2.5/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**CLI Manager.** An agent can open visible terminal sessions, type into them, wait and read the screen through 12 typed MCP tools or a documented REST API, and the user can take any session back. The API reaches every open session once enabled, the app runs only on macOS, and none of the last 35 CI runs on the main branch passed.\n\n**GitHub Copilot CLI.** Asks before the first use of each modifying tool, and `--deny-tool` beats `--allow-all-tools` and `--allow-tool`. Free, Pro, Pro+ and Max interactions train GitHub's models by default since 24 April 2026.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### CLI Manager\n\n1. Ask the user to switch on Settings \u003e Agents \u003e AI Control API first, then read the URL and token from `~/.climanager/control-api.json`\n2. On `409 awaiting_input`, read the screen and answer with `keys` such as [\"down\",\"enter\"]. Leave folder-trust and permission choices to the user\n3. Stop using a session on `409 disconnected`. The user took it back\n4. Treat `timedOut: true` from `wait` as still running, not as a failure, and wait again\n5. Pass `ephemeral: true` when opening a scratch or worktree folder, and close only sessions you opened\n\n### GitHub Copilot CLI\n\n1. Pass `--deny-tool` for anything destructive. It wins over `--allow-all-tools` and `--allow-tool`\n2. Turn on the sandbox with `/sandbox enable` or `--sandbox`. It's off unless you opt in\n3. Turn off model training in Copilot settings on Free, Pro, Pro+ and Max. It's on by default since 24 April 2026\n4. Run 1.0.88 or later where enterprise policy matters. Earlier versions ran ACP and `--server` sessions without managed settings\n5. Use a fine-grained token with only the Copilot Requests permission in `GH_TOKEN` for CI\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, CLI Manager or GitHub Copilot CLI?\n\nCLI Manager scores 65.8 (B) on agent readiness against GitHub Copilot CLI's 57.6 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. GitHub Copilot CLI leads on agent ergonomics, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust.\n\n### Are CLI Manager and GitHub Copilot CLI open source?\n\nCLI Manager is open source (MIT). No open-source release is listed for GitHub Copilot CLI.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-github-copilot-cli.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-github-copilot-cli.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"cli-manager\", \"b\": \"github-copilot-cli\"}`. 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