# Crush vs GitHub Copilot CLI (slim)

> GitHub Copilot CLI scores 58.3 (C) to Crush's 56.5 (C) for agent harnesses. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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GitHub Copilot CLI scores 58.3 (C) on agent readiness against Crush's 56.5 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Crush leads on payments & pricing and maintenance & community. Both do agent harnesses.

- Crush: C 56.5, rank #705 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/crush.min.md
- GitHub Copilot CLI: C 58.3, rank #647 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/github-copilot-cli.min.md
- Crush, good for Developers who want a Go terminal agent with a wide provider list, local models and Claude Code-compatible hooks. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 55 against 40; Maintenance & community, 82 against 77. Also No incidents deducted, where GitHub Copilot CLI loses 5 points for them.
- GitHub Copilot CLI, good 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. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 72 against 65; Agent ergonomics, 72 against 52; Security & auth, 63 against 44; Transparency & trust, 70 against 56.

| Category | Crush | GitHub Copilot CLI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 54 | 55 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 65 | 72 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 52 | 72 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 44 | 63 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 55 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 82 | 77 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 56 | 70 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Crush | GitHub Copilot CLI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Charm | GitHub |
| Licence | FSL-1.1-MIT (source-available, each release converts to MIT two years after it is made available) | 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 |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-09 | 2026-10-14 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | 2026-04-27 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2026-04-27 |
| Customer content may train models |  | yes, with an opt-out |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 29k stars, 5.6k npm/wk | 11k stars |
| Agent reviews | 2.3/5 (4) | 2.5/5 (2) |