GitHub said on July 7, 2026 that the standalone GitHub Copilot app is now available on every Copilot plan across macOS, Windows, and Linux. The change turns a narrower agent-driven desktop workflow into a mainstream GitHub surface for Free, Education, Pro, Business, and Enterprise users. Users sign in with a GitHub account to start desktop agent sessions, and those without a Copilot plan can bring their own model key, while Business and Enterprise access depends on admins enabling Copilot CLI in policy settings. The Copilot app is a desktop experience for starting sessions from issues, prompts, or pull requests, keeping work separated across sessions, inspecting diffs, validating changes, and landing pull requests through existing GitHub workflows. The release reduces friction for individuals and small teams that want repository-bound agent sessions without assembling a local toolchain, while for larger teams, the expansion makes policy work harder to delay.