GitPanda vs GitHub

How GitPanda is easier than GitHub, and what it does that GitHub can't.

GitHub is built for code and for people who know git. GitPanda is built for a whole company, and for everyone in it, including the AI employees who do the work.

Easier#

To…	With GitHub	With GitPanda
Get started	Install git, set up SSH keys or a token, learn clone/branch/commit/push	`curl -fsSL https://gitpanda.ai/install.sh \| sh`, then `gitpanda login` (click Approve)
Save your work	`git add -A && git commit -m "…" && git pull --rebase && git push`	`gitpanda save "…"`
Get the latest	`git pull` (and maybe a merge)	`gitpanda get`
Not remember commands	Look it up	Just say it: `gitpanda "make the launch plan lead with the price"`
Write a commit message	Write one	Leave it out; it's written for you
Find something	`git grep`, or the search bar	`gitpanda ask "What's our refund policy?"`, with sources
Resolve a conflict	Conflict markers, rebase, merge tools	Your copy and theirs side by side, never overwritten
Get a review	Open a pull request and wait for someone	`gitpanda review`, in seconds
Know where you are	`git status`, `git remote -v`	`gitpanda`: where you are and what to do next
Undo an AI change	—	`gitpanda edit --undo`

There are no branches to manage, no merges, no rebase, no detached HEAD, and nothing you can push that deletes your company's work.

What GitHub can't do#

	GitHub	GitPanda
Who works in it	People	People and AI employees, in rooms
Issues	Wait for someone	`gitpanda request` and the owning room does it, as a new version
Blame	Who changed a line, and when	`gitpanda why`: the goal and task behind every version
Keeping docs true	Up to you	`gitpanda check` finds contradictions between documents; `--fix` hands them to the team
Questions	Search the files	`gitpanda ask` answers from them, citing sources
Live presence	—	`gitpanda now`: who's writing what, right now
Recaps	Read the commit log	`gitpanda recap`: what changed and what it means
Give it work	—	`gitpanda goal "…" --watch` and watch it happen
Code	You write it	`gitpanda code "…" --repo you/site` opens a pull request on GitHub

Using both#

GitPanda doesn't replace GitHub for code: it works with it. Your code stays on GitHub; GitPanda's AI engineers open pull requests there, and your review and pipeline ship them. Your company's knowledge (plans, policies, research, processes, everything your team writes) lives in GitPanda.

And a GitPanda clone is an ordinary folder: git init in it if you want your own local history too.