docs(website): fact-check /compare tables against July 2026 competitor data

Laurent Guitton · Laurent Guitton · commit a2aa83c1fbb6 · 2026-07-04T00:33:27.000+02:00
- GitHub Desktop 3.6: add worktrees (✅) and Copilot-assisted conflict
  resolution + commit authoring; drop worktrees as a differentiator
- GitKraken: correct price (free Community tier + Pro ~$5/mo annual, was
  $8/mo); it now runs local coding-agent CLIs in worktrees too, so reframe
  the split around the deterministic engine + no-account rather than
  local-vs-cloud AI
- Fork: correct price ($59.99, was $50); PR support is create/view + CI
  status, not full inline review
- Verify unchanged: Sublime Merge $99, GitButler free-forever
diff --git a/website/compare/gitwand-vs-fork.md b/website/compare/gitwand-vs-fork.md
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 title: GitWand vs Fork (2026) — free alternative with PR review and conflict auto-resolution
-description: GitWand vs Fork compared — $0 vs $50, Linux support, in-app PR review, merge conflict auto-resolution and AI integration. An honest verdict, updated July 2026.
+description: GitWand vs Fork compared — $0 vs $59.99, Linux support, in-app PR review, merge conflict auto-resolution and AI integration. An honest verdict, updated July 2026.
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 # GitWand vs Fork
 
-**The verdict in three sentences.** Fork is one of the best-crafted Git clients ever made — if you're on macOS/Windows, don't need PR reviews in-app, and $50 once is fine, it will not disappoint you. GitWand matches the "fast, clean, native" philosophy but is **free, open source, runs on Linux, reviews PRs from four forges in-app, and auto-resolves the trivial ~95% of merge conflicts** with a deterministic engine. If conflicts and code review are part of your daily Git life, that's the gap that matters.
+**The verdict in three sentences.** Fork is one of the best-crafted Git clients ever made — if you're on macOS/Windows, don't need full PR review in-app, and $59.99 once is fine, it will not disappoint you. GitWand matches the "fast, clean, native" philosophy but is **free, open source, runs on Linux, reviews PRs from four forges in-app, and auto-resolves the trivial ~95% of merge conflicts** with a deterministic engine. If conflicts and code review are part of your daily Git life, that's the gap that matters.
 
 *Facts checked July 2026.*
 
 ## Side by side
 
 | | GitWand | Fork |
 |---|---|---|
-| Price | **Free, MIT open source** | $50 one-time (free evaluation) |
+| Price | **Free, MIT open source** | $59.99 one-time (free evaluation) |
 | Platforms | macOS · **Linux** · Windows | macOS · Windows |
 | Stack | Tauri 2 + Rust, ~8 MB | Native (per-platform) |
 | Merge conflicts | **Auto-resolves ~95% of trivial hunks**, confidence scores, decision trace | Good 3-way merge editor (manual) |
-| PR / MR review | In-app: GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps — inline comments, suggestions, CI annotations | Opens PRs in the browser |
+| PR / MR review | In-app: GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps — inline comments, suggestions, CI annotations | Create & view PRs + CI status; no inline review |
 | Interactive rebase | ✅ including split-commit-by-hunks | ✅ excellent |
 | Worktrees | First-class (tab = worktree, scratch worktrees) | Supported |
-| AI | Agent sessions (Claude Code, Codex, opencode…), per-hunk critique, MCP server — all local, all opt-in | None |
+| AI | Agent sessions (Claude Code, Codex, opencode…), per-hunk critique, MCP server — all local, all opt-in | AI commit messages |
 | History view | Git Tree (multi-branch DAG, filters, `#PR` search) | Commit graph (excellent) |
 
 ## Where Fork wins
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 ### 2. Code review without leaving the app
 
-Fork sends you to the browser for PRs. GitWand renders the diff, inline discussions, pending-review batches, GitHub-native suggestions and CI check annotations in-app, for GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket **and** Azure DevOps — plus **Today**, a cross-repo inbox of PRs awaiting you.
+Fork can create and view PRs and show CI status, but the actual review — reading the diff, leaving inline comments, batching a review — still happens in the browser. GitWand renders the diff, inline discussions, pending-review batches, GitHub-native suggestions and CI check annotations in-app, for GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket **and** Azure DevOps — plus **Today**, a cross-repo inbox of PRs awaiting you.
 
 ### 3. Free, open, everywhere
 
-MIT license, Linux builds (.deb/.AppImage/.rpm), a [CLI](/guide/cli), a [VS Code extension](/guide/vscode), and an [MCP server](/guide/mcp) so your AI agents use the same engine you do. Fork is $50/seat, two platforms, closed source.
+MIT license, Linux builds (.deb/.AppImage/.rpm), a [CLI](/guide/cli), a [VS Code extension](/guide/vscode), and an [MCP server](/guide/mcp) so your AI agents use the same engine you do. Fork is $59.99/seat, two platforms, closed source.
 
 ## FAQ
 
diff --git a/website/compare/gitwand-vs-github-desktop.md b/website/compare/gitwand-vs-github-desktop.md
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 title: GitWand vs GitHub Desktop (2026) — the free upgrade path
-description: GitWand vs GitHub Desktop compared — both free, but multi-forge support, interactive rebase, worktrees and automatic merge conflict resolution set them apart. Updated July 2026.
+description: GitWand vs GitHub Desktop compared — both free, but multi-forge support, interactive rebase and deterministic merge conflict resolution set them apart. Updated July 2026.
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 # GitWand vs GitHub Desktop
 
-**The verdict in three sentences.** If you're new to Git, live 100% on GitHub, and want the least-intimidating on-ramp ever built, GitHub Desktop is exactly that — genuinely great at being simple, and there's no shame in staying. GitWand is the tool you graduate to **without paying**: also free, but multi-forge (GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps too), Linux-supported, with interactive rebase, worktrees, in-app PR review — and an engine that **auto-resolves the trivial ~95% of merge conflicts**. The day a merge conflict first scares you is the day the difference matters.
+**The verdict in three sentences.** If you're new to Git, live 100% on GitHub, and want the least-intimidating on-ramp ever built, GitHub Desktop is exactly that — genuinely great at being simple, and there's no shame in staying. GitWand is the tool you graduate to **without paying**: also free, but multi-forge (GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps too), Linux-supported, with interactive rebase and full in-app PR review — and an engine that **auto-resolves the trivial ~95% of merge conflicts deterministically**. The day a merge conflict first scares you is the day the difference matters.
 
 *Facts checked July 2026.*
 
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 | Platforms | macOS · **Linux** · Windows | macOS · Windows |
 | Stack | Tauri 2 + Rust, ~8 MB | Electron |
 | Forges | GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps | GitHub (others: basic push/pull only) |
-| Merge conflicts | **Auto-resolves ~95% of trivial hunks** + guided editor | Opens your editor at the markers |
+| Merge conflicts | **Auto-resolves ~95% of trivial hunks** (deterministic) + guided editor | Copilot AI assist (opt-in, 3.6) or your editor |
 | PR review | Full in-app: diff, inline comments, suggestions, CI annotations | Link to github.com |
 | Interactive rebase | ✅ (+ split commit by hunks) | ❌ |
-| Worktrees / submodules | First-class | ❌ / minimal |
+| Worktrees / submodules | First-class (tab = worktree, scratch worktrees) | ✅ worktrees (3.6) / minimal submodules |
 | History | Git Tree DAG, filters, file history with pickaxe | Linear list, basic diff |
-| AI | Optional agent sessions, per-hunk critique, MCP server | Copilot commit messages |
+| AI | Optional agent sessions, per-hunk critique, MCP server | Copilot commit authoring + conflict resolution |
 | Sign-in | Optional (for PR features, OAuth device flow) | GitHub account expected |
 
 ## Where GitHub Desktop wins
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 ### 1. The first merge conflict
 
-GitHub Desktop's conflict story is "open in your editor" — you're on your own with the markers. GitWand [classifies every hunk](/conflict-engine) against 10 deterministic patterns and resolves the trivial ones itself, with a confidence badge and a plain-English explanation per hunk. Beginners keep a guided 3-way editor for the rest; seniors get their afternoon back.
+GitHub Desktop 3.6 added Copilot-assisted conflict resolution — but that means either opening your editor at the markers or trusting an LLM's guess (and it needs Copilot). GitWand [classifies every hunk](/conflict-engine) against 10 **deterministic** patterns and resolves the trivial ones itself, with a confidence badge and a plain-English explanation per hunk — no model, no guess, a replayable trace. Beginners keep a guided 3-way editor for the rest; seniors get their afternoon back.
 
 ### 2. Not married to GitHub
 
 Same client for GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket and Azure DevOps: PR/MR review with inline comments and CI annotations in-app, multiple accounts, cross-fork PRs. Your client shouldn't change when your employer does.
 
 ### 3. Room to grow
 
-Interactive rebase (with commit splitting), first-class worktrees, submodules, stash management, a real DAG history with search — the features you eventually need are already there, discoverable progressively rather than bolted on.
+Interactive rebase (with commit splitting) — which GitHub Desktop still lacks — submodules, stash management, a real DAG history with search, and worktrees wired into the tab model: the features you eventually need are already there, discoverable progressively rather than bolted on.
 
 ## FAQ
 
diff --git a/website/compare/gitwand-vs-gitkraken.md b/website/compare/gitwand-vs-gitkraken.md
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 title: GitWand vs GitKraken (2026) — free alternative with conflict auto-resolution
-description: GitWand vs GitKraken compared — price ($0 vs $8/mo), Electron vs native Rust, AI approaches, PR workflow, and merge conflict resolution. An honest verdict, updated July 2026.
+description: GitWand vs GitKraken compared — price ($0 vs ~$5/mo Pro), Electron vs native Rust, AI approaches, PR workflow, and merge conflict resolution. An honest verdict, updated July 2026.
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 # GitWand vs GitKraken
 
-**The verdict in three sentences.** If your team lives in GitKraken's cloud Workspaces, needs its team-management features, or you simply want the most polished commercial ecosystem, GitKraken remains an excellent product — keep it. If you want a **free, open-source, native client that never phones home and actually resolves your merge conflicts**, GitWand does that, in an ~8 MB binary. The philosophical split is real: GitKraken is a subscription suite with cloud AI; GitWand is a local-first tool with a deterministic engine.
+**The verdict in three sentences.** If your team lives in GitKraken's cloud Workspaces, needs its team-management features, or you simply want the most polished commercial ecosystem, GitKraken remains an excellent product — keep it. If you want a **free, open-source, native client that never requires an account and actually resolves your merge conflicts deterministically**, GitWand does that, in an ~8 MB binary. Both now launch local coding-agent CLIs, so the real split is narrower than it looks: GitKraken is a funded subscription suite (Electron, cloud AI, optional account); GitWand is a free MIT tool built around a deterministic conflict engine.
 
 *Facts checked July 2026.*
 
 ## Side by side
 
 | | GitWand | GitKraken |
 |---|---|---|
-| Price | **Free, MIT open source** | Free tier (non-commercial); Pro from ~$8/mo |
-| Stack | Tauri 2 + Rust, ~8 MB | Electron, ~150 MB class |
-| Merge conflicts | **Auto-resolves ~95% of trivial hunks** — 10 deterministic patterns, confidence score, decision trace | 3-way merge editor; AI suggestions (cloud) |
+| Price | **Free, MIT open source** | Free Community tier; Pro ~$5/mo (billed annually) |
+| Stack | Tauri 2 + Rust, ~8 MB | Electron (v41), ~150 MB class |
+| Merge conflicts | **Auto-resolves ~95% of trivial hunks** — 10 deterministic patterns, confidence score, decision trace | 3-way merge editor; AI suggestions |
 | PR / MR review | In-app, 4 forges: GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps — inline comments, suggestions, CI annotations | In-app, multi-forge (Launchpad) |
-| AI | Local-first: launch Claude Code / Codex / opencode in-app, per-hunk critique, MCP server — all opt-in | Agent Mode (v12), AI commit/PR/merge — cloud account |
+| AI | Agent sessions (Claude Code, Codex, opencode…) in-app, per-hunk critique, MCP server exposing the engine — all local, opt-in | Agent sessions in worktrees (Claude Code, Codex, Copilot, Gemini, opencode) + cloud GitKraken AI (commit/PR/merge) |
+| Worktrees | First-class (tab = worktree, scratch worktrees) | First-class (agent session per worktree) |
 | Cross-repo dashboard | Today inbox + Dashboard | Launchpad + cloud Workspaces |
-| Account required | **Never** | For AI and advanced features |
+| Account required | **Never** | For cloud AI and advanced features |
 | Offline | Fully functional | Core works; cloud features don't |
 
 ## Where GitKraken wins
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 GitKraken gives you a good 3-way editor and, lately, AI suggestions — which means either manual work or trusting a model's guess. GitWand's [engine](/conflict-engine) classifies every hunk against 10 deterministic patterns (reorder-only, boundary insertions, structural entity merges via tree-sitter, lockfile-aware resolvers…) and auto-resolves the trivial ~95% with a per-hunk confidence score and a replayable decision trace. No guess enters your history. The [LLM fallback](/guide/llm-fallback) is opt-in, labeled, and audited.
 
-### 2. Native performance, zero cloud
+### 2. Native performance, no account
 
-Tauri 2 + Rust: sub-second startup, smooth on 100k+ commit repos, ~8 MB installed. Everything — including all AI features — runs locally; the AI providers are the CLI agents *you* already have (Claude Code, Codex, opencode), launched in-app, never a GitWand cloud.
+Tauri 2 + Rust: sub-second startup, smooth on 100k+ commit repos, ~8 MB installed versus Electron's ~150 MB class. Both clients can now launch local coding-agent CLIs, but GitWand needs **no account at all** — every feature, including the AI ones, runs against the CLI agents you already have; there is no GitWand cloud and nothing to sign into. GitKraken's advanced and AI features gate behind an account.
 
 ### 3. Price and freedom
 
diff --git a/website/compare/index.md b/website/compare/index.md
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 | | GitWand | [GitKraken](/compare/gitwand-vs-gitkraken) | [Fork](/compare/gitwand-vs-fork) | [Sublime Merge](/compare/gitwand-vs-sublime-merge) | [GitHub Desktop](/compare/gitwand-vs-github-desktop) | [GitButler](/compare/gitwand-vs-gitbutler) |
 |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
-| Price | **Free (MIT)** | $8/mo (Pro) | $50 | $99 | Free | Free |
+| Price | **Free (MIT)** | Free tier; Pro ~$5/mo | $59.99 | $99 | Free | Free |
 | Open source | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
 | Stack | Tauri 2 + Rust (~8 MB) | Electron | Native | Native | Electron | Tauri + Rust |
 | Platforms | macOS · Linux · Windows | macOS · Linux · Windows | macOS · Windows | macOS · Linux · Windows | macOS · Windows | macOS · Linux · Windows |
-| Auto-resolves conflicts | ✅ deterministic engine | ❌ (AI suggestions) | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
-| In-app PR review | ✅ 4 forges | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | GitHub only | Stacked PRs |
-| AI / agent integration | Agent sessions + MCP server | Agent Mode (cloud) | ❌ | ❌ | Copilot commits | Agents Tab + MCP |
+| Auto-resolves conflicts | ✅ deterministic engine | ❌ (AI assist) | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ (Copilot assist) | ❌ |
+| In-app PR review | ✅ 4 forges | ✅ | Create & view only | ❌ | GitHub only | Stacked PRs |
+| AI / agent integration | Agent sessions + MCP server | Agent sessions + cloud AI | ❌ | ❌ | Copilot commits + conflicts | Agents Tab + MCP |
 | Account required | Never | For advanced features | No | No | GitHub | No |
 
 ## The deep dives
