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If you need the absolute frontier reasoning of a hosted GPT and you are comfortable with cloud, ChatGPT Desktop is unbeatable for that use case. Typilot wins when you want AI inline in real workflows, when privacy matters, when you want to swap models per task, when you need Linux, or when you do not want a $20–$200/mo subscription tied to tier limits.
For the in-app AI assistant use case, yes. For frontier reasoning on hosted GPT models, no - Typilot runs local models, which trade absolute quality for privacy and per-cursor convenience.
Not by default - Typilot is local-first. The point is that nothing leaves your machine. You can run Ollama-served models including very capable open-weights options (Llama, Qwen, Mistral, DeepSeek).
Because context-switching to a separate window breaks flow. Typilot writes the answer directly into the email you are drafting or the code file you are editing - same place the question was asked.
ChatGPT Desktop has no Linux app at time of writing; the web client is the only option. Typilot ships a first-class Linux build alongside macOS and Windows.