GitHub Desktop
GitHub Desktop is an open-source Electron app that gives a graphical interface for working with Git and GitHub on macOS and Windows.
- GitHub stars
- 22k
- Last commit
- today
- Latest release
- release-3.6.6
- Licence
- MIT
GitHub Desktop is an open-source application for working with Git repositories and GitHub through a graphical interface, so you spend less time fighting command-line details. It is built with Electron and React and is written in TypeScript. The code is released under the MIT license, and the repository includes a document describing the focus of the product and who benefits most from it.
Official installers are provided for macOS, including Apple silicon, and Windows, including a machine-wide installer. A beta channel offers early builds, with an ARM64 Windows option. Linux is not officially supported, but community installers from a fork are listed. Community-supported package managers cover winget and Chocolatey on Windows and Homebrew on macOS. Past releases are archived online, and installed versions update themselves automatically. The contributing guidelines ask users to search open and closed issues and check known issues before reporting a problem.
Key features
- Graphical Git client for GitHub workflows
- Installers for macOS and Windows
- Beta channel with early builds
- Built with Electron, React and TypeScript
- Package manager installs via winget and Homebrew
- Automatic updates from installed versions
Pricing: Free and open source under the MIT license.
