GitHub Desktop - The Linux Fork
GitHub Desktop is an open source Electron-based
GitHub app. It is written in TypeScript and
uses React.
What is this repository for?
This repository contains specific patches on top of the upstream
desktop/desktop repository to support Linux usage.
It also hosts preview packages for various Linux distributions:
- AppImage (
.AppImage) - Debian (
.deb) - RPM (
.rpm)
Check out the latest releases to
help out with testing on your distribution.
Other Distributions
Arch Linux users can install GitHub Desktop from the
AUR.
gnome-keyring is required and the daemon must be launched either at login or when the X server is started. Normally this is handled by a display manager, but in other cases following the instructions found on the Arch Wiki will fix the issue of not being able to save login credentials.
More information
Please check out the README
on the upstream GitHub Desktop project and
desktop.github.com for more product-oriented
information about GitHub Desktop.
License
The MIT license grant is not for GitHub's trademarks, which include the logo
designs. GitHub reserves all trademark and copyright rights in and to all
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Invertocat designs that include "logo" in the file title in the following
folder: logos.
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