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Install GitHub Desktop

GitHub Desktop is supported on macOS and Windows systems. For Linux, there is an unofficial fork available, but that will not be covered in this documentation.

For more GitHub Desktop documentation, visit desktop.github.io.

Installing GitHub Desktop is supported on macOS 10.13 or later.

  1. Go to the GitHub Desktop download page.
  2. Click Download for macOS.
  3. In the Downloads folder, double-click the GitHub Desktop file.
  4. After the file has been decompressed, double-click the GitHub Desktop file.
  5. GitHub Desktop will launch after the installation is complete.

Installing GitHub Desktop is supported on Windows 10 64-bit or later.

  1. Go to the GitHub Desktop download page.
  2. Click Download for Windows.
  3. In the Downloads folder, double-click the GitHub Desktop executable file.
  4. GitHub Desktop will launch after the installation is complete.

GitHub Desktop is not officially supported on Linux operating systems.

Options are:

  • Use the Linux terminal and GitHub commands.
  • Use a fork that hosts a version for Debian/Ubuntu and Red Hat/CentOS/Fedora distributions. See github_desktop_ubuntu.sh.