GitHub Desktop is an open source Electron-based GitHub app. It is written in TypeScript and uses React.

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)
• Snap (.snap) - also available from snapcraft.io

Check out the latest releases to help out with testing on your distribution.

If you install the Snap package, ensure you also connect it to your password manager:

$ sudo snap connect github-desktop:password-manager-service

Without this, GitHub Desktop cannot store or retrieve account details it requires in the user's keychain.

Arch Linux users can install GitHub Desktop from the AUR.

Please check out the README on the upstream GitHub Desktop project and desktop.github.com for more product-oriented information about GitHub Desktop.

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