: Preferred by power users for its extreme speed and keyboard-driven efficiency.
: Many Linux developers find that the built-in Git integration in VS Code replaces the need for a standalone desktop app entirely.
for desktop notifications on PR events:
: Side-by-side or "onion skin" comparisons of changed images.
: Supports diffs for most major languages. github for linux desktop
Since the official GitHub Desktop is open-source (MIT License), the community maintains a Linux port.
Most Linux IDEs include excellent GitHub support: : Preferred by power users for its extreme
: widely reviewed as the best visual Git client for Linux. It features a "best-in-class" commit graph and built-in merge conflict editor.
# Debian/Ubuntu (type -p wget >/dev/null || (sudo apt update && sudo apt install wget -y)) \ && sudo mkdir -p -m 755 /etc/apt/keyrings \ && wget -qO- https://cli.github.com/packages/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg | sudo tee /etc/apt/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg > /dev/null \ && sudo chmod go+r /etc/apt/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg \ && echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg] https://cli.github.com/packages stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/github-cli.list > /dev/null \ && sudo apt update \ && sudo apt install gh -y : Supports diffs for most major languages
: Like its Windows counterpart, it is an Electron app. It can be resource-heavy compared to native Linux tools.