GitHub Desktop
by shiftkey
Simple collaboration from your desktop
About
Focus on what matters instead of fighting with Git. Whether you're new to Git or a seasoned user, GitHub Desktop simplifies your development workflow.
Attribute commits with collaborators easily. Quickly add co-authors to your commit. Great for pairing and excellent for sending a little love/credit to that special someone who helped fix that gnarly bug of yours. See the attribution on the history page, undo an accidental attribution, and see the co-authors on github.com
Checkout branches with pull requests and view CI statuses. See all open pull requests for your repositories and check them out as if they were a local branch, even if they're from upstream branches or forks. See which pull requests pass commit status checks, too!]
Syntax highlighted diffs. The new GitHub Desktop supports syntax highlighting when viewing diffs for a variety of different languages.
Expanded image diff support. Easily compare changed images. See the before and after, swipe or fade between the two, or look at just the changed parts.
Extensive editor & shell integrations. Open your favorite editor or shell from the app, or jump back to GitHub Desktop from your shell. GitHub Desktop is your springboard for work.
Community supported. GitHub Desktop is open source now! Check out our roadmap, contribute, and help us make collaboration even easier.
This version of GitHub Desktop is a fork that adds support for Linux.
Permissions
7 permissions weaken the sandbox. Flatsonar asks before installing.
- all devices (/dev): webcams, disks, raw hardware
--device=all - full access to your entire file system
--filesystem=host - sandbox escape: can run commands on the host via flatpak-spawn
--talk-name=org.freedesktop.Flatpak - X11 display: X11 lets apps read input and windows of other apps
--socket=x11 - your SSH agent (can sign with your SSH keys)
--socket=ssh-auth - your GPG agent (can sign/decrypt with your keys)
--socket=gpg-agent - your keyring / saved passwords
--talk-name=org.freedesktop.secrets - network
--share=network - inter-process communication (needed for X11)
--share=ipc - Wayland display
--socket=wayland - X11 display, only when Wayland is unavailable
--socket=fallback-x11 - access to xdg-run/keyring
--filesystem=xdg-run/keyring - access to /opt
--filesystem=/opt:ro - access to /var/lib/flatpak/app
--filesystem=/var/lib/flatpak/app:ro - notifications
--talk-name=org.freedesktop.Notifications - talks to org.gtk.vfs.*
--talk-name=org.gtk.vfs.* - talks to com.canonical.AppMenu.Registrar
--talk-name=com.canonical.AppMenu.Registrar
Who publishes this
On Flathub: the manifest was reviewed and built on Flathub's infrastructure, but the developer has not verified ownership of the app id.
- on Flathub: manifest reviewed and built by Flathub; the developer has not verified the app id
publisher:flathub
Maintenance
Recent activity on the upstream repository, or built and reviewed by Flathub.
No staleness signals: recent activity, or built and reviewed by Flathub.