GitHub Mobile and GitHub Desktop

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There are multiple ways to access your GitHub account aside from github.com. GitHub Mobile and GitHub Desktop offer convenient ways to access your GitHub account from different devices.

Let's briefly review GitHub Desktop and GitHub Mobile and their features.

GitHub Mobile

GitHub Mobile gives you a way to do high-impact work on GitHub quickly and from anywhere. GitHub Mobile is a safe and secure way to access your GitHub data through a trusted, first-party client application. GitHub Mobile is available for both iOS and Android devices.

With GitHub Mobile you can:

  • Manage, triage, and clear notifications from github.com by marking them as read, muting threads, or filtering notifications by type.
  • Read, review, and collaborate on issues and pull requests.
  • Edit files in pull requests.
  • Search for, browse, and interact with users, repositories, and organizations.
  • Receive a push notification when someone mentions your username.
  • Schedule your push notifications for specific custom hours.
  • Secure your GitHub.com account with two-factor authentication.
  • Verify your sign in attempts on unrecognized devices.
  • Perform lightweight GitHub tasks when you're away from your desktop.

GitHub Desktop

GitHub Desktop is an open-source application that helps streamline your Git workflow. It facilitates collaboration between you and your team and the sharing of Git and GitHub best practices within your team. GitHub Desktop is available for Windows and macOS.

Here are a few of the many things you can do with GitHub Desktop:

  • Add repositories to GitHub Desktop to manage existing projects locally.
  • Clone repositories from GitHub to quickly set up projects locally and start working.
  • Add changes to your commit interactively, making it easier to manage and review changes before committing.
  • Quickly add coauthors to your commit, ensuring proper attribution in collaborative projects.
  • Check out branches with pull requests to review and collaborate on code changes.
  • View CI statuses to ensure code quality and streamline collaboration.
  • Compare changed images to visually review updates in image files.