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GitHub Desktop vs Git Extensions: catalog facts
GitHub Desktop	Git Extensions
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence. A GitHub account is only needed for…	Free Free and open source, with optional donations via OpenCollective.
Windows, macOS	Windows
The common Git workflow without any command line Signs into GitHub and opens pull requests from the app	Commit graph with branch highlighting File history that follows renames automatically
No official Linux build; only a community fork Hides the advanced operations rather than exposing them	Current focus is Windows; cross-platform support was a 2.x feature via Mono Dense interface with many options
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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