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GitHub Desktop vs GitFiend: catalog facts
GitHub Desktop	GitFiend
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence. A GitHub account is only needed for…	Free Free to download and use.
Windows, macOS	Windows, macOS, Linux
The common Git workflow without any command line Signs into GitHub and opens pull requests from the app	Runs on Windows, macOS and Linux Visual commit graph with diffs and staging
No official Linux build; only a community fork Hides the advanced operations rather than exposing them	Little public documentation of features on the site Source code is not published
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License: MIT	License not stated
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026

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