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GitHub Desktop vs SourceGit: catalog facts
GitHub Desktop	SourceGit
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence. A GitHub account is only needed for…	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence. Git 2.25.1 or newer must be installed…
Windows, macOS	Windows, macOS, Linux
The common Git workflow without any command line Signs into GitHub and opens pull requests from the app	Interactive rebase, bisect, worktrees, submodules and LFS in the interface Image diffs side by side, as a swipe or blended
No official Linux build; only a community fork Hides the advanced operations rather than exposing them	Requires Git 2.25.1 or newer installed separately Linux builds are only tested on Debian 12
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: MIT
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 21, 2026

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