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GitHub Desktop is a free and open-source client for working with Git and GitHub, developed by GitHub for Windows, Linux, and MacOS. It was first released to the public on August 12, 2015. . Originally, there were applications developed for Windows and MacOS individually, respectively.

History
On June 22, 2011, GitHub for Mac was released.

On May 21, 2012, GitHub for Windows was released.

On June 9, 2014, GitHub for Windows 2.0 was released.

On July 1, 2015, early access for GitHub Desktop was announced.

On August 12, 2015, GitHub Desktop was released to the public as a replacement to it's Windows and Mac predecessors.

On May 16, 2017, GitHub Desktop Beta was announced.

On September 19, 2017, GitHub Desktop 1.0 was released. Features include ability to the compare changed images, clone repositories, and integration with various terminals and code editors.