Installing GitHub Desktop

OS X

How to install GitHub Desktop on OS X 10.9 or later.

1. Visit the GitHub Desktop download page.
2. Choose Download for Mac.
3. In your computer's Downloads folder, double-click the GitHub Desktop zip file.
4. After the file has been unzipped, double-click GitHub Desktop.

Windows

How to install GitHub Desktop on Microsoft Windows 7 or later.

Warning: You must have a 64-bit operating system to run GitHub Desktop.

1. Visit the GitHub Desktop download page.
2. Choose Download for Windows.

Note: If you are a network administrator, you can use the GitHub Desktop Windows installer package to deploy GitHub Desktop.

1. In your computer's Downloads folder, double-click GitHub Desktop.
2. In the pop-up window, click Install.
3. After the program has been installed, click Run.