Installing GitHub Desktop

In this article

• Downloading and installing GitHub Desktop
• Setting up GitHub Desktop

Before you set up GitHub Desktop, you must already have a GitHub or GitHub Enterprise account.

• For more information on creating a GitHub account, see "Signing up for a new GitHub account".
• For a GitHub Enterprise account, contact your GitHub Enterprise site administrator.

Downloading and installing GitHub Desktop

You can install GitHub Desktop on macOS 10.10 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.

Setting up GitHub Desktop

After you've launched GitHub Desktop, you can choose to set up GitHub Desktop right away, or you can skip the setup process.