GitHub Desktop Beta using Electron

Redesigned cross-platform version of GitHub desktop and Atom

GitHub Desktop Beta using Electron launched on May 17, 2017 with 7 votes, #1,225 of 3,229 launches that month. The site was still online in September 2026, 9 years on.

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LaunchedMay 17, 2017

Launch day▲ 7 votestop 38% of 3,229 that month

Websitegithubengineering.comonline, checked September 2026

CategoryDev tools

MakersJosh Abernathy

TopicsLinux, Windows, Mac, Productivity, Open Source

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of 3,229 launches in May 2017: 167
launches landed the same day: 9 yrs
on, the site is still online (checked September 2026)

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