This is an up-to-date fork of GitHub Desktop with additional features and improvements.

Commit history search	Multiple stashes per branch
Indicator for missing branches in the remote	Buttons optimized for visual recognition
Bitbucket & GitLab integration	Indicator for merge commits

• Red color for destructive action buttons.
• Add icons to some similar-looking buttons for faster visual recognition.
• Allow generating branch name presets by calling an external script (e.g. fetching ticket numbers from an issue tracker). Click here for more details.
• Allow using a different text editor for a given repo, by overriding it in the repository settings.
• Bitbucket and GitLab integration:
  • Preview and create pull requests.
  • View pull requests status, including checks.
  • Display a commit or PR in Bitbucket/GitLab (web browser).
  • Correctly set repository owner (instead of displaying "Other").

• "Pull all" button to fetch and pull all your repositories at once.
• Allow hiding the "Recent" repositories section.
• Allow customizing the repository groups to better organize your repositories (right click on a repository and select "Change group name").

• Add warning indicator to local-only branches (branches that have not been pushed to the remote, or that have been deleted automatically after a PR).
• Allow manually setting which is the default branch for a repository (even if it doesn't match the one configured in the remote).

• Search commits by title, message, tag, or hash.
• Use a different font style for merge commits in order to make them visually distinct, since most of the time they are not as relevant.
• If a commit modifies only 1 file, allow double-clicking the commit to open the file. For other commits, you can still double-click the file as usual.

• Context menu option to permanently discard changes without sending to trash (useful when the there are many changed files and the regular "Discard" is extremely slow).

sudo curl https://gpg.polrivero.com/public.key | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/polrivero.gpg
echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/polrivero.gpg] https://deb.github-desktop.polrivero.com/ stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/github-desktop-plus.list

sudo apt update
sudo apt install github-desktop-plus

sudo rpm --import https://gpg.polrivero.com/public.key
echo -e "[github-desktop-plus]\nname=GitHub Desktop Plus\nbaseurl=https://rpm.github-desktop.polrivero.com/\nenabled=1\ngpgcheck=1\nrepo_gpgcheck=1\ngpgkey=https://gpg.polrivero.com/public.key" | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/github-desktop-plus.repo

sudo dnf check-update
sudo dnf install github-desktop-plus

flatpak install flathub io.github.pol_rivero.github-desktop-plus

chmod +x GitHub-Desktop-Plus-*-linux-*.AppImage
# Just double-click the file to run it

corepack enable  # Install yarn if needed
yarn             # Install dependencies
yarn build:dev   # Initial build
yarn start       # Start the app for development and watch for changes

• It's normal for the app to take a while to start up, especially the first time.

• While starting up, this error is normal: UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Error: Invalid header: Does not start with Cr24

• You don't need to restart the app to apply changes. Just reload the window (Ctrl + Alt + R / Cmd + Alt + R).

• Changes to the code inside main-process do require a full rebuild. Stop the app and run yarn build:dev again.

• Read this document for more information on how to set up your development environment.

The first time you open the project, install the dependencies by running:

corepack enable
yarn

Then, you can simply build and run the app by pressing F5.
Breakpoints should be set in the developer tools, not the VSCode editor.

I recommend running the tests in a Docker container for reproducibility and to avoid conflicts with your git configuration.
After installing the dependencies with yarn, make sure you have Docker installed and run:

yarn test:docker

First of all, because shiftkey's fork is currently unmaintained (last commit was in February 2025), so it's not getting the latest features and fixes from the official GitHub Desktop repository.

Secondly, I think the official GitHub Desktop app is very slow in terms of updates and lacks some advanced features that I'd like. This fork has low code quality requirements compared to the official repo, so I (and hopefully you as well) can add features and improvements quickly.
This fork also focuses on integrating nicely with Bitbucket, since I use it for work and haven't found a good Linux GUI client for it.

Keep in mind that this version is not endorsed by GitHub, and it's aimed at power users with technical knowledge. If you're looking for a polished and stable product, I recommend using the official GitHub Desktop app instead.