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GitHub Desktop pricing
GitHub Desktop publishes a single tier. Below is what it costs, what it covers, and how that compares with the technology tools listed alongside it.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Free
- Tiers
- 1
- Free tier
- Yes
GitHub Desktop plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 6 | Entry tier |
Where GitHub Desktop stops being free
Free, Free
- Git repository management
- GitHub integration
- Visual diff tools
- Branch management
- Pull request creation
- Issue tracking
No paid tier on record
GitHub Desktop lists a free tier and no priced tier above it in the record we hold.
What the product covers
The full GitHub Desktop feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Core
- Visual Git interface
- GitHub integration
- Branch management
- Pull request workflow
- Commit history
- Merge conflict resolution
- Repository cloning
- Collaboration tools
Integrations
- GitHub
- GitHub Enterprise
- Visual Studio Code
- Text editors
- Terminal
Security
- GitHub authentication
- SSH key management
Deployment
- Local deployment
Platform
- Windows support
- Macos support
Localization
- English language support
- Spanish language support
- French language support
- German language support
- Japanese language support
People bring GitHub Desktop in for git repository management, open source contributions, code collaboration, version control, team development. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to GitHub Desktop are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Technology
Too few technology tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub Desktop (this page) | Free | free | - | |
| Checkmk | On request | subscription | - | vs GitHub Desktop |
| Asana | Free, then $10.99/month | - | - | vs GitHub Desktop |
| Amplitude | Free, then $49/month | - | - | vs GitHub Desktop |
| Apache Spark | Free | open-source | - | vs GitHub Desktop |
| Attio | $29/month | subscription | - | vs GitHub Desktop |
| Aha! | $59/month | - | - | vs GitHub Desktop |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the GitHub Desktop badges page.
Before you pay for GitHub Desktop
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: a single tier at Free. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
GitHub Desktop runs on windows, macos, and is published by GitHub Inc (Microsoft) of San Francisco, CA, USA. The full record is on the GitHub Desktop review, and the rest of the category is under best technology tools.
GitHub Desktop pricing questions
- How much does GitHub Desktop cost?
- GitHub Desktop publishes a single tier, Free, at Free.
- Does GitHub Desktop have a free plan?
- Yes. The Free tier costs nothing and covers git repository management, github integration, visual diff tools.
- Which technology tools can I use without paying?
- 5 of the 8 technology tools listed alongside GitHub Desktop have a free tier: Asana, Amplitude, Apache Spark, Apache Hadoop, Auth0.
- What am I actually paying for with GitHub Desktop?
- The record lists 23 features across 6 areas: core, integrations, security, deployment, platform, localization. In practice it is brought in for git repository management, open source contributions, code collaboration.
- Does GitHub Desktop charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 1 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these GitHub Desktop prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare GitHub Desktop against before paying?
- The closest technology tools in this directory are Checkmk, Asana, Amplitude, Apache Spark. Each has a side-by-side comparison with GitHub Desktop covering price, platforms and features.