The fact that it also has "in collaboration with Facebook" as its tagline tells me two things: 1. This is designed specifically for React since Facebook wants

The fact that it also has "in collaboration with Facebook" as its tagline tells me two things: 1. This is designed specifically for React since Facebook wants to control that ecosystem. and 2. Github is internally stuck in 2013 when FB was still "cool" and using the cloud (ooooohhhh, aaaaaahhhh) to power everything was the new trend. Don't get me wrong, Github is a fantastic product and community. But they really shouldn't be writing desktop software.