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The new GitHub Desktop experience, built with Electron

28 points by lewisj489 8y ago

Rjevski 8y ago
If you value RAM and battery life, consider giving Git Tower a try: https://www.git-tower.com/ https://www.git-tower.com/
seba_dos1 8y ago
Using Electron and not even making it truly multiplatform is, like, willfully getting the worst of all worlds.
- curiousgal 8y ago
  It is available on Linux (Arch). https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/github-desktop/ https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/github-desktop/
- lemoncucumber 8y ago
  Electron: the uncanny valley of native apps
- itwy 8y ago
  Stop this nonsense already. Electron is the greatest thing that happened to the dying desktop software ecosystem. And the performance/resource usage is just fine.
  - _eht 8y ago
    The limited scope evangelist has arrived... Sigh.
  - gmemstr 8y ago
    > And the performance/resource usage is just fine. It depends. On my machine with 8GB of RAM and an older processor, Electron apps suck the life out of it. My newer dual core with 16GB of RAM (ultrabook) and an NVME SSD handles them fine. I think most devs working with newer faster hardware get a bit desensitized when it comes to performance. Electron isn't necessarily a terrible thing, but I refuse to call it "the greatest thing" - there's still a lot more work to do, like have a single shared Electron process for all Electron apps.
    - itwy 8y ago
      my machine (is currently) with 8GB of RAM and an older processor.
    - isaiahg 8y ago
      Same here. I bought a cheap 4gb laptop and put a light linux on it just for coding away from home. All electron apps suck the life away while sublime runs like a dream.
- _eht 8y ago
  Does your idea of multiplatform include the BSD's as well? Last I looked in to it the team themselves only defined multiplatform as Windows, Linux, and non-mobile macOS.
  - itwy 8y ago
    The limited scope evangelist has arrived... Sigh.
- thefounder 8y ago
  What are the alternatives? Qt?
  - jacoblambda 8y ago
    Qt is probably the best alternative honestly and despite its shortcomings is really a pleasure to develop in once you learn the ropes.
  - alexhaber 8y ago
    Proton Native?
jake1317 8y ago
The new GitHub Desktop experience, now uses 5x more ram!
pault 8y ago
Is there something new here? Hasn't the electron desktop client been around for a while now?
rubidium 8y ago
I was waiting for a better interface, but it took too long so I choose GitKraken. It's been great and won't even bother looking.
trevyn 8y ago
Huh? It’s been on Electron for a year and went 1.0 in September: https://blog.github.com/2018-05-02-everyones-moving-to-github-desktop/ https://blog.github.com/2018-05-02-everyones-moving-to-githu...

28 points by lewisj489 8y ago

If you value RAM and battery life, consider giving Git Tower a try: https://www.git-tower.com/ https://www.git-tower.com/

seba_dos1 8y ago

Using Electron and not even making it truly multiplatform is, like, willfully getting the worst of all worlds.

curiousgal 8y ago
It is available on Linux (Arch). https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/github-desktop/ https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/github-desktop/
lemoncucumber 8y ago
Electron: the uncanny valley of native apps
itwy 8y ago
Stop this nonsense already. Electron is the greatest thing that happened to the dying desktop software ecosystem. And the performance/resource usage is just fine.
- _eht 8y ago
  The limited scope evangelist has arrived... Sigh.
- gmemstr 8y ago
  > And the performance/resource usage is just fine. It depends. On my machine with 8GB of RAM and an older processor, Electron apps suck the life out of it. My newer dual core with 16GB of RAM (ultrabook) and an NVME SSD handles them fine. I think most devs working with newer faster hardware get a bit desensitized when it comes to performance. Electron isn't necessarily a terrible thing, but I refuse to call it "the greatest thing" - there's still a lot more work to do, like have a single shared Electron process for all Electron apps.
  - itwy 8y ago
    my machine (is currently) with 8GB of RAM and an older processor.
  - isaiahg 8y ago
    Same here. I bought a cheap 4gb laptop and put a light linux on it just for coding away from home. All electron apps suck the life away while sublime runs like a dream.
_eht 8y ago
Does your idea of multiplatform include the BSD's as well? Last I looked in to it the team themselves only defined multiplatform as Windows, Linux, and non-mobile macOS.
- itwy 8y ago
  The limited scope evangelist has arrived... Sigh.
thefounder 8y ago
What are the alternatives? Qt?
- jacoblambda 8y ago
  Qt is probably the best alternative honestly and despite its shortcomings is really a pleasure to develop in once you learn the ropes.
- alexhaber 8y ago
  Proton Native?

jake1317 8y ago

The new GitHub Desktop experience, now uses 5x more ram!

pault 8y ago

Is there something new here? Hasn't the electron desktop client been around for a while now?

rubidium 8y ago

I was waiting for a better interface, but it took too long so I choose GitKraken. It's been great and won't even bother looking.

trevyn 8y ago

Huh? It’s been on Electron for a year and went 1.0 in September: https://blog.github.com/2018-05-02-everyones-moving-to-github-desktop/ https://blog.github.com/2018-05-02-everyones-moving-to-githu...