Clone someone else's public repo in Github Desktop

Question

Github Desktop makes it easy for me to clone projects from Github, when they belong to my account (or one of my organizations).

Is there any way for me to clone a public repo belonging to somebody else with Github Desktop?

no, only **Clone in Desktop** button on the webpage is for that — Anatoly, Sep 05 '15 at 19:42
@closevoter: GitHub Desktop is used primarily for programming... — Franck Dernoncourt, Sep 07 '15 at 23:38
@Fandango68 e.g. small datasets https://github.com/Franck-Dernoncourt/pubmed-rct — Franck Dernoncourt, Jun 01 '18 at 00:27

score 9 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 07 '17 at 18:33

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I don't believe you can do that from within Github Desktop.

You can use the Clone in Desktop button on a Github project's webpage (as Anatoly said).

Another alternative (without the client of course), is opening a cmd/terminal and using:

git clone https://github.com/user/repo.git

edited Sep 07 '17 at 18:33

answered Sep 05 '15 at 19:47

Meeoh

On the github page for the project I click 'Clone or download' and then 'Open in desktop' and nothing happens. So I copied the url `https://github.com//.git` from 'Clown or download', opened git-bash command line, and did `git clone `, and it worked. – Stephen Hosking May 17 '17 at 02:29

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 30 '17 at 18:29

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You can drag-and-drop the URL from your browser onto GitHub Desktop. Then it will ask you where to save the files.

answered Jun 30 '17 at 18:29

John H

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Where are you dropping the URL in GHDesktop? I've tried this six ways from Sunday and can't get it to work. – Sean Aug 14 '17 at 21:56

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 05 '15 at 19:56

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Seems fork and clone if you use the client. Otherwise use command line tools like @Shameel Abdullah said

answered Sep 05 '15 at 19:56

Waters

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Sorry, I have no clue what do you mean by "_Seems fork and clone if you use the client_". That sentence doesn't make a sense to me. – David Ferenczy Rogožan Sep 07 '17 at 18:35

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