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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?
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You can create a complete local copy of a Git repository from a public project by cloning it. Cloning a repo downloads all commits and branches in the repo and sets up a named relationship with the existing repo you cloned.
"No" sounds like you can't git clone Github repos without having a user and logging in.
On GitHub.com, navigate to the main page of the repository. Under your repository name, click Settings. In the "Access" section of the sidebar, click Collaborators & teams. Click Invite a collaborator.
Go to the repository on github. (Say it's by myfriend , and is called the_repo , then you'll find it at https://github.com/myfriend/the_repo .) Click the “Fork” button at the top right. You'll now have your own copy of that repository in your github account.
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
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