GitHub viene used every day by millions of people around the world to manage their own projects software development, both personal and professional. The Microsoft platform has been the benchmark in its segment for years, and the launch of its Android app has been great news for developers using Google's operating system.
Ma there is life beyond the official GitHub app. On Android you can find many others alternative apps to the official one usable.
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App GitHub per Android.
GitHub apps for Android - the best you can use
As GitHub has an official API which allows developers to create their own utilities and tools, no wonder they are featured on Google Play third party GitHub client. In this list, we have chosen the better that exists today on Android.
GitHub
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The official GitHub app for Android.
No GitHub user should miss the opportunity to test the official app of the platform before moving on to an alternative.
Although it started out as a fairly simple tool, over the months it has received updates to become a very complete GitHub client, which lacks almost nothing.
It allows you to explore repository, view notifications, read, react or respond to incidents or change requests, review and merge pull requests, and of course, examine project files and code. For now yes, the code cannot be changed using this app.
FastHub
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FastHub is the best alternative to the official GitHub app that exists on Android. Has a careful design based on the Material Design lines and includes many of the options we could find in the original client.
As interesting functions we find the support for multiple GitHub accounts, access to repositories without internet connection, the markdown and functionality for highlight the code, access to project wikis and much more.
The app is completely free and open source, so you have no excuse not to try it.
My GitHub
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Although it is not an advanced tool like the previous two, My GitHub is a useful application for those who need it only of the basic functions of GitHub on your mobile.
With it, you can view repositories, browse code, access GitHub trends or visit the profiles of other users.
OctoDroid per GitHub
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It's not designed with the same care as FastHub, but the truth is OctoDroid is an equally advanced app which allows us to perform a large number of actions on our GitHub repositories and those of other people.
It has support for notifications, access to project code, profile viewing, creating and editing bugs, and much more. All this in a totally free app and easy to use.
DevHub per GitHub
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DevHub is an app that further enhances the GitHub experience. And is that, instead of offering us a platform client to use, it offers us a different format making it easier to monitor multiple repositories from the application home screen.
Each repository has the own column, and it is possible quickly view the latest activities for each. In addition, it includes filters that make viewing easier and has tools such as the option for save items to access them later.
Cliente Flutter GitHub
We conclude this selection of app per GitHub su mobile with Flutter GitHub Client, an application whose name says - almost - everything about it.
This is an app built using Google's development framework, Flutter, which stands out for being completely customizable and for having functions such as the access to the code, support for markdown, repository and user search, and more.
The app is free and open source and is based on the official GitHub API.
