How to install Github for Windows offline?

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Aseem Bansal picture Aseem Bansal · May 20, 2013 · Viewed 61.9k times · Source

As the question says how to install Github for Windows without an internet connection? If it is not possible then is there some alternative client with the following features:

  • Support for proxy
  • Offline installer

I found smartgit which has an offline installer but it seems it doesn't have proxy support.

If there is no such client then what can be done to extend the functionality of github for windows or some other client? I mean is there a way to use some API to extend it? Any links for that would be helpful.

Answer

Kai picture Kai · Jun 30, 2015

This is the answer I received from the support today (2015-06-30):

Unfortunately we do not have a standalone installer at this time. GitHub for Windows makes use of Microsoft's ClickOnce technology for installation and updates.

We are currently working on an open source replacement for ClickOnce here:

https://github.com/squirrel/squirrel.windows

Once that technology is complete and ready for use, we hope to switch GitHub for Windows to use that. It would allow for a standalone installer.

In the meantime, you can find a list of alternate GUIs available here:

http://git-scm.com/downloads/guis

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