Supported editors
GitHub Desktop supports the following editors. If you installed an editor while GitHub Desktop was open you will need to quit and reopen GitHub Desktop in order for the editor to be detected.
- MacVim
- Visual Studio Code
- Visual Studio Codium
- Sublime Text
- BBEdit
- JetBrains WebStorm
- JetBrains PhpStorm
- JetBrains Rider
- JetBrains PyCharm
- JetBrains RubyMine
- JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA
- JetBrains GoLand
- JetBrains Fleet
- JetBrains DataSpell
- TextMate
- Brackets
- To use Brackets with GitHub Desktop, you must install the Command Line shortcut. To install the shortcut, open Brackets, click File in the menu bar, then click Install Command Line Shortcut.
- Typora
- CodeRunner
- SlickEdit
- Xcode
- RStudio
- Nova
- Android Studio
- Aptana Studio
- Neovide
- Emacs
- Lite XL
- Pulsar
- Visual Studio Code
- Visual Studio Codium
- Sublime Text
- ColdFusion Builder
- Typora
- SlickEdit
- JetBrains IntelliJ Idea
- JetBrains WebStorm
- JetBrains PhpStorm
- JetBrains Rider
- JetBrains CLion
- JetBrains PyCharm
- JetBrains RubyMine
- JetBrains GoLand
- JetBrains Fleet
- JetBrains DataSpell
- Android Studio
- Brackets
- Notepad++
- RStudio
- Aptana Studio
Configuring a default editor
- In the menu bar, select GitHub Desktop, then click Preferences.
- In the Preferences window, select Integrations.
- Under "External Editor", use the dropdown menu to select the editor you want to set as your default.
- Click Save.
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Use the File menu, then click Options.
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In the Options window, select Integrations.
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Under "External Editor", use the dropdown menu to select the editor you want to set as your default.
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Click Save.
