---
title: Contributing and collaborating using GitHub Desktop
shortTitle: Contributing and collaborating
intro: 'Use GitHub Desktop to manage your projects, create meaningful commits, and track the project''s history in an app instead of on the command line.'
redirect_from:
  - /desktop/contributing-to-projects
versions:
  fpt: '*'
children:
  - /adding-and-cloning-repositories
  - /making-changes-in-a-branch
  - /managing-commits
  - /working-with-your-remote-repository-on-github-or-github-enterprise
  - /keeping-your-local-repository-in-sync-with-github
---