{% data variables.product.prodname_desktop %} is an open source tool that enables you to be more productive. {% data variables.product.prodname_desktop %} encourages you and your team to collaborate using best practices with Git and {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %}.

Just a few of the many things you can do with {% data variables.product.prodname_desktop %} are:
- Add changes to your commit interactively
- Quickly add co-authors to your commit
- Checkout branches with pull requests and view CI statuses
- Compare changed images