Octohub – The missing app for GitHub

The site lets you download the app, run the app, log in to GitHub, and _THEN_ asks you for a beta invite code. There's almost no info about it on it's homepage, so why post the link at all?

Is this a fully native app, or is it storing my stuff on your server?<p>Can I back up tags &#x2F; whatever that I make, and will they sync between multiple devices?<p>Is the app open-sourced? Will it be? Are you planning to charge for the app? For premium features?<p>Most importantly, why are the features you&#x27;re providing going to improve my experience with GitHub?<p>These are all questions I&#x27;d expect the landing page to answer.

I&#x27;m confused: GitHub already has an app for the Mac[0]. It&#x27;s fast. It&#x27;s compact &amp; doesn&#x27;t waste screen real estate. It&#x27;s stable. And it&#x27;s updated very frequently.<p>Sure, it may not have all the features that the site has but it excels at being that convenience bridge between what&#x27;s on my filesystem and what&#x27;s on the site.<p>[0] <a href="https://mac.github.com" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;mac.github.com</a>

And another generic landing page completely missing the point by omitting the &quot;Octohub is a ... which ... for ...&quot;-thing.

If pointless-ware is a thing, then this is it. Can anyone comment on the &quot;missing&quot; in the title? Missing by who?

This seems like it should be a dead simple chrome&#x2F;safari extension. Not an app.<p>The only thing this app appears to do is let you &quot;tag&quot; repositories.

&quot;Made for OSX 10.10 Yosemite&quot;<p>Into the trash it goes...

What could this app possibly do that isn&#x27;t possible on Mavericks?

how is this better than github.com?

I don&#x27;t understand why so much hate. If you don&#x27;t like it or feel the need for such an app no one is forcing you to use it.

I like the functionality, but I&#x27;m not keen on the title of this post or the fact that it&#x27;s an app only.<p>If you like the app, though, you might want to check out Astral (<a href="https://astralapp.com" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;astralapp.com</a>). Extremely similar functionality, but Astral runs in your browser.

I signed up for the beta because I always like trying out new stuff. But I&#x27;m lost on how this would be better than just opening github.com in my browser.<p>I guess the main value-add I could see would be notifications when people open issues, send PRs, or fork repos of mine. Does this app display them?

Two invite codes (for 2 users): 6B7DEA03-BB85-4392-8B5A-765458941175 4DF904EA-DC05-42EF-B7C5-B10A3E628F31

Where can we get beta invite links?