{"meta":{"title":"Launching GitHub Desktop from the command line","intro":"You can launch GitHub Desktop from the command line.","product":"GitHub Desktop","breadcrumbs":[{"href":"/en/desktop","title":"GitHub Desktop"},{"href":"/en/desktop/overview","title":"Overview"},{"href":"/en/desktop/overview/launching-github-desktop-from-the-command-line","title":"Launching from the command line"}],"documentType":"article"},"body":"# Launching GitHub Desktop from the command line\n\nYou can launch GitHub Desktop from the command line.\n\n
\n\n1. In the menu bar, select the **GitHub Desktop** menu, then click **Install Command Line Tool**.\n ![Screenshot of the menu bar on a Mac. Under the \"GitHub Desktop\" dropdown menu, the option \"Install command line tool\" is highlighted in blue.](/assets/images/help/desktop/mac-install-command-line-tool.png)\n2. Open Terminal.\n3. To launch GitHub Desktop to the last opened repository, type `github`. To launch GitHub Desktop for a particular repository, type `github` followed by the path to the repository.\n\n ```shell\n github /PATH/TO/REPO\n ```\n\n You can also change to your repository path and then type `github .` to open that repository.\n\n ```shell\n $ cd /PATH/TO/REPO\n [repo]$ github .\n ```\n\n
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\n\n1. Open a command prompt.\n2. To launch GitHub Desktop to the last opened repository, type `github`. To launch GitHub Desktop for a particular repository, type `github` followed by the path to the repository.\n\n ```shell\n C:\\Users\\octocat> github PATH\\TO\\REPO\n ```\n\n You can also change to your repository path and then type `github .` to open that repository.\n\n ```shell\n C:\\Users\\octocat> cd REPO\\MY-REPO\n C:\\Users\\octocat\\repo\\myrepo> github .\n ```\n\n
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