How to Download From GitHub: A Beginner’s Guide

GitHub is one of the largest developer resources, and an absolute must-know for aspiring web developers to explore and share projects online.

If you’re just starting out with git and GitHub, taking open-source code from GitHub to experiment with or add to your own projects is one great way to learn. To do that, you’ll need to learn the basics: getting a file from GitHub onto your computer.

In this post, we’ll show you how to download different resources from GitHub. We’ll cover:

Let’s get started.

How to Download a File From GitHub

To download a single file from GitHub, follow these steps:

1. Navigate to the GitHub repository page that contains the file. If it’s a public repository, you can visit the page without logging in. If it’s a private repository, you’ll need to log in and have the proper permissions to access it.

2. From the main repository page, locate the file you want to download. You can do this by navigating the folders, or by clicking Go to File near the top of the page. This opens a list of all files in the repository that you can search.

3. Click the file you want to download. This will open the file in GitHub.

4. On the file page, click the Raw button. This opens the raw code in your browser.

5. Right-click the page and select Save as…, then name the file and choose where to save it on your device.

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