Like most things in GitKraken, cloning a repo is easy as 1-2-3!

In this tutorial I’ll show you how to clone a Github repo to your local machine. There are other methods and services, but this is probably the most common one.

Step 0.5

Navigate to the repo that you want to clone. E.g github.com/{user}/{repo}. Click the green button labeled “Code” and copy the URL to clipboard. We will need this URL later.

Step 1

Start the GitKraken client and click the + button. You can also click Ctrl + T.

The GitKraken client. A button labeled with a plus sign is highlighted with a red circle

Step 2

Click the “Clone a Repo” button.

Three buttons in the GitKraken client. They are labeled Open repo management, Browse for a repo and Clone a repo

Step 3

Paste the URL from step 1 in the URL input field. By default GitKraken will suggest that your new repo should be stored in your standard folder. The repo will also by default be named after the remote repo. You can change it if you want to, but you’re good to go with the default values.

When you’re ready, click the “Clone the repo!” button.

The Clone a repo view in GitKraken client. It contains 3 input fields and two buttons labeled browse and clone the repo

Finally

Congratulations, you’ve now cloned the repo to your local machine!

A git history timeline in GitKraken. It shows the commit history of a repository named my pretty repo

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