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Caret vs GitHub Notifier: What are the differences?
What is Caret? Better Markdown Editor for Mac / Windows / Linux. Better Markdown Editor for Mac / Windows / Linux.
What is GitHub Notifier? Chrome notifications for GitHub (open source). Under the hood, this application simply polls GitHub web endpoints (/pulls|/issues|/releases) of projects you specify, it doesn't require OAuth tokens or credentials entering into the extension.
Caret can be classified as a tool in the "Markdown Editors" category, while GitHub Notifier is grouped under "Tools for GitHub".
Some of the features offered by Caret are:
- Code Highlighting
- Auto-Completion
- Context Commands
On the other hand, GitHub Notifier provides the following key features:
- Supports public and private repositories
- Desktop notifications when a new pull request is raised
- Desktop notifications when a new issue is raised
GitHub Notifier is an open source tool with 41 GitHub stars and 9 GitHub forks. Here's a link to GitHub Notifier's open source repository on GitHub.