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  5. Dash vs GitHub

Dash vs GitHub

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Overview

GitHub
GitHub
Stacks295.6K
Followers259.0K
Votes10.4K
Dash
Dash
Stacks314
Followers408
Votes63

Dash vs GitHub: What are the differences?

Dash: Gives your Mac instant offline access to 150+ API documentation sets. Dash is an API Documentation Browser and Code Snippet Manager. Dash stores snippets of code and instantly searches offline documentation sets for 150+ APIs. You can even generate your own docsets or request docsets to be included; GitHub: Powerful collaboration, review, and code management for open source and private development projects. GitHub is the best place to share code with friends, co-workers, classmates, and complete strangers. Over three million people use GitHub to build amazing things together.

Dash belongs to "API Documentation Browser" category of the tech stack, while GitHub can be primarily classified under "Code Collaboration & Version Control".

Some of the features offered by Dash are:

  • 150+ offline docsets
  • Instant, fuzzy search
  • Great integration with other apps

On the other hand, GitHub provides the following key features:

  • Command Instructions
  • Source Browser
  • Git Powered Wikis

"Dozens of API docs and Cheat-Sheets" is the top reason why over 15 developers like Dash, while over 1764 developers mention "Open source friendly" as the leading cause for choosing GitHub.

According to the StackShare community, GitHub has a broader approval, being mentioned in 8898 company stacks & 149453 developers stacks; compared to Dash, which is listed in 44 company stacks and 251 developer stacks.

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Detailed Comparison

GitHub
GitHub
Dash
Dash

GitHub is the best place to share code with friends, co-workers, classmates, and complete strangers. Over three million people use GitHub to build amazing things together.

Dash is an API Documentation Browser and Code Snippet Manager. Dash stores snippets of code and instantly searches offline documentation sets for 150+ APIs. You can even generate your own docsets or request docsets to be included.

Command instructions; Source browser; Git powered wikis; Integrated issue tracking; Code reviews with inline comments; Compare view; Newsfeed; Followers; Developer profiles; Autocompletion for @username mentions
150+ offline docsets;Instant, fuzzy search;Great integration with other apps;Easily download docsets;Easily generate docsets:;Supports AppleDoc docsets;Supports Doxygen docsets;Supports CocoaDocs docsets;Supports Python / Sphinx docsets;Supports Ruby / RDoc docsets;Supports Javadoc docsets;Supports Scaladoc docsets;Supports Any HTML docsets;Easily switch between docsets:;Smart search profiles;Docset keywords;Documentation bookmarks;Convenient, filterable table of contents;Highlighted in-page search
Statistics
Stacks
295.6K
Stacks
314
Followers
259.0K
Followers
408
Votes
10.4K
Votes
63
Pros & Cons
Pros
  • 1774
    Open source friendly
  • 1463
    Easy source control
  • 1254
    Nice UI
  • 1137
    Great for team collaboration
  • 868
    Easy setup
Cons
  • 56
    Owned by micrcosoft
  • 38
    Expensive for lone developers that want private repos
  • 15
    Relatively slow product/feature release cadence
  • 10
    API scoping could be better
  • 9
    Only 3 collaborators for private repos
Pros
  • 17
    Dozens of API docs and Cheat-Sheets
  • 12
    Great for offline use
  • 8
    Works with Alfred
  • 8
    Excellent documentation
  • 8
    Quick API search
Integrations
Grove
Grove
Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Airbrake
Airbrake
Codeship
Codeship
Bugsnag
Bugsnag
BugHerd
BugHerd
Visual Studio Code
Visual Studio Code
HipChat
HipChat
CopperEgg
CopperEgg
Nitrous.IO
Nitrous.IO
No integrations available

What are some alternatives to GitHub, Dash?

Bitbucket

Bitbucket

Bitbucket gives teams one place to plan projects, collaborate on code, test and deploy, all with free private Git repositories. Teams choose Bitbucket because it has a superior Jira integration, built-in CI/CD, & is free for up to 5 users.

GitLab

GitLab

GitLab offers git repository management, code reviews, issue tracking, activity feeds and wikis. Enterprises install GitLab on-premise and connect it with LDAP and Active Directory servers for secure authentication and authorization. A single GitLab server can handle more than 25,000 users but it is also possible to create a high availability setup with multiple active servers.

RhodeCode

RhodeCode

RhodeCode provides centralized control over distributed code repositories. Developers get code review tools and custom APIs that work in Mercurial, Git & SVN. Firms get unified security and user control so that their CTOs can sleep at night

AWS CodeCommit

AWS CodeCommit

CodeCommit eliminates the need to operate your own source control system or worry about scaling its infrastructure. You can use CodeCommit to securely store anything from source code to binaries, and it works seamlessly with your existing Git tools.

Gogs

Gogs

The goal of this project is to make the easiest, fastest and most painless way to set up a self-hosted Git service. With Go, this can be done in independent binary distribution across ALL platforms that Go supports, including Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows.

Gitea

Gitea

Git with a cup of tea! Painless self-hosted all-in-one software development service, including Git hosting, code review, team collaboration, package registry and CI/CD. It published under the MIT license.

Upsource

Upsource

Upsource summarizes recent changes in your repository, showing commit messages, authors, quick diffs, links to detailed diff views and associated code reviews. A commit graph helps visualize the history of commits, branches and merges in your repository.

Beanstalk

Beanstalk

A single process to commit code, review with the team, and deploy the final result to your customers.

GitBucket

GitBucket

GitBucket provides a Github-like UI and features such as Git repository hosting via HTTP and SSH, repository viewer, issues, wiki and pull request.

BinTray

BinTray

Bintray offers developers the fastest way to publish and consume OSS software releases. With Bintray's full self-service platform developers have full control over their published software and how it is distributed to the world.

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