Github Assistant: An accessible way to use github with ScreenReader!

Thanks so much for this! I always go to GitHub to find power shell or command prompt scripts that in one single fell swoop can remove all kinds of bloatwear, both Microsoft or non-Microsoft, on my windows computers. Notoriously, Microsoft keeps pushing updates And reinstall at some bloatwear and undo my administrator level settings on my personal computers where I may have disabled windows firewalls or defenders etc. Then I always have to revisit get hub and repeat the aforementioned scripts to remove bloatwear just to maintain my computer. I will be trying out this accessible user interface very soon Because get hub pages are just so tedious to navigate with screen readers.

I find github a pretty infuriating site to navigate, so any help is very much appreciated.

I downloaded the Mac but it didn't want to open it. I know I've got to persuade it that it's ok to open but I've somewhat run out of steam for the day so will probably give it a google tomorrow.

Just wanted to thank you for sharing this and will give more feedback when I'm less zombie-brained.

If I'm understanding the issue correctly, it sounds like macOS isn't allowing the app to open because it's from an unidentified developer. To allow the app to open, go to System Settings > Privacy & Security, and click the "Open anyway" button to the right of the app's name, located under the "security" heading.

HTH

Yes that was exactly it - thank you.

Why not.

To my knowledge, the option to override Gatekeeper restrictions by choosing "Open" from apps' context menus in Finder is no longer available in macOS Sequoia, requiring you to go to Privacy & Security Settings as described earlier in this thread.

I have selected a git repo, but now I'm not sure what to do. There is a label saying "Select Command" but I can't interact with it.

I'm finding the app a bit confusing in places that probably aren't important once you know what is expected. For example, the first thing in the window is "Path" but it's not clear what it is a path to. Is it the git or github CLIs? If I keep going forwards there's a text area that is silent when I move over it and I can't do anything. If I keep going there's Select Command and Command Output which are just labels. After this I then get a browse button for the repo. If I select this, it puts that path in the path box, which explains what that is for. But I still can't seem to do anything.

When I tried this a day or two ago, I was at work so had a terminal with a billion tabs open as I always do. I hadn't realised that this app opens a new terminal tab. But when I'm in the assistant, if I press Cmd+Q it does nothing. So I was just force quitting the app. It's only today I realised that it was opening a terminal instance of its own, and I close that session it also closes the app. I guess it's ok now I know what it's doing.

It also doesn't really feel like a normal Mac app. There's no application menu - if I press VO+M it just switches to the previous app I was using. It appears in the VO Window Switcher as a System Dialog, so I guess this is why.

It'll probably make more sense once I get it to do something.

Do I maybe need to install something else? I have git, but think there's maybe a github CLI as well? Do I need that?

I just can't find where the commands are. I've done a few laps around the window and the only thing I can interact with is the path text box and the browser button.

The improvements sound nice so I will give it another try when they are available.

Hi, thanks for the great work on GitHub Assistant! Quick question: I’m running an Intel-based Mac (not Apple Silicon), and I’m getting an error saying the app isn’t supported on my Mac when I try to run the Mac version. Is there a version available that supports Intel Macs, or is there any plan to release a universal build that works on both Intel and Apple Silicon? Would really appreciate any info on this. Thanks!

Wow, that's fast delivery! Amazing! 👍🏻
Will give it a go tomorrow! Thanks a lot! :)