GHManage v0.2.1 Release Notes
Released July 29, 2026. Downloads for this release
GHManage is an accessible, keyboard-first wxPython desktop app for browsing and managing GitHub repositories — issues, pull requests, and the git/Actions side of a repo — built to work well with screen readers.
Download
| Download | When to use |
|---|---|
ghmanage.exe — standalone portable
executable |
No installation required. Copy it anywhere and run. |
The executable includes the Python runtime and wxPython — you do not need to install Python separately.
You do need the GitHub CLI
(gh) installed and authenticated
(gh auth login).
New: release download counts
GitHub records how many times every file attached to a release has been downloaded, and shows that number nowhere in its web interface. GHManage now surfaces it.
In the Releases view, a downloads column gives the total across all files attached to each release, and the status bar totals every release currently loaded — press Ctrl++ to load more and the total grows with the list. An assets column is available too, if you turn it on under View → Columns.
Press Enter on a release to drill into its individual files, ordered most-downloaded first, because the count is the reason you opened the view. The status bar reports that release’s total. Backspace returns to the releases list, the same way it steps back out of a workflow run’s artifacts. Enter on a file downloads it in your browser.
The details panel breaks a release down file by file without leaving the list, so arrowing through releases reads out each one’s totals in turn.
Reading the numbers
The counts are worth a little care. A download is an HTTP request, not a person — nothing deduplicates by user. The count is a lifetime running total with no date breakdown, and no GitHub API offers one, so a trend has to be built by recording the numbers over time and comparing them.
Most usefully: if your release contains several files, they describe different groups of people and should not be averaged. An installer counts people acquiring the software; an updater package counts installs that were still running when you shipped the next version. The second is a far better measure of whether anyone stayed.
There is a full write-up of the method and the interpretation traps at How to Get GitHub Release Download Numbers.
Also in this release
- Source archives (“Source code (zip/tar.gz)”) are not counted anywhere by GitHub — they are not release assets — so they correctly do not appear in the new view.
- Byte-size formatting is now shared between artifacts and release assets rather than duplicated.
Keybindings added
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
Enter (in Releases view) |
Drill into the selected release’s files and download counts |
Enter (in Release Assets view) |
Download the selected file in your browser |
Backspace (in Release Assets view) |
Step back to the releases list |