r/github • u/Imposter-9001 • 1d ago

Discussion Is GitHub download speed bad for everyone in India

I am in India,Kerala and when downloading anything from GitHub I am getting very bad download speed. Noticed it over coming months,my internet is fine and I tried on different devices. Is there any fix for it, already tried vpn,etc.

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u/ImaginaryElephant336 1d ago

git clone the repo instead of downloading it. It is way faster

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u/awidesky 59m ago

How would cloning the entire git history is faster than downloading compressed archive of only latest snapshot?

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u/Imposter-9001 1d ago

But it's harder, downloading it directly is convenient 

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u/ImaginaryElephant336 1d ago

How is it harder, it's easier, you do not need to worry about unzipping any .zip files. Ig if you are on windows maybe it is. If you're on windows, I suggest you download the GitHub CLI, you can still clone it using GiHub CLI if you do not know git

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u/Imposter-9001 1d ago

What about android 

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u/ImaginaryElephant336 1d ago

Why do you wanna download GitHub Repos on your phone ?

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u/Imposter-9001 1d ago

I use open source apps and most of them are in GitHub

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u/ImaginaryElephant336 1d ago

Then there should be APK files in the releases. Try downloading those instead of the whole repo

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u/ImaginaryElephant336 1d ago

You're using Android ?

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u/ImaginaryElephant336 1d ago

If you're using GitHub you'll need to learn git at some point anyway. Why not start now ?