Can I use this without a Github account? Specifically, I wonder if I can't transfer this over to a machine that never touches the internet and have it still be useful.
You certainly don't have to use git, though I'd at least get the template to start with. Git is just the sync method being used by default.
I want to use Git, I have that on my offline machine. But offline means github isn't an option. However, this indirectly answers my question, so thanks.