Would I fork or clone a repository to get my copy of a repo only to look at?

Question

• I want to have my own copy of a Git repository to b able to set up and run the project on my machine.
• I only want to look at it, run it and debug/trace through it.
• I will not make any changes to my or the original repository.
• I do not want to push anything to the original repo

To get my own copy of the project: Do I clone or fork the original repository?

Answer 1

Clone is just for making local copy of repository.

Fork - is clone + your own github repository.

So for your case clone is enough