Two destinations
Send repositories to a Gitea instance or store them as bare Git mirrors in a local directory.
A straightforward backup workflow
Choose which repositories to include, where they should go, and how often the backup runs.
Precise selection
Back up users or organizations. Use allow and deny patterns to choose repositories by owner, name, visibility, fork, and archive status.
Run your way
Run once from the command line or add a cron expression in the configuration for repeated backups.
From install to first backup
The configuration editor below generates a JSON file for the command line tool.
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Install the command line tool
Install with Go, or build from the source repository.
go install github.com/tbxark/github-backup@latest2
Create a configuration
Use the editor to set a GitHub owner and token, choose a backup provider, then download config.json. You can also import an existing JSON file to edit it.
3
Run a backup
Place the file where the command can read it. Without a cron expression, the tool runs once and exits.
github-backup -config config.jsonConfiguration
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Build your config.json
Configure sources, destinations, and filters. The preview updates as you edit.
Run settings
Leave the cron expression empty to run once and exit.
Defaults
Targets inherit fields left blank from these defaults.
Default backup provider
Confirmation prompts
Default filters
Match owner/repo/private/fork/archived; booleans are 0 or 1. Deny rules take precedence. Deletion pauses if GitHub returns no repositories or its list shrinks by more than half.
Default repository-specific tokens
Assign clone tokens by repository pattern. A non-empty target mapping replaces the whole default mapping.
Backup targets
Each target is a GitHub user or organization.
Target {{ index + 1 }} {{ target.owner }}
Owner types
Backup provider
Confirmation prompts
Filters
Empty target rules inherit defaults, so an empty list cannot clear default rules.
Repository-specific tokens for this target
Inherits the default mapping when empty.
No targets yet. Select “Add target” to begin.
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