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Install gitbackup with Homebrew
Tool to backup your Bitbucket, GitHub and GitLab repositories. Version 1.3.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-25.
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overview
Package summary
Tool to backup your Bitbucket, GitHub and GitLab repositories
Project links
Commands and aliases
- gitbackup
history
Project history and usage
gitbackup is a Go command-line tool for backing up repositories from GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, and Forgejo. It is aimed at users and teams that want local or migration-style copies of hosted Git repositories.
Project history
Amit Saha's project dates back to at least 2017, when the README pointed readers of a Linux Journal article to the lj-0.1 era of the source. The tool grew from repository cloning into a broader backup utility with service-specific authentication, OS-specific configuration paths, Docker images, and a GitHub migration mode.
Adoption history
gitbackup serves a practical niche rather than a broad platform role: independent developers, consultants, and organizations that want a repeatable backup path for repositories spread across hosted forges. Homebrew packaging gave macOS users a direct installation path, while release binaries and containers cover other deployments.
How it is used
Practitioners configure service tokens, choose a provider, and run gitbackup to clone repositories into a backup directory. GitHub users can also use migration-oriented commands that retrieve archive artifacts supported by GitHub's Migration API.
Why package nerds care
The package is a reminder that source hosting is not a backup strategy by itself. In package-manager terms, gitbackup wraps forge APIs, Git clone behavior, and host-specific credentials into one installable disaster-recovery utility.
Timeline
- 2017: v0.1-era source associated with a Linux Journal backup article.
- 2019: 0.4 and 0.5 release tags followed the early Go CLI line.
- 2021: 0.6 added the documented GitHub OAuth device flow.
- 2026: README described commercial support by Common Loop Works Pty Ltd.
Related projects
- Git provides the clone and repository data model.
- GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, and Forgejo provide the hosted repository APIs.
- GitHub's Migration API supplies the archive-based GitHub backup mode.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: blue
broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.
Risk classifier
blue risk · medium confidence · tool
Why
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
Signals
- text:backup
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
local files
Configuration and credential file locations
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Linux
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/gitbackup/gitbackup.yml~/.config/gitbackup/gitbackup.yml- macOS
~/Library/Application Support/gitbackup/gitbackup.yml
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
gitbackup | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-08-03
manager version1.3.1
manager updated2026-07-25
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:gitbackup |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.3.1 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/amitsaha/gitbackup |
| Repository | https://github.com/amitsaha/gitbackup |
| Last updated | 2026-07-25T20:55:23-04:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation