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Gickup

Mirror and back up Git repositories across hosts

Backup & Recovery ★ 1.5k stars Easy setup GPL-3.0

Gickup is a tool for backing up and mirroring Git repositories from GitHub, GitLab, Gitea, and other hosts to local storage or other forges. It keeps an off-host copy of all your code.

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Key features

  • Mirrors many Git hosts
  • Off-host code backup
  • Scheduled runs
  • Local and remote targets

Strengths

  • Released under the GPL-3.0 license
  • Easy to set up — beginner-friendly
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Active community (1.5k GitHub stars)

Is Gickup secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for Gickup's repository. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

Gickup replaces

Self-hosted GitHub Backup alternatives

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SelfHostIndex: 84 · excellent

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