Gickup
Mirror and back up Git repositories across hosts
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.
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 (1.4k GitHub stars)
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