GitHub Backup Tool

A simple Rust-based tool for backing up all repositories from a GitHub user or organization as ZIP files.

Features

• 📦 Downloads repositories as ZIP archives
• 👤 Supports both user and organization repositories
• ⚡ Skip already downloaded repositories

Installation

git clone https://github.com/renickbuettner/github-backup.git
cd github-backup
mise install
mise run build

Usage

Create a .env file with your GitHub token:

GITHUB_TOKEN="your_github_token_here"

Run the backup:

# will backup repositories of the user specified in the GITHUB_TOKEN
mise run run 

# backup repositories of a specific user or organization
mise run backup yourusername
mise run backup-org yourorg

Options

Option	Description
--token, -t	GitHub personal access token (or use GITHUB_TOKEN env var)
--owner, -o	GitHub username or organization name (required)
--owner-type	user or org (default: user)
--output	Output directory (default: data)

GitHub Token

You need a GitHub Personal Access Token with repo scope (and read:org for organizations).

See GITHUB_TOKEN.md for detailed instructions.

License

MIT