# Install ghorg with Homebrew, Nix, scoop Quickly clone an entire org's or user's repositories into one directory. Version 1.11.12 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-27. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:ghorg ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install ghorg ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#ghorg ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gh/ghorg/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/ghorg ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/ghorg.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:ghorg - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.11.12 - **Source summary:** Quickly clone an entire org's or user's repositories into one directory - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-27T19:03:34Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - ghorg (cli) - ghorg (alias) ## Build dependencies - go ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.11.12 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-27 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/gabrie30/ghorg - Upstream latest detected: v1.11.12 (current) ## Project history and usage ghorg is a Go command-line tool for cloning all repositories from a source-control organization or user into one local directory. ### Project history The GitHub repository for ghorg was created in 2018, and the project settled around a narrow developer-operations job: turn a hosted source-control namespace into a local tree of Git repositories. Its README describes default behavior that either clones missing repositories or updates existing local clones with pull and clean operations. The project evolved beyond GitHub-only organization cloning into a provider-oriented tool. Official documentation lists support for GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Gitea, and SourceHut, with separate setup and example pages for provider-specific authentication, API limits, and self-hosted base URLs. ### Adoption history ghorg's adoption is concentrated among teams and operators that need local snapshots of many repositories at once rather than one-off clones. The README's installation section documents prebuilt binaries, Homebrew, Mise, Go installation, Docker, and Windows support, matching its role as a cross-platform CLI utility. ### How it is used Practitioners use ghorg to clone an organization's repositories for code search, onboarding, audits, backups, and scripted maintenance. Typical use starts with a provider token in the ghorg YAML configuration or a command-line flag, then runs a clone or reclone operation against an organization, user, or group. ### Why package nerds care Package nerds care about ghorg because it automates the otherwise repetitive edge between package-manager install culture and source-control inventory work: install one small binary, point it at a namespace, and get a reproducible local checkout layout for analysis or backup. ### Timeline - 2018: GitHub repository created. - 2018: v1.0.6 published on GitHub Releases. - 2019: README screenshot and CLI examples document the bulk-clone workflow. - 2020s: Documentation covers GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Gitea, and SourceHut providers. ### Related projects - ghorg sits beside Git hosting APIs, GitHub Enterprise and GitLab self-managed deployments, XDG-style CLI configuration, and command-line search tools such as grep, ack, and The Silver Searcher. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for ghorg. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## 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 - Unix: ~/.config/ghorg/conf.yaml, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/ghorg/conf.yaml ## Credential files - Unix: ~/.config/ghorg/conf.yaml, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/ghorg/conf.yaml ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** ghorg - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - ghorg: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gh/ghorg/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Scoop - main/ghorg: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/ghorg.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Archive and compression packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/archive-compression-tools/) - Matched archive or compression metadata. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [fetch](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fetch/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, github, gitlab, source-control. - [ghq](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ghq/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, repository-management, source-control. - [gickup](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gickup/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: backup, cli, developer-tools, git, source-control. - [gitbackup](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gitbackup/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: backup, bitbucket, cli, developer-tools, git. - [microplane](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/microplane/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, github, gitlab. - [multi-gitter](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/multi-gitter/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bitbucket, cli, developer-tools, git, github. - [scm-manager](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/scm-manager/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, repository-management, source-control. - [gcli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gcli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, github, gitlab. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/ghorg.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/ghorg.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph