Install gitbackup with Homebrew

install

Additional install commands

macOS

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brew install gitbackup

local Homebrew formula metadata

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 post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

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`	cli	global executable

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 generated2026-07-08

manager version1.3.1

manager updated2026-06-02

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv1.3.1

https://github.com/amitsaha/gitbackup

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:gitbackup
Version	1.3.1
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gitbackup
Homepage	https://github.com/amitsaha/gitbackup
Repository	https://github.com/amitsaha/gitbackup
Upstream docs	https://github.com/amitsaha/gitbackup#readme
License	MIT
Source archive	https://github.com/amitsaha/gitbackup/archive/refs/tags/v1.3.1.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-06-02T22:18:46Z
Pulse	updated
Build dependencies	go
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	gitbackup
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

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.

combined/gitbackup.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment