# Install gitbackup with Homebrew Tool to backup your Bitbucket, GitHub and GitLab repositories. Version 1.3.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-02. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:gitbackup ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install gitbackup ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:gitbackup - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.3.1 - **Source summary:** Tool to backup your Bitbucket, GitHub and GitLab repositories - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-02T22:18:46Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - gitbackup (cli) - gitbackup (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: 1.3.1 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-02 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/amitsaha/gitbackup - Upstream latest detected: v1.3.1 (current) ## 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 Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## 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 - Linux: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/gitbackup/gitbackup.yml, ~/.config/gitbackup/gitbackup.yml - macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/gitbackup/gitbackup.yml ## 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:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [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. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [gcli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gcli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, github, gitlab. - [git-spice](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/git-spice/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, github, gitlab. - [microplane](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/microplane/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, github, gitlab. - [gh](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gh/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, github, version-control. - [ghorg](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ghorg/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: backup, bitbucket, cli, developer-tools, git. - [gickup](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gickup/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: backup, cli, developer-tools, git. - [git-open](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/git-open/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, github, version-control. - [git-xargs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/git-xargs/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, github, version-control. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/gitbackup.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/gitbackup.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 - cross-ecosystem install command graph