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24 alternatives to Octarchive – Back up all repos on a GitHub account locally
Hey HN! I just released Octarchive, a simple tool to back up all repos on a GitHub/Gitea account to a local folder written in Go. If you're worried about loosing your FLOSS work, but are can't keep up with manually mirroring all the repositories, this might be the tool you're looking for. I'd love to get your feedback :)
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Octarchive – Back up all repos on a GitHub account locally launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Backup GitHub repositories locally. Contribute to ericlathrop/github-backup development by creating an account on GitHub.
2014 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I’ve been in the MLOps space for ~10 years, and data is still the hardest unsolved open problem. Code is versioned using Git, data is stored somewhere else, and context often lives in a 3rd location like Slack or GDocs. This is why we built XetHub, a platform that enables teams to treat data like code, using Git. Unlike Git LFS, we don’t just store the files. We use content-defined chunking and Merkle Trees to dedupe against everything in history. This allows small changes in large files to be stored compactly. Read more here:…
2022 · xethub.com · its alternatives →
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Several months ago, I built a "stealth" feature that I could use. It hasn't been advertised, and I've been the only user. As I find it useful for myself, I believe others (software developers) may like it too. So, this is the first public post about it, and if it gets any positive feedback, I may put some time into promoting it more. In essence, given that you've opened a GitHub repo (there are ~225k of the more popular ones indexed as of now), you can replace "github" with "libhunt" within the URL, and you will find the top alternatives and related projects. For example, here are three…
2022 · its alternatives →
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github-pewpew▲174Pew pew needless GitHub repos, clean up your repos via CLI
2022 · adrianmato.com · its alternatives →
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octoscope▲67Your GitHub profile as a live terminal dashboard
Apr 2026 · gfazioli.github.io · its alternatives →
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RepoSweeper▲57I built this in 2018 as a school project to bulk delete GitHub repos. It got 25k views on Medium and ~10k users organically, then I basically ignored it for years. Recently I dug into GitHub's community discussion board and some low hanging fruit for feature additions — archive, visibility changes, collaborator cleanup. GitHub's answer was always "use the API." So I built the UI. RepoSweeper now does: - Bulk archive / unarchive - Bulk visibility (public ↔ private) - Bulk collaborator add/remove - Staleness scoring so you know what to act on first - Handles 100+ repos with…
2024 · reposweeper.com · its alternatives →
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2015 · octobotapp.com · its alternatives →
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OctoProfile▲76Create a more informative GitHub profile
2021 · octoprofile.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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RepoRoad▲56The endless lo-fi drive where every repo is a building
Sep 2026 · reporoad.org · its alternatives →
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I started this as a weekend project and posted it on HN 5 years ago. 300,000 users later, I just released v4 today. Octotree [1] gives GitHub a sidebar that improves file navigation and code/pull request review. Works on Chrome, Firefox, Opera and Safari. Any comment or feedback is appreciated. [1]: https://www.octotree.io/
2019 · its alternatives →
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Everything that would be here is in the README. I hope this gets big, it has tons of potential.
2013 · github.com · its alternatives →
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:octocat: Open source github contribution stats on your Mac OS X Menu Bar - Shikkic/gitbar
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Just wanted to clone a repo from my gh account and visualize it. Pretty easy with gitact. You can check any gh account. It’s called { gitact } quickly navigate through a user’s repos instantly grab the right git clone URL Feedback, stars and PRs are welcome
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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NexRepo▲5Keep your backups outside anyone else's blast radius.
Jun 2026 · nexrepo.qzz.io · its alternatives →
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Mass delete GitHub repos from your terminal
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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You can also register to the tool here: https://gitup.dev
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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OctoLens▲4Browse any GitHub repository instantly — no cloning needed
Apr 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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