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ghorg vs gickup: catalog facts
ghorg	gickup
Best for: Developers and administrators who need local copies of many repositories at once	Best for: Developers who want offsite copies of their repositories on hosted Git services
Free Free and open source under the Apache-2.0 licence.	Free Free and open source.
Windows, Command line	Self-hosted, Command line
Clones whole organisations or users in one command Supports GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket and more All 4 strengths for ghorg Clones whole organisations or users in one command Supports GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket and more Useful as a simple bulk backup of repositories Actively maintained	Supports many Git hosts as sources Backs up to local storage, S3, Azure Blob, WebDAV or another Git host All 4 strengths for gickup Supports many Git hosts as sources Backs up to local storage, S3, Azure Blob, WebDAV or another Git host Runs on a schedule from a single YAML file Docker image and Compose example included
Command-line only Private repositories need access tokens for each host	Configured through YAML with no graphical interface Covers Git repositories only
Downloadable app	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Needs internet	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for ghorg github.com/gabrie30/ghorg Catalog checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for gickup github.com/cooperspencer/gickup Catalog checked September 23, 2026

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