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gickup vs ghorg: catalog facts
gickup	ghorg
Best for: Developers who want offsite copies of their repositories on hosted Git services	Best for: Developers and administrators who need local copies of many repositories at once
Free Free and open source.	Free Free and open source under the Apache-2.0 licence.
Self-hosted, Command line	Windows, Command line
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	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
Configured through YAML with no graphical interface Covers Git repositories only	Command-line only Private repositories need access tokens for each host
Downloadable app, Self-hosted	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: Apache-2.0
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Needs internet
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for gickup github.com/cooperspencer/gickup Catalog checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for ghorg github.com/gabrie30/ghorg Catalog checked October 2, 2026

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