ghorg

by gabrie30

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About

ghorg is a CLI tool that quickly clones or backs up all repositories from an organization or user across multiple Git hosting providers into a single directory.

Quickly clone or backup an entire org/users repositories into one directory - Supports GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, and more 🐇🥚

Primary Use Case

ghorg is primarily used by developers, security auditors, and DevOps teams to efficiently clone or backup entire codebases from GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, or Gitea organizations or users. It simplifies onboarding, auditing, and backup processes by automating repository cloning and updates in one consolidated location.

Key Features

Clone or backup all repositories of an org/user into one directory
Supports GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, and Gitea (self-hosted and cloud variants)
Automatically performs git pull and git clean on existing repos to update them
Selective repository cloning with filtering options
Shortcut commands for simplifying complex clone operations
HTTP server to initiate clone operations remotely
Scheduling clone tasks using cron
Tracking and monitoring clone metrics over time

Installation

Download prebuilt binaries from the repository
Install via Homebrew package manager
Build and install using Golang tooling
Use Docker container images for deployment
Windows support available with specific instructions
Optionally create a configuration file at $HOME/.config/ghorg

Usage

>_ ghorg clone <org_or_user>

Clone all repositories from the specified organization or user into the current directory.

>_ ghorg clone <org_or_user> --no-clean

Clone repositories without cleaning local changes, preserving any modifications in the local clone directory.

>_ ghorg reclone

Shortcut command to simplify complex clone commands for repeated use.

>_ ghorg reclone-server

Start an HTTP server to initiate clone operations remotely.

>_ ghorg reclone-cron

Schedule cloning tasks to run automatically using cron jobs.

Security Frameworks

Reconnaissance

Collection

Discovery

Resource Development

Persistence

Usage Insights

Integrate ghorg with continuous integration pipelines to automate security audits and codebase backups.
Use ghorg backups as a baseline for detecting unauthorized or malicious code changes during incident response.
Leverage selective cloning filters to focus on high-risk repositories for targeted security reviews.
Combine ghorg with static code analysis tools to streamline vulnerability discovery across an entire organization.
Schedule regular cloning tasks to maintain up-to-date backups, supporting rapid recovery and forensic investigations.