orgclone

Clone entire GitHub organizations or GitLab groups with one command.

npm install -g @cj-ways/orgclone

Quick Start

# Clone a GitHub org (GitHub is the default)
orgclone clone my-org

# Interactively pick which repos to clone
orgclone clone my-org --pick

# Clone a GitLab group
orgclone clone my-group --gitlab

# Preview what would be cloned
orgclone clone my-org --dry-run

# Change defaults permanently
orgclone default platform gitlab
orgclone default dest ~/projects

Repos land in ~/Desktop/my-org/ by default. Run it again on the same folder and it git pulls everything — no re-cloning.

Install

| Method | Command | |--------|---------| | npm | npm install -g @cj-ways/orgclone | | pip | pip install orgclone | | Go | go install github.com/cj-ways/orgclone@latest | | Binary | Download from Releases |

All Options

orgclone clone <name> [options]

  name                  org name (GitHub) or group path (GitLab)

  --gitlab              Use GitLab instead of the default platform
  --pick                Interactively select which repos to clone
  -t, --token           API token (or set GITHUB_TOKEN / GITLAB_TOKEN)
  -d, --dest            Destination folder (default: ~/Desktop/<name>)
  -e, --exclude         Comma-separated repo names to skip
      --skip-archived   Skip archived repositories
      --gitlab-url      Self-hosted GitLab URL (default: https://gitlab.com)
      --dry-run         List repos without cloning

orgclone default <setting> <value>

  platform    github or gitlab
  dest        path to clone into (e.g. ~/projects)

  Examples:
    orgclone default platform gitlab
    orgclone default dest ~/projects

No token? No problem

For public repos, no token needed — orgclone calls git clone the same way you would manually. If you already have SSH keys or a credential manager set up (you can git push without a password), private repos work too with no extra config.

A token only adds value when you want auth to work automatically on a fresh machine or in CI.

Why orgclone over alternatives?

| Feature | orgclone | others | |---------|----------|--------| | GitHub support | ✓ | ✓ | | GitLab support | ✓ | ✗ | | Self-hosted GitLab | ✓ | ✗ | | Auto-update on re-run | ✓ | some | | Config file | ✓ | ✗ | | Dry run | ✓ | ✗ | | Skip archived | ✓ | ✗ | | npm + pip + Go install | ✓ | ✗ | | No runtime dependency | ✓ (single binary) | ✗ |

Config file

Run orgclone init to generate ~/.orgclone.yml:

default_dest: ~/Desktop
default_platform: github   # or gitlab

github:
  token: ghp_xxx        # or: export GITHUB_TOKEN=ghp_xxx

gitlab:
  token: glpat_xxx
  url: https://gitlab.com   # change for self-hosted

orgs:
  my-org:
    exclude:
      - old-repo
      - scratch

CLI flags always override config file values.

Links

• GitHub Repository
• Report an Issue
• Releases & Binaries

License

MIT