GitSave

Easily back up your Git repositories on a schedule.

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Git happens...

So be prepared and keep backups of your own and favourite Git repositories.

🛠️ Features

• Easy to use and responsive web interface
• Automated install using Docker
• Scheduling of backups
• Select amount of backups you want to keep
• Support for GitHub, GitLab and other Git platforms
• Support for own authentication provider
• Pause/resume schedules
• View backup history
• Support for backing up to a SMB share

🚀 Deploy GitSave for yourself

[!WARNING] Make sure to change the env variables "JWT_SECRET" and "ENCRYPTION_SECRET" to something secure. Clone this repository and run npm run secrets (works on Windows, macOS and Linux) to generate a ready-to-use pair of secrets. The ENCRYPTION_SECRET must be 32 characters long.

Single run command

docker run -d --restart=always -p 3000:3000 -v gitsave:/app/data -v ./backups:/app/backups -e JWT_SECRET={YOUR_SECRET_HERE} -e ENCRYPTION_SECRET={YOUR_SECRET_HERE_32_CHARACTERS} -e DISABLE_AUTH=false --name GitSave timwitzdam/gitsave:latest

Docker compose

1. Create .env file

# Generate a JWT_SECRET and a 32 character ENCRYPTION_SECRET: npm run secrets
JWT_SECRET="REPLACE_THIS"
DISABLE_AUTH=false
ENCRYPTION_SECRET="REPLACE_THIS_WITH_32_CHARACTERS_SECRET"

2. Create docker-compose.yml file

services:
  gitsave:
    image: timwitzdam/gitsave:latest
    container_name: GitSave
    restart: always
    ports:
      - "3000:3000"
    volumes:
      - gitsave:/app/data
      - ./backups:/app/backups
    environment:
      - JWT_SECRET=${JWT_SECRET:?error}
      - DISABLE_AUTH=${DISABLE_AUTH:?error}
      - ENCRYPTION_SECRET=${ENCRYPTION_SECRET:?error}

volumes:
  gitsave:

👀 Any questions, suggestions or problems?

You're welcome to contribute to GitSave or open an issue if you have any suggestions or find any problems.

I'm also available via mail: contact@witzdam.com