How To Setup A Self Hosted Github Mirror ?

Why ?

What I’m trying to accomplish is a fail-safe in case something happens to GitHub which would make me loose access, be that voluntarily or involuntarily.

I am not migrating away from GitHub because I see no reason to: the platform is very useful to me, and I’d not like to loose it.

Why Gitea

I’d like a Web UI onto these repositories in addition to the files in the file system. It could have been Gitlab, but I think Gitea is probably the option with the lowest resource requirements.

When I add a repository to Gitea and specify I want it to be mirrored, Gitea will take charge of periodically querying the source repository and pulling changes in it.

How To ?

After setting up Gitea and creating a user, I create an API token in Gitea with which I can create repositories programmatically.

Then you will also need to create a Personal Access Token In Github with the below scope

1. Select public_repo scope if you just want to mirror Public Gist / Repo to your mirror
2. Select repo scope if you want to mirror both public & private Gist / Repo to your mirror
3. Select gist scope if you want to mirror private gists.

Installation

1. Install Python3 sudo apt-get install python3
2. Install PIP3 sudo apt-get install python3-pip
3. Install PyGithub pip install PyGithub

Once everything is installed.

Clone / Download this repo https://github.com/varunsridharan/github-gitea-mirror

And update src/config.json with your information And run the below cmd

Mirror Everything

Below CMD Will mirror (Public / Private ) Repository, Gists Forks & Stared Repos

python3 mirror.py 

Mirror Source Gists

python3 gist.py

Mirror Stared Gists

python3 giststared.py

Mirror Source Repository

python3 repoSource.py 

Mirror Forked Repository

python3 repoForked.py

Mirror Stared Repository

python3 repoStared.py

varunsridharan / github-gitea-mirror

Simple Python Script To Mirror Repository From Github To Gitea

Simple Python Script To Mirror Repository / Gist From Github To Gitea

Why ?

I am a data hoarder.

I am not migrating away from GitHub because I see no reason to: the platform is very useful to me, and I’d not like to lose it. What I’m trying to accomplish is a fail-safe in case something happens to GitHub which would make me lose access, be that voluntarily or involuntarily.

✅ Requirements

1. Python3 -- sudo apt-get install python3
2. PyGithub -- pip install PyGithub

⚙️Installation

Github Clone

Just run the below cmd in your Gitea server

git clone https://github.com/varunsridharan/github-gitea-mirror

Or you can download the source code and install it where ever you need

🚀 Usage

Github Access Token Scopes

• if you want to mirror private repos then select everything under Repo scope
• if you want to mirror public repos then select repo.public_repo scope
• if you want to mirror secret Gists…

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