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GitMirrors is a self-hosted repository archiving tool that automatically clones and mirrors Git repositories on a schedule. Written in Rust 🦀 and Nuxt 🍃.

• GitHub: https://github.com/ioalexander/gitmirrors
• Technologies & Frameworks: Rust, Nuxt, PostgresSQL, Docker, Git, GitHub Actions

What is GitMirrors?

GitMirrors is a self-hosted tool that automatically clones and mirrors Git repositories on a schedule. Built in Rust (backend) and Nuxt (frontend), it’s designed for developers who want more control over their Git data.

Why Archive and Mirror Git Repositories?

Open‑source and personal projects alike can disappear overnight. Legal takedowns, discontinued services or abrupt policy changes can render years of work inaccessible. Remember when popular Nintendo emulator codebases vanished from GitHub after cease‑and‑desist letters? Those projects often lived on only because vigilant community members had mirrored copies elsewhere. Archiving safeguards against that same fate. It ensures continuity of development, preserves software history for research and education, and avoids reliance on any single hosting provider that might change its terms or disappear.

Those projects often lived on only because vigilant community members had mirrored copies elsewhere. Archiving safeguards against that same fate. It ensures continuity of development, preserves software history for research and education, and avoids reliance on any single hosting provider that might change its terms or disappear.

The darker side of dependency

Every time we trust a cloud service to hold our code indefinitely, we hand over control. What happens if that service changes its pricing model, suffers a catastrophic outage, or decides to purge content under legal pressure? Without an independent mirror, your projects become hostage to external forces. GitMirrors nudges us to ask: do we truly own our own work if we’re not prepared to host it ourselves?

Security considerations

Out of the box, GitMirrors stores your Git credentials in plain text – a trade‑off for a prototype. Use only instances that you trust, and watch for upcoming releases that will encrypt credentials and introduce role‑based access control.

Roadmap highlights

Beyond basic cloning, the next releases will tackle encrypted credential storage, refined input validation, and a more intuitive mobile sidebar so you can check your mirror status on the go. Community‑driven features such as multi‑user support and granular repository permissions will follow, ensuring that GitMirrors can grow from a personal archiver into a team‑ready backup solution.

Explore GitMirrors on GitHub and take back control of your project history: https://github.com/ioalexander/gitmirrors