Automated GitHub Backup restored in minutes
Automatically backup your GitHub repositories and all metadata.
Stay compliant, restore in minutes and trust your data is always available.
Protecting data for 3,200+ teams – from Indie SaaS to Fortune 500 companies
Backup all your GitHub data
Connect your GitHub account and automatically safeguard all your data.
Save all your GitHub data
- Repositories
- Commits
- Releases
- Wiki
- Projects
- Issues
- Gists
- LFS objects
- All Git metadata
Compliance and Audit ready
- Role-based permissions
- End-to-end encryption
- Audit exports
- Anomaly detection
SimpleBackups is an ISO27001 compliant solution, verified by GitHub.
Flexible GitHub Backup, that helps you stay compliant
Unlimited GitHub accounts and repositories automated and scalable to your needs.
Flexible Backup Strategy
Recover in minutes
API and Automation
Own your GitHub Data
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Configure, schedule, monitor, restore, and automated right from a single dashboard.
- Configure your backup
- Connect your GitHub account
- Restore your backup
- Monitor your backup
Why backing up your GitHub data?
GitHub isn't a backup solution and doesn't offer any guarantees. Metadata and content are at risk of being lost, corrupted, deleted or even being compromised.
Legal and Compliance
GDPR, HIPAA, SOC2, ISO27001 compliance requires data protection and recovery plans.
Ransomware and Account Takeover
Even GitHub can be hit by account takeovers or ransomware-style data loss, and all your data is not available on local env.
Human error and outages
Accounts get deleted, repositories get deleted, issues get deleted, your data is at risk.
What's included in a GitHub backup
One connection backs up everything. There is no add-on to buy and nothing to configure per repository.
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19 Jul 2026 · 1.24 GB
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Stored on your own storage, downloadable at any time
Backup and restore, not just backup
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Does GitHub back up your data?
GitHub replicates its infrastructure to keep the service running. That is not a backup of your account, and you cannot restore from it.
| GitHub natively | With SimpleBackups | |
|---|---|---|
| Recover a deleted repository | Only for a limited window, and only while the account exists | From any retained backup, on your own storage |
| Recover deleted issues or pull requests | Not offered as a restore path | Included in the repository metadata backup |
| Survive an account takeover or closure | No, your data lives inside the account | Yes, your archive is held outside GitHub |
| Point-in-time copies for auditors | No retained history to produce | Dated archives with your own retention policy |
| Where your data is stored | GitHub's infrastructure | Any storage you choose, in the region you choose |
Enterprise-grade security, built in
End-to-end encryption, strict compliance, and total control over your data. We meet the highest industry standards — so you don’t have to worry.
You own your data
Your data is only accesible by you, stored on your own storage and independent from us third party.
End-to-end encryption
Your data is encrypted at rest and in transit using AES-256, SSL and with your own private key.
Enterprise-grade compliance
We follow the highest industry standards and are compliant with GDPR, ISO 27001, and more.
Hassle-free security
Our solution works behind firewalls and NAT gateways with no open ports, inbound rules, or IP allowlists required.
Learn more about GitHub backup
Start with the complete developer's guide to GitHub backups, then dig into the guides below.
Stop worrying about your backups.
Focus on building amazing things!
Give your whole team the visibility, control, and access they need to manage and restore backups with confidence.
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What people say
With over 3000 users served, here's what they say about SimpleBackups
We switched from CloudBack! Better pricing model, and backing up databases AND GitHub Repos let us get rid of separate solutions for each.
Matt
Webmaster
I appreciate SimpleBackups the most for how effortlessly it takes care of backups for both servers and external services like GitHub. The platform's user-friendly interface makes scheduling and managing backups straightforward.
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We deal with a number of third party providers and this support team are consistently faster than anyone else - from acknowledgment to fix.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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What is a GitHub Backup Service
A GitHub backup service is a service that allows you to create backups of your repositories on GitHub but also all its associated meta data. These backups can be used to ensure that you have a copy of your code and other files in case something happens to the original repository, such as data loss or corruption.
There are a number of different services that offer GitHub backup capabilities. Some of these are standalone services that you can use to create backups of your repositories, while others are integrated into other tools and services that you might already be using.
To use a GitHub backup service, you will typically need to provide the service with access to your GitHub account. This can typically be done by connecting your account to the service using your GitHub login credentials. Once your account is connected, you can then select the repositories that you want to back up and specify the backup schedule and other settings.
Is there a limit to the amount of data I can back up with GitHub Backup?
We do not limit the amount of data you can backup. You can backup as much data as you want, as often as you want.
What GitHub data can be backed up?
With SimpleBackups you can back up all your GitHub repositories and metadata.
Practically this means: repositories, gists, issues, pull requests, releases, wikis, labels, milestones, LFS objects and projects.
Do I need a server to run the GitHub backup?
Short answer: No. SimpleBackups offers a serverless solution to backup your GitHub data.
But for those who need to run their GitHub backup on their own server, you can always run your backup from your own server without any manual setup.
Can I backup all my GitHub repositories automatically, without manual intervention?
Yes! When configuring your backup you'll be able to select the repositories you want to back up, but also define exclusion rules to exclude repositories you don't want to backup.
This way you can set it up once and forget about it and new repositories will automatically be backed up based on your preferences.
Can I download my GitHub backup?
Of course! Your backups can be downloaded as a compressed file, right from the interface or directly from your storage provider.
How long are my backup kept?
It's up to you. We have a highly customizable retention policy, meaning you can define it yourself, without any constraint.
Do you support GitHub Organization account backup?
Yes! Both GitHub Organization account and personal are supported.