GitHub Backup

Connect with a personal access token

Provide a fine-grained PAT with read-only repo scopes. The app validates the token, surfaces your profile, records the current rate limit, discovers repositories, and tracks real backup progress with live estimates.

Paste a GitHub personal access token to begin.

Use a fine-grained PAT with read-only access to repositories and metadata. The token stays in-memory and is never persisted.

Scopes required: repo (read-only).

How to create a fine-grained token with read-only scopes

Follow these steps to ensure the backup can access both public and private repositories without modifying anything.

  1. Visit the GitHub PAT settings and choose Fine-grained tokens → Generate new token.
  2. Set the token expiration (e.g., 30 or 90 days), give it a descriptive name, and select All repositories or the specific repositories you plan to back up.
  3. Under Repository permissions, grant Read-only access to: Contents, Metadata, Issues, Pull requests, Workflows, and Projects.
  4. Save the token and paste it above. Private repositories will only appear when the token covers them and includes read access for the listed scopes.

Regenerate a new token if scopes change; this app never stores or logs the token outside your browser session.

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