GitHub – How to Archive Repositories

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GitHub does not allow users to archive repositories and the available plans have fixed limits for the amount of repositories one may have.

If I need to host more repositories than I'm allowed to and Some of those repositories are inactive, I would like to archive those repositories while keeping all the important information (issues, wiki, commits, …). Then if I need to use one of those projects again, it would be good to have a way to activate that repository again.

Does anyone knows of a method or third party solution that allows me to achieve something similar to the above?

I work on different small projects that I would like to host on GitHub as private repositories. Those projects became inactive quickly but sometime I need to go back to one of them and fix a bug or do so changes.

Best Answer

Nowadays, GitHub supports archiving repositories.

Archiving repositories

You can archive a repository to make it read-only for all users and indicate that it's no longer actively maintained. You can also unarchive repositories that have been archived.
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  1. On GitHub, navigate to the main page of the repository.

  2. Under your repository name, click ⚙ Settings.

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  3. Under "Danger Zone", click Archive this repository or Unarchive this repository.

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  4. Read the warnings.

  5. Type the name of the repository you want to archive or unarchive.

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  6. Click I understand the consequences, archive this repository.

Read more at GitHub help on Archiving a GitHub repository

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