Self-hosted app for migrating GitHub repositories to Codeberg, Forgejo, Gitea, or GitLab, with permanent repository deletion support.

Maybe, just maybe, but most certainly because I'm a dinosaur (Old-school web developer — just HTML, CSS, and vanilla JavaScript) and have been away for a while, but not too far, I was aware of the earthquakes happening in code's world but barely felt them. If you are a developer you know what I'm talking about, otherwise check out Why do you do this, GitHub?.
The web is now full of articles, videos and even dedicated pages to show what happened, is happening in real time The Missing GitHub Status Page, and where all these major cracks are probably going to...
AI trained on developers' code without anyone being asked. Open source code modified using AI and made proprietary thanks to "legal" loopholes... Watch This Is Crazy if you're not yet in the picture...
Bottom line, AI is being misused from day one at much more dangerous scales — who would have thought it? (sarcasm) — so it's time to backup your online digital assets (whatever they may be) and search for human clouds if you want to share them, or create your own VPS.

Migrating my repos

Millions of developers, enterprises, platforms... were deeply affected by GitHub's outages, making a lot of them leaving it, and a lot more searching for alternatives...
Because I finally swallowed The Red Pill that had been hanging halfway down my throat for years and totally switched back to Linux, I said to myself: "It's time to make some digital organization!". Easier said than done with thousands of assets that have been accumulated over the years...
I had two urgent priorities:

1. Bookmarks — For which I created //bookmarks. You can read more about it on // bookmarks: Firefox Bookmark Manager
2. Repositories — For which I created repo-migrator

I installed a local Forgejo instance and another one on my VPS then migrated all my repos (public and private) in one shot using repo-migrator. Then came the question of finding public cloud-based alternatives...
The first obvious thought was GitLab, but I made a lot of research and here is was I found:

• Codeberg — Git hosting
• CodeFloe — Git hosting
• GitLab — Git platform + DevOps
• Heptapod — Mercurial forge built on GitLab CE concepts
• Launchpad — Canonical’s collaboration platform with Git support
• NotABug — Git hosting
• sourcehut — Git-based development platform
• Savannah — Free software hosting with Git support

Of course there are many more out there like AWS CodeCommit, Azure DevOps, Beanstalk, Bitbucket, OneDev, RhodeCode... but I'm obviously not looking for these 🤣
Worth mentioning some self-hosted software:

• Forgejo — Self-hosted Git forge
• GitBucket — Self-hosted Git platform
• Gitea — Self-hosted Git forge
• GitLab Self-Managed — Self-hosted DevOps platform with Git repository management
• Gogs — Self-hosted Git service
• Radicle — Decentralized self-hosted Git collaboration platform

Repo Migrator Application

The app is simple, intuitive, and easy to use. It has two pages/views:

1. The migrator page — To migrate repos
2. The remover page — To delete repos

Migrator page

The migrator page is composed of:

• A header menu — To navigate between the two pages
• A migration source — The platform from which repositories will be migrated, GitHub
• A repositories select — Available after fetching GitHub repos, to select the repos you want to migrate
• A migration destination — To choose where to migrate the fetched GitHub repos
• A migration log — That reports the migration status of each repo

Remover page

The remover page is composed of:

• A header menu — To navigate between the two pages
• A remover source — To select the platform from which you want to delete repositories
• A repositories select — Available after fetching repos, to select the repos you want to delete
• A double confirmation step — To warn you and make sure that you are aware of your decision
• A deletion log — That reports the deletion status of each repo

Notes

• The app is made using LiteNode only, my Node.js web framework, that proves the unnecessary compilation and complication of multiple packages to achieve simple tasks, just like my CMS/SSG Aether proves it.
• For now, the app migrates only: Git history, branches, tags, and releases. If you need to import more data, use the available built-in tools of the platform where you are migrating repositories.
• The supported platforms are: Codeberg, Forgejo/Gitea, GitHub, GitLab.
• Zero credentials are hard-coded. All tokens and usernames are submitted through the UI at runtime and never stored.
• A detailed README is included in the source code.

On AI Use

Yes, I use AI tools as part of my development process to refine ideas, improve logic, and evaluate architectural decisions more efficiently. Without them, the process would have taken significantly longer — but every decision, every line of code, is still written by me.
I see AI as a thinking partner, not a substitute. AI helps get done things much faster, but any developer must review every line of code, test every aspect and redirect the AI ​​when it hallucinates.

Source Code

MIT-licensed. The application’s source code is available on the following platforms:

• Codeberg
• GitHub
• GitLab

Note: The background image is a photo by Wahid Khene.