Github-Repo-Downloader

🔄 GitHub Repo Downloader

This is a simple Bash script to download all public repositories from any GitHub user. It uses the GitHub API and optionally supports authentication via personal access token (PAT) to avoid rate limits.

🚀 Features

🔎 Prompts for any GitHub username
🔐 Optional GitHub token support to avoid API rate limits
📂 Downloads all public repositories using git
🔁 Handles paginated results (supports 100+ repos)
🧩 Lightweight, clean, and easy to use

🛠️ Requirements

bash
git
curl
grep with PCRE support (grep -P)

📥 Installation

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/nemocyberworld/Github-Repo-Downloader.git

Navigate into the project folder:
```
cd Github-Repo-Downloader
```
Make the script executable:
```
chmod +x download_github_repos.sh
```
Run the script:
```
./download_github_repos.sh
```

📌 Usage

Just run the script and follow the prompts:

Enter GitHub username: johndoe
Enter GitHub token (optional, press Enter to skip):

All repositories will be downloaded into a folder named:

./johndoe-repos/

🔐 GitHub Token (Optional)

To avoid GitHub’s rate limiting (60 unauthenticated API requests/hour), you can use a personal access token:

Go to: https://github.com/settings/tokens
Click “Generate new token (classic)”
Select the public_repo scope
Copy and paste the token into the script when prompted

📦 Example Output

Enter GitHub username: johndoe
Enter GitHub token (optional, press Enter to skip):
[*] Fetching repositories for user: johndoe
[+] Cloning https://github.com/johndoe/project-one.git
[+] Cloning https://github.com/johndoe/project-two.git
[✔] All public repositories for 'johndoe' downloaded.

🎓 Developed by Hacktolive Academy

This tool was created and maintained by Hacktolive Academy. We are committed to building open-source security tools and delivering real-world ethical hacking education.

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📃 License

This script is open-source and licensed under the MIT License.

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