Terminal-native, fast, and deliberate. Multi-select, confirm, delete — with logs and hyperlinks you can Ctrl/Cmd-click.
⚠️ Danger zone: This tool deletes repositories you select. Double-check selections and scopes on yourGITHUB_TOKEN.
- 🔍 Fuzzy-ish filter by name/owner/language with live narrowing.
- ✅ Multi-select with space/a; batch delete with inline progress + logging to
~/.github-fork-manager/actions.log. - 🔗 Clickable repo names (hyperlinks) to open in your terminal.
- 🌐 GitHub.com or custom API base (GHE).
- 🔄
--non-forksmode to manage your owned repos too.
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/S33G/github-fork-manager/main/scripts/install.sh | bash # optional: VERSION=v0.1.0 INSTALL_DIR=/usr/local/bin bash install.sh
Manual:
chmod +x github-fork-manager-linux-amd64
mv github-fork-manager-linux-amd64 ~/.local/bin/github-fork-manager- Export
GITHUB_TOKEN(classic/PAT withdelete_repo+repo). - Optional config file
~/.github-fork-manager/config.json:{ "token": "ghp_xxx", "api_base": "https://api.github.com", "log_path": "~/.github-fork-manager/actions.log" } - Helper:
./scripts/setup-config.shprompts and writes the file.
github-fork-manager # forks view github-fork-manager --non-forks # manage owned repos
From source:
go run ./cmd/github-fork-manager # or make build && ./github-fork-manager
j/kor arrows: movespace: toggle selectiona: select/deselect all visible/: filter (Enter apply, Esc clear)d: delete selected (requires typing<username> approves)r: refresh ·q/Ctrl+C: quit ·?: help blurb
- Confirmation gate: type
<github-username> approvesbefore deletion runs. - Sequential deletes to stay gentle on rate limits; inline errors per repo.
- Actions logged to
~/.github-fork-manager/actions.log.
- Tag
v*→ GitHub Actions builds Linux/macOS/Windows binaries + checksums. - Assets:
github-fork-manager-{os}-{arch},checksums.txt.
- Go 1.22+;
make build,make test,make build-all,make release VERSION=vX.Y.Z. - Core code:
cmd/github-fork-manager,internal/gh,internal/config.