Repos 📦

An interactive CLI tool for managing multiple git repositories.

❓ Why?

Managing hundreds of repositories across an organization is tedious. You constantly need to:

• Check which repos have uncommitted changes
• Pull the latest updates across all projects
• Clone new repos that have been created
• Clean up experimental branches and changes

repos solves this by providing a CLI to manage all your repositories with a terminal UI, parallel operations, and GitHub integration.

✨ Features

• 🎯 Interactive Mode: Run repos without arguments for a menu-driven TUI experience
• 🔀 Git-like Commands: Familiar commands (fetch, pull, diff, checkout) work across all repos
• 📊 Terminal UI: Progress bars, tables, spinners, and colored output
• ⚡ Parallel Operations: Fast updates with configurable concurrency
• 🐙 GitHub Integration: Clone repos from any GitHub org (Cloud or Enterprise)
• 🔧 Smart Defaults: Detects gh CLI config and respects .gitignore patterns
• 📁 Config File Support: Save your settings in .reposrc.json
• 🛠️ Escape Hatch: Run any command across repos with repos exec

📦 Installation

Homebrew

brew install epilande/tap/repos

Binary Download

Download the pre-built binary for your platform from Releases:

# macOS Apple Silicon
curl -L https://github.com/epilande/repos/releases/latest/download/repos-macos-arm64 -o repos
chmod +x repos
sudo mv repos /usr/local/bin/

Build from Source

git clone https://github.com/epilande/repos.git
cd repos
bun install
bun run build

Development Setup

git clone https://github.com/epilande/repos.git
cd repos
bun install
bun link  # Link globally for development

🚀 Quick Start

1. Run the setup wizard to configure your GitHub org:

sh repos init

1. Check the status of all repos in your current directory:

sh repos status

1. Pull the latest changes across all repos:

sh repos pull

1. Clone all active repos from your organization:

sh repos clone --org my-org

🎮 Usage

Interactive Mode

Run repos without any arguments to launch the interactive menu:

repos

Keyboard shortcuts: | Key | Action | |-----|--------| | ↑↓ / jk | Navigate menu | | Enter | Select command | | s,f,p,d,c | Jump to git commands (Status, Fetch, Pull, Diff, Checkout) | | o,x,e | Jump to repo commands (Clone, Clean, Exec) | | g,i | Jump to settings (Config, Init) | | q | Quit |

Commands

Command	Description
repos	Launch interactive menu
repos init	Setup wizard for configuration
repos status	Check status of all repositories
repos fetch	Fetch latest changes from remotes
repos pull	Pull latest changes for all repos
repos diff	Show diffs across all repositories
repos checkout <branch>	Switch branches across all repos
repos clone	Clone repos from GitHub org
repos clean	Revert changes in repositories
repos exec "<command>"	Run arbitrary command across all repos
repos config	View or modify configuration

Status Command

repos status                   # Full table output
repos status --fetch           # Fetch from remotes first
repos status --summary         # Just show counts
repos status --quiet           # Only show repos with changes
repos status --filter 'api-*'  # Filter by pattern

Example output:

Repository          Branch         Modified  Staged  Untracked  Sync
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
✓ webapp            main           0         0       0          ✓
● api-server        main           2         0       1          ↓32
✓ auth-service      feature/oauth  0         0       0          ↑3

Fetch Command

repos fetch                   # Fetch all repos
repos fetch --prune           # Remove stale remote-tracking refs
repos fetch --all             # Fetch from all remotes
repos fetch --dry-run         # Preview what would be fetched
repos fetch --filter 'api-*'  # Fetch only matching repos

Pull Command

repos pull                   # Pull all repos
repos pull --dry-run         # Preview what would be updated
repos pull --quiet           # Minimal output
repos pull --parallel 5      # Limit concurrent operations
repos pull --filter 'api-*'  # Pull only matching repos

[!NOTE] Pull uses git pull --ff-only, so dirty repos are pulled too as long as the incoming changes do not overlap your modified files. Diverged branches (local commits + remote commits) are reported as errors instead of being silently merged. Repos without an upstream are skipped.

Clone Command

repos clone --org my-org           # Clone from organization
repos clone --org my-username      # Clone from user account
repos clone --host github.abc.com  # Clone from GitHub Enterprise
repos clone --days 30              # Only repos active in last 30 days
repos clone --parallel 5           # Limit concurrent clone operations
repos clone --shallow              # Shallow clone (faster)
repos clone --skip-existing        # Only clone new repos; don't pull existing ones
repos clone --dry-run              # Preview what would be cloned

[!NOTE] By default, clone pulls repos that already exist locally (and clones the rest). Pass --skip-existing to clone only new repos and leave existing ones untouched.

Diff Command

repos diff                   # Show diffs (default: 500 lines per repo)
repos diff --max-lines 100   # Limit output to 100 lines per repo
repos diff --max-lines 0     # Show full diff (no limit)
repos diff --stat            # Show diffstat summary
repos diff --quiet           # Only list repos with changes
repos diff --parallel 5      # Limit concurrent operations
repos diff --filter 'api-*'  # Diff only matching repos

Checkout Command

repos checkout main              # Switch to 'main' branch
repos checkout -b feature/new    # Create and switch to new branch
repos checkout main --force      # Skip repos with uncommitted changes
repos checkout main --parallel 5 # Limit concurrent operations
repos checkout main --filter '*' # Checkout only matching repos

[!NOTE] Repos with uncommitted changes are skipped unless --force is used.

Clean Command

repos clean --dry-run         # Preview what would be cleaned
repos clean                   # Revert tracked file changes
repos clean --all             # Also remove untracked files
repos clean --force           # Skip confirmation prompt
repos clean --filter 'api-*'  # Clean only matching repos

[!WARNING] The clean command will revert changes. Always use --dry-run first!

Exec Command

repos exec "git log -1 --oneline"  # Show last commit in each repo
repos exec "npm install"           # Run npm install in all repos
repos exec "pwd" --quiet           # Only show repos with output
repos exec "make test" --parallel 5  # Run with limited concurrency
repos exec "git branch" --filter 'api-*'  # Run only in matching repos

[!TIP] Use repos exec as an escape hatch for any command not directly supported.

Config Command

repos config                           # List all config values
repos config --list                    # List all config values
repos config --get org                 # Get a specific config value
repos config --set org --value my-org  # Set a config value
repos config --location home           # Use home directory config file

⚙️ Configuration

Create .reposrc.json in your project directory or home folder:

{
  "github": {
    "host": "github.com",
    "apiUrl": "https://api.github.com"
  },
  "org": "my-org",
  "daysThreshold": 90,
  "parallel": 10,
  "timeout": 30000,
  "diffMaxLines": 500
}

Option	Default	Description
github.host	github.com	GitHub host (for Enterprise)
github.apiUrl	https://api.github.com	GitHub API URL
org	-	Default organization to clone from
daysThreshold	90	Only clone repos active within N days
parallel	10	Number of concurrent operations
timeout	30000	Network timeout in milliseconds
diffMaxLines	500	Max lines per diff (0 for unlimited)

GitHub Enterprise Configuration

{
  "github": {
    "host": "github.mycompany.com",
    "apiUrl": "https://github.mycompany.com/api/v3"
  },
  "org": "my-team"
}

Configuration Priority

1. CLI flags (highest) — --org, --parallel, etc.
2. Project config — .reposrc.json in current directory
3. User config — ~/.reposrc.json
4. gh CLI — Detected from ~/.config/gh/hosts.yml
5. Defaults (lowest)

🔐 Authentication

For repos clone, authentication is required. The tool checks these sources:

1. gh CLI — If you have gh installed and authenticated (gh auth login)
2. Environment variables — GITHUB_TOKEN or GH_TOKEN
3. Interactive prompt — Runs setup wizard if no auth found

🔧 Development

# Install dependencies
bun install

# Run in development
bun run src/index.ts status

# Type check
bun run typecheck

# Build binary
bun run build

# Cross-compile for all platforms
bun run build:all

Project Structure

repos/
├── src/
│   ├── index.ts       # CLI entry point
│   ├── types.ts       # TypeScript interfaces
│   ├── commands/      # Command implementations
│   ├── components/    # Reusable Ink components
│   └── lib/           # Core logic
├── bin/repos          # Dev wrapper script
└── package.json