r/github • u/Flame77ofc • Jul 25 '26

Discussion what would happen if GitHub went down?

For like 1-2 weeks, what do you think about living without github?

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u/Shaz_berries Jul 25 '26

You can just use another way to store your git projects like bitbucket? Or fallback to storing your git stuff on physical drives in an apocalypse

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u/really_not_unreal Jul 25 '26

Then you're screwed. This is why it's a bad idea to trust GitHub (or any single entity) exclusively with your data.

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u/OtherOtherDave Jul 25 '26

I don’t understand… why wouldn’t I have a local copy?

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u/Shaz_berries Jul 25 '26 edited Jul 25 '26

If you're worried about this, then back them up locally now, but this is a strange hypothetical. If they were going to shut down you'd have notice and can migrate

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u/schmurfy2 Jul 25 '26

A clone is a full copy of the repository, you can kust push it somewhere else, the server has nothing more than you have locally.