A powerful automation tool that keeps your forked GitHub repositories perfectly synced with their upstream sources. Designed for developers managing multiple forks, it eliminates manual updates and ensures your projects stay current and conflict-free.
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GitAgent Scraper is an automated repository synchronization tool that updates all forked repositories for any GitHub user. It solves the tedious problem of manually fetching and merging upstream changes across many forks. This tool is built for open-source contributors, teams maintaining multiple forks, and developers who need reliable and automated repository syncing.
- Detects all forked repositories for the configured GitHub account.
- Updates each fork using GitHub API or browser automation.
- Provides robust error handling with retry logic.
- Offers detailed logs and dataset-like reports for each sync run.
- Helps maintain stable and conflict-free development workflows.
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Automatic fork detection | Finds all forked repositories for the target GitHub user. |
| API or browser mode | Choose between GitHub API (fast) or browser automation (resilient). |
| Rate-limit handling | Built-in concurrency control and retry logic. |
| Detailed logging | Every update attempt is logged with timestamps and statuses. |
| Error isolation | A failed repo never stops processing of other repos. |
| Configurable concurrency | Tune performance based on available resources. |
| Field Name | Field Description |
|---|---|
| repository_name | Full identifier of the fork being synchronized. |
| timestamp | Time the sync job was executed. |
| sync_status | Boolean indicating success or failure of the update. |
| error | Error message when sync fails. |
[
{
"repository_name": "username/repo-name",
"timestamp": "2023-02-09T10:00:00.000Z",
"sync_status": true,
"error": null
},
{
"repository_name": "username/another-repo",
"timestamp": "2023-02-09T10:00:02.000Z",
"sync_status": false,
"error": "Upstream conflict — requires manual review"
}
]
GitAgent/
├── src/
│ ├── runner.js
│ ├── services/
│ │ ├── github_api.js
│ │ ├── browser_updater.js
│ │ └── error_handler.js
│ ├── utils/
│ │ ├── logger.js
│ │ ├── rate_limiter.js
│ │ └── config_loader.js
│ └── config/
│ └── settings.example.json
├── data/
│ ├── logs/
│ │ └── sync_history.log
│ └── sample_output.json
├── package.json
├── README.md
└── LICENSE
- Open-source maintainers use it to automate fork updates, so they can focus on contributing instead of manual syncing.
- Development teams rely on it to keep internal forks aligned with upstream, preventing merge conflicts.
- CI/CD engineers use it as part of automated pipelines to ensure fork freshness before builds.
- Students and researchers maintain multiple study forks without performing repeated manual updates.
- Tool builders integrate it into dashboards to automate repository hygiene across accounts.
Q: Do I need a GitHub token?
Yes, a personal access token with repo scope is required for authentication and API operations.
Q: What if the API rate limit is hit? The tool automatically waits, retries with exponential backoff, and resumes sync operations safely.
Q: Can I use it without the GitHub API? Yes — a browser automation mode is available for environments where API access is limited.
Q: Will a failed repository stop the entire run? No, every repository is processed independently to ensure full coverage.
Primary Metric: Handles 20–40 fork updates per minute via API mode under standard rate-limit conditions.
Reliability Metric: Demonstrates a 98% update success rate across large batch operations with robust retry handling.
Efficiency Metric: Optimized concurrency pipeline minimizes API calls and browser resource usage, reducing sync overhead by up to 60%.
Quality Metric: Produces complete, timestamped sync records with high diagnostic accuracy for debugging and auditing.
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