Gitty is a CLI tool that helps you download GitHub files and directories directly! It is fast, simple, and works concurrently.
Gitty simplifies downloading a single folder from GitHub. It is perfect for downloading specific files and folders from large repositories without cloning them.
Requires Go 1.23+
go install github.com/worlpaker/gitty@latestgitty github-url- Download GitHub Directory
gitty https://github.com/worlpaker/go-syntax/tree/master/examples- Download GitHub File
gitty https://github.com/worlpaker/go-syntax/blob/master/test/semantic_tokens.go- Gitty also works without the https prefix
gitty github.com/worlpaker/go-syntax/tree/master/examplesGitHub has hourly rate limit:
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For unauthenticated users: 60
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For authenticated users: 5000
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For enterprise cloud users: 15000
Gitty authenticates using the GH_TOKEN environment variable. You can get a personal access token from GitHub Personal Tokens. For more details, see GitHub's guide on managing your personal access tokens.
You can set the GH_TOKEN environment variable manually, or you can use gitty!
- Set token
gitty -s=your_github_token- Unset token
gitty -u- Authenticated user info
gitty -a- Check client auth status and remaining rate limit
gitty -cNOTE: Gitty doesn't store your token. It gets, saves, and deletes the token from your os environment variable.
Gitty uses go-github to interact with GitHub and cobra for CLI.
Test coverage is 100% for Windows, Linux and macOS (see: gitty test commands).
Yes, please! Feel free to contribute.
Inspired by download-directory.