repo-privatizer

GitHub Repository Privacy Manager

A simple CLI tool to help you list and make your GitHub repositories private with ease.

Features

• Authenticate using a GitHub Personal Access Token

• List all public repositories owned by you

• Make selected repositories private via:

  • Interactive selection
  • Batch mode with specific repo names
  • All-at-once mode

• Supports persistent credential storage (optional)

• Works cross-platform (Linux, macOS, Windows)

Requirements

• Python 3.6+
• GitHub Personal Access Token (with repo scope)

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/your-username/github-privacy-manager.git
   cd github-privacy-manager

2. Install required dependencies:

   pip install requests python-dotenv

   If you're using environment variables from .env, make sure you have python-dotenv installed.

Usage

Run the script directly using Python:

python github_privacy.py

Options

• --list Only list your public repositories without making any changes.

• --batch repo1,repo2,... Provide a comma-separated list of repository names to make private.

• --all Make all your public repositories private. Use with caution.

Example Commands

• Interactive mode (default):

  python github_privacy.py

• Batch mode:

  python github_privacy.py --batch my-repo1,my-repo2

• Make all public repositories private:

  python github_privacy.py --all

• Just list public repositories:

  python github_privacy.py --list

Authentication

The script will prompt you for your GitHub token and username on the first run. You can optionally choose to save them locally in a config file (~/.github_privacy_config.json) for future runs.

Alternatively, you can set environment variables:

export GITHUB_TOKEN=your_token_here
export GITHUB_USERNAME=your_username_here

You can also use a .env file:

GITHUB_TOKEN=your_token_here
GITHUB_USERNAME=your_username_here

Notes

• Only repositories you own will be shown and processed.
• The tool uses GitHub's REST API (v3).
• Ensure your token has the repo scope, or the requests to update privacy will fail.

License

MIT License

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