A CLI tool to help you clean up your GitHub fork repositories efficiently.

• 🔍 List all your fork repositories
• 🗑️ Delete multiple forks at once
• ✅ Interactive selection with visual feedback
• 📊 Progress tracking with status bars
• 🎯 Bulk or selective deletion options
• 🔒 Secure GitHub token handling
• 💫 Beautiful CLI interface

• Node.js (v18 or higher)
• GitHub Personal Access Token (will be prompted during first run)

npm install -g forkaway

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bismarkhenao/forkaway/main/install.sh | bash

or using wget:

wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bismarkhenao/forkaway/main/install.sh | bash

1. Generate a GitHub token at https://github.com/settings/tokens

2. Enable these permissions:

   • repo (Full control of private repositories)
   • delete_repo (Delete repositories)

3. Add the token to your shell configuration:

   For zsh:

   echo 'export GITHUB_TOKEN=your_token' >> ~/.zshrc
   source ~/.zshrc

   For bash:

   echo 'export GITHUB_TOKEN=your_token' >> ~/.bashrc
   source ~/.bashrc

Simply run:

forkaway

The interactive CLI will guide you through:

1. Scanning your GitHub account for forks
2. Choosing between:
   • Deleting all forks (with safety confirmations)
   • Selecting specific forks to delete
3. Reviewing selected repositories
4. Confirming and executing deletions with progress tracking

• Progress bars show deletion status
• Spinners indicate active operations
• Color-coded success/failure messages
• Detailed error reporting
• Operation summary at completion

• Multiple confirmations for bulk deletions
• Review step before final deletion
• Clear error messages
• Ability to cancel at any point

We welcome contributions! Please see our Contributing Guide for detailed instructions on how to:

• Set up your development environment
• Make changes
• Run tests
• Submit pull requests
• Follow our coding standards

MIT

If you encounter any issues or have questions:

• Open an issue at: https://github.com/bismarkhenao/forkaway/issues
• Provide detailed information about the problem
• Include any error messages