Telemetry
Starting from v0.21.0, git-sync collects anonymous usage telemetry via PostHog. This helps the maintainers understand which platforms and features are popular, and how syncs perform across different environments.
No personally identifiable information (PII) is ever collected. No repository names, tokens, usernames, or file contents are sent.
A single sync_completed event is sent at the end of each sync run with the following properties:
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
platform |
string |
github, gitlab, bitbucket, forgejo, gitea
|
clone_type |
string |
bare, mirror, shallow, full
|
concurrency |
int | Number of concurrent sync workers |
include_wiki |
bool | Whether wiki sync is enabled |
include_issues |
bool | Whether issue backup is enabled |
include_forks |
bool | Whether forked repos are included |
repos_success |
int | Count of repos synced successfully |
repos_failed |
int | Count of repos that failed |
wikis_success |
int | Count of wikis synced successfully |
wikis_failed |
int | Count of wikis that failed |
issues_success |
int | Count of issue backups that succeeded |
issues_failed |
int | Count of issue backups that failed |
app_version |
string | git-sync version |
os |
string | Operating system (darwin, linux, windows) |
arch |
string | CPU architecture (amd64, arm64) |
An anonymous device ID (UUID) is generated on first run and stored at ~/.config/git-sync/.device-id. This is used solely to count unique installations — it is not linked to any personal information.
You can disable telemetry in any of these ways:
telemetry:
enabled: falseexport GIT_SYNC_NO_TELEMETRY=1When telemetry is disabled, no PostHog client is created and no network calls are made.