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GitHub does not allow users to archive repositories and the available plans have fixed limits for the amount of repositories one may have.

If I need to host more repositories than I'm allowed to and Some of those repositories are inactive, I would like to archive those repositories while keeping all the important information (issues, wiki, commits, ...). Then if I need to use one of those projects again, it would be good to have a way to activate that repository again.

Does anyone knows of a method or third party solution that allows me to achieve something similar to the above?

I work on different small projects that I would like to host on GitHub as private repositories. Those projects became inactive quickly but sometime I need to go back to one of them and fix a bug or do so changes.

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Check this article on Red Glasses. – Alex Nov 12 '11 at 18:16

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While there is some workarounds available, like:

IMHO using bitbucket is a better alternative, i.e. free, unlimited private repositories and it also got a git support this year ;)

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Bitbucket is the way to go for lots of private repos, they only want you to pay when you need more collaborators on a project. – Ashfame Dec 8 '12 at 13:05

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