gitok

gitok - the git take out

A CLI to download specific parts of Git repositories using sparse-checkout.

• 10x faster than gitpick
• Supports GitHub and GitLab urls.

Installation

# Install globally to use `gitok` command anywhere
npm install -g gitok

# Use npx to run without installing globally
npx gitok <url>

Usage

Basic Repository Clone

# Clone entire repository (GitHub/GitLab)
gitok https://github.com/owner/repo
gitok https://gitlab.com/owner/repo

# Clone specific folder from main branch (GitHub/GitLab)
gitok https://github.com/owner/repo/tree/main/path/to/folder
gitok https://gitlab.com/owner/repo/-/tree/main/path/to/folder

# Clone specific folder from different branch
gitok https://github.com/owner/repo/tree/develop/src/components
gitok https://gitlab.com/owner/repo/-/tree/develop/src/components

Full Help

Usage: gitok [options] <url> [output]

A CLI tool to quickly clone specific parts of git repositories

Arguments:
  url                    Git repository URL (GitHub or GitLab)
  output                 Output directory name (optional)

Options:
  -V, --version          output the version number
  -b, --branch <branch>  Branch to clone from
  -v, --verbose          Show detailed output logs
  -h, --help             display help for command

Examples:
  # Clone the entire repository
  $ gitok https://github.com/user/repo

  # Clone only a subdirectory from GitHub
  $ gitok https://github.com/user/repo/tree/main/path/to/subdir

  # Clone only a subdirectory from GitLab
  $ gitok https://gitlab.com/group/project/-/tree/master/path/to/subdir

License

MIT License © 2025 Amio