Starting on April 28th, 2025, GitHub will implement a new limit of 100,000 repositories on the total number of repositories per owner for both user accounts and organizations.
We’re committed to keeping our platform safe and secure while delivering the experiences you expect. By capping repository ownership, we’re preventing slowdowns on administrators as well as ensuring the health of our infrastructure to provide a smooth and secure environment for all users. You can find more about the degraded performance large accounts can face exceeding 100,000 repositories in our documentation about repository limits.
Notification process
When an account surpasses 50,000 repositories, a banner noting the approaching limit will appear. Additionally, administrators will receive email notifications, and the audit log will update every additional 5,000 repositories created.
Temporary exemptions
For accounts at or nearing the 100,000-repository limit, GitHub will provide information on temporary exemptions and offer guidance on reducing repository counts. If you require more than 100,000 repositories, you can distribute ownership across multiple organizations, maintaining seamless operations.
Additional resources
The stale repos action that was launched in 2023 is designed to help organizations identify and report on repositories with no activity.
For further details and guidance on navigating these changes, please visit our documentation.
Or you could join the discussion in GitHub Community.