# Archive old GitHub projects

**URL:** <https://forum.giveth.io/t/archive-old-github-projects/1554>\
**Category:** Dapp\
**Created:** [September 24, 2024, 9:11am UTC](https://forum.giveth.io/t/archive-old-github-projects/1554 "2024-09-24T09:11:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![geleeroyale](https://forum.giveth.io/user_avatar/forum.giveth.io/geleeroyale/32/26_2.png) [@geleeroyale](https://forum.giveth.io/u/geleeroyale)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 9:11am UTC](https://forum.giveth.io/t/archive-old-github-projects/1554/1 "2024-09-24T09:11:44Z")

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We have multiple old versions of the DApp itself, the first website, the second website, Hall of Fame, Donation Leaderboard and many other _abandoned_ projects on GitHub.

As subscriber to these repos I frequently get huge emails from dependabot about vulnerabilities that are present and we should make it clear that we are not using certain applications and services anymore.

What do you think?

Can we start archiving old repos?

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**Author:** ![karmaticacid](https://forum.giveth.io/user_avatar/forum.giveth.io/karmaticacid/32/24_2.png) [@karmaticacid](https://forum.giveth.io/u/karmaticacid)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2024, 10:44am UTC](https://forum.giveth.io/t/archive-old-github-projects/1554/2 "2024-09-25T10:44:35Z")

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That sounds like a good idea.

If they are archived, they can still be reviewed and referenced and forked right? And viewed under the organization’s Github?

The one thing I want to make sure of is that we’re not clearing any history of things we might want to reference in grant applications or elsewhere to prove that we did do something/worked on it.

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**Author:** ![missgene](https://forum.giveth.io/user_avatar/forum.giveth.io/missgene/32/146_2.png) [@missgene](https://forum.giveth.io/u/missgene)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2024, 4:07pm UTC](https://forum.giveth.io/t/archive-old-github-projects/1554/3 "2024-09-25T16:07:40Z")

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“When a repository is archived, its issues, pull requests, code, labels, milestones, projects, wiki, releases, commits, tags, branches, reactions, code scanning alerts, comments and permissions become read-only.”

More information [here](https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/archiving-a-github-repository/archiving-repositories) 🙂

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**Author:** ![karmaticacid](https://forum.giveth.io/user_avatar/forum.giveth.io/karmaticacid/32/24_2.png) [@karmaticacid](https://forum.giveth.io/u/karmaticacid)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2024, 4:35pm UTC](https://forum.giveth.io/t/archive-old-github-projects/1554/4 "2024-09-25T16:35:53Z")

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Thanks @missgene!! Ok, considering that I think this is a good idea 🙂

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**Author:** ![geleeroyale](https://forum.giveth.io/user_avatar/forum.giveth.io/geleeroyale/32/26_2.png) [@geleeroyale](https://forum.giveth.io/u/geleeroyale)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2024, 12:33pm UTC](https://forum.giveth.io/t/archive-old-github-projects/1554/5 "2024-12-11T12:33:23Z")

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Thanks everyone - I will proceed with compiling a list of items to archive.

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**Author:** ![kechy](https://forum.giveth.io/user_avatar/forum.giveth.io/kechy/32/1243_2.png) [@kechy](https://forum.giveth.io/u/kechy)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2024, 10:34am UTC](https://forum.giveth.io/t/archive-old-github-projects/1554/6 "2024-12-12T10:34:20Z")

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Let’s go @geleeroyale , I’m here for any help 😉

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**Author:** ![geleeroyale](https://forum.giveth.io/user_avatar/forum.giveth.io/geleeroyale/32/26_2.png) [@geleeroyale](https://forum.giveth.io/u/geleeroyale)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2024, 11:17am UTC](https://forum.giveth.io/t/archive-old-github-projects/1554/7 "2024-12-12T11:17:02Z")

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I made an issue in GitHub about it:

[https://github.com/Giveth/devops/issues/297](https://github.com/Giveth/devops/issues/297)  
(might be restricted, as it is a private repo)

Also I compiled a list and put it in Notion - there is a good divide (look for my first yes on the archive column) where basically everything below it we can archive IMO

I will go through this list later today to identify the no and yes attributes.  
(also restricted)

[https://www.notion.so/giveth/GitHub-repos-Giveth-15a3ab28d48c80b0b3cee7e04d58f3f9?pvs=4](https://www.notion.so/giveth/GitHub-repos-Giveth-15a3ab28d48c80b0b3cee7e04d58f3f9?pvs=4)