Why not just use GitHub Teams?

GitHub Teams can express the model, but reviewing and cleaning access across many repos and teams still becomes manual once direct grants and exceptions accumulate. repod gives you one review surface, bulk edits, and a safer change path.

Why not use Terraform or internal scripts?

Terraform and scripts can work, but they add workflow and maintenance overhead. repod is for teams that want reviewable repo-team access changes without turning access operations into a bespoke infrastructure project.

How does repod access GitHub?

repod uses fine-grained personal access tokens. Tokens are encrypted at rest, never logged in plaintext, and owners and admins keep org connection control.

What happens if we rotate or revoke the PAT?

You can rotate or revoke the PAT at any time. GitHub sync and apply operations pause until a valid token is restored, but your repod account data and audit history remain.

How do we review changes before they land?

repod is built around previewing repo-team changes before apply so you can inspect removals, new team mappings, and the exact changes that will be pushed back to GitHub.

repod | GitHub Repo-Team Access Control

When repo-to-team access breaks down, GitHub gets expensive.

repository daemon (repod)

You don’t have “a few repos” anymore. You have hundreds.
Joiners, leavers, and team changes still mean manual repo updates.
Direct access has spread further than anyone intended.
GitHub admin is done by your most expensive people. Manually.
“Who has access to what?” shouldn’t take days to answer.

repod is built for teams with 50+ repos, 20+ engineers, or access spread across multiple teams. Below that, GitHub is often still manageable by hand.

What gets better with repod

Structure repo access through teams, reduce manual admin, and make changes safer.

Spend less time on GitHub admin

Stop handling joiners, leavers, and access changes one repo at a time.

Bulk updates in Excel
Fewer manual permission edits
Less senior engineer time spent on access admin

Review changes before they land

See what will change before syncing updates back to GitHub.

Clear diffs
Safer permission cleanup
Better auditability

Organise access around teams

Replace direct repo-by-repo permissions with a cleaner team-based model.

Reduce one-off repo grants
Keep sensitive repos visible only through the right team
Make ownership easier to understand

Need tighter boundaries? See our private GitHub repo visibility use case.

Delegate access without heavy tooling

Let org admins keep control while maintainers and operators handle repo-team access work, without adding a Terraform workflow or an enterprise stack.

No Terraform workflow required
No SSO or SCIM dependency
No GitHub Enterprise pricing

Learn more in our GitHub repo naming, nested teams, and permission structure guide.

How repod works

Find value in 3 steps

1. Snapshot

repod pulls your teams, repos and permissions into a structured model without hitting GitHub rate limits.

2. Edit in Spreadsheet

Fix teams, remove direct repo access, restructure ownership all in a format everyone understands.

3. Sync safely

repod applies minimal, atomic changes. No surprises. Every update is logged.

Most teams go from chaos to structured in under one hour.

Plans & Pricing

Based on our operational model, teams with 300-700 repos typically save £3.8k-£9k per year in loaded engineering cost.

Get familiar

Starter

£0/year

£0/month equivalent

1 orgs · 20 repos · 3 teams

A single file defines your entire org
Delegate repo-team access
Team Builder for hierarchical team setup
Manual sync

Get Started

Take control

Team

£599/year

£49.92/month equivalent

1 orgs · 200 repos · 20 teams

Everything in Starter
Person-Repo drift detection
Scheduled sync

Subscribe

Scale your control

Pro

£990/year

£82.5/month equivalent

2 orgs · 500 repos · 100 teams

Everything in Team
Higher org, repo, and team limits

Subscribe

For many teams, repod closes the gap between GitHub Team and Enterprise.

Frequently Asked Questions

Start on Starter while you model access. Upgrade when you need more repos, members, or automation depth. Larger teams typically move to Pro for higher repo ceilings and governance controls.
We keep syncing safely. New usage beyond limits is held from advanced dashboards until you upgrade—no hard lockouts or surprise stops.
Starter is the trial path. There is no credit card requirement to begin, and you can stay there until your org outgrows its ceilings.
GitHub Teams can express the model. The hard part is reviewing and cleaning access across many repos and teams once direct grants and exceptions have built up. repod gives you one review surface, bulk edits, and a safer change path.
Terraform and scripts can work, but they add workflow and maintenance overhead. repod is for teams that want reviewable repo-team access changes without turning access operations into a bespoke infrastructure project.
repod uses fine-grained personal access tokens. Tokens are encrypted at rest, never logged in plaintext, and owners and admins keep org connection control.
You can rotate or revoke the PAT at any time. GitHub sync and apply operations pause until a valid token is restored, but your repod account data and audit history remain.
repod is built around previewing repo-team changes before apply so you can inspect removals, new team mappings, and the exact changes that will be pushed back to GitHub.
Yes. We process minimal account + repo metadata. You remain controller; obtain any required consents. See Privacy and Terms.
No. Import an Excel spreadsheet. Most setups finish in under 10 minutes.
Yes. Connect several GitHub orgs under one account; apply consistent access policy across them.
No per‑seat billing for internal users. Add admins, maintainers, operators, and viewers freely.

GitHub Repo-Team Access Control

For platform teams, DevOps, engineering managers.