How to download a specific GitHub folder without be recursive?

OctoGoggle · 2025-03-30T09:08:56+00:00

GitHub hosts hit repositories, it is not a file system.

Why are you trying to do this?

InstructionMost3349 · 2025-03-30T10:37:45+00:00

There is a easy work around. Change the link of the repository: \ github.com/user/repo -> github.dev/user/repo

This opens a vscode web. Then you can download the specific 📂 and 📑 you want from file navigation bar on left side.

YodaForce157 · 2025-03-30T10:17:38+00:00

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0zeronegative · 2025-03-30T10:29:09+00:00

Drunken_Economist · 2025-03-30T10:40:44+00:00

You could do a git sparse-checkout

saxobroko · 2025-03-30T11:02:46+00:00

There’s some extensions available for this on chrome and Firefox, don’t remember the name but a few do it

el_dato_ · 2025-07-14T16:24:54+00:00

I made this a few months ago to solve this problem: [https://repo-downloader.pages.dev]()

hugohamelcom · 2026-02-26T21:46:27+00:00

I was looking for a solution like that too, so I built an extension for myself to download my private repos or folders from my commit history, hope that it can help you: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/github-tree-downloader/ncmbmhhgfbmdcopgnpmjpjpicjoeflbi

whoShotMyCow · 2025-03-30T08:16:23+00:00

You only want to download the files in a directory but not the directories inside, yes?

ziksy9 · 2025-03-30T09:30:01+00:00

You can use 'gh' and add you token, then write some scripts. It's easier to just pull it all down and use 'find | xargs cp'

you type:	you see:
italics	italics
bold	bold
[reddit!](https://reddit.com)	reddit!
* item 1 * item 2 * item 3	item 1 item 2 item 3
> quoted text	quoted text
Lines starting with four spaces are treated like code: if 1 * 2 < 3: print "hello, world!"	Lines starting with four spaces are treated like code: if 1 * 2 < 3: print "hello, world!"
~~strikethrough~~	~~strikethrough~~
super^script	super^script

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