# microsoft/Git-Credential-Manager-for-Windows

Secure Git credential storage for Windows with support for Visual Studio Team Services, GitHub, and Bitbucket multi-factor authentication.

Repository: https://github.com/microsoft/Git-Credential-Manager-for-Windows
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/git-credential-manager-for-windows
Language: C#
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: git, credential-storage, windows, visual-studio, github, visual-studio-team-services, tfs, authentication, multi-factor-authentication, bitbucket, visual-studio-code
Archived: true
Last push: 2021-11-04T23:02:08+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4006, "days_push": 1763, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2940, forks 633 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:31.027005+00:00)

## What it is
A secure Git credential helper for Windows that stores credentials and supports multi-factor authentication with GitHub, Bitbucket, and Visual Studio Team Services. It is no longer maintained and has been replaced by the cross-platform Git Credential Manager Core.

## Use cases
- store git credentials securely on windows
- authenticate git pushes to github without typing passwords
- handle two-factor authentication for bitbucket git operations
- sign in to visual studio team services from git command line
- avoid repeated credential prompts when pushing to remote repositories

## When to choose
- you are stuck on a legacy Windows setup that cannot run GCM Core
- you need a credential helper for very old Git for Windows versions

## When to avoid
- you are setting up a new machine - use Git Credential Manager Core instead
- you need GitHub authentication - password-based token creation is disabled
- you need cross-platform support

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: auth, security, cli
- domain: developer-tools, version-control, security, windows
- platform: windows, cli
- tags: git, credential-manager, mfa, github, bitbucket, azure-devops, deprecated

## Member repositories
- microsoft/Git-Credential-Manager-for-Windows (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:31.027005+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:32:57.326298+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/microsoft/Git-Credential-Manager-for-Windows (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:31.027005+00:00, sha b35eedd13700)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.