# git-lfs/git-lfs

Git extension for versioning large files

Repository: https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/git-lfs
Homepage: https://git-lfs.com
Language: Go
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: go, git-lfs, git
Last push: 2026-08-26T06:26:54+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 74/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 28, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4728, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 320, "gap_med": 112, "n_releases_24m": 4}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 14444, forks 2252 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:07.025965+00:00)

## What it is
Git Large File Storage (Git LFS) is a command-line extension and specification for Git that replaces large files like audio, video, datasets, and graphics with text pointers, storing the actual file contents on a remote server. It is written in Go and distributed as pre-compiled binaries for Mac, Windows, Linux, and FreeBSD.

## Use cases
- version large binary files in git repositories
- track large assets like psd files without bloating the repo
- store videos and audio samples in git
- manage datasets alongside source code
- migrate existing large files in git history to lfs
- keep git clones fast when repos contain big media files

## When to choose
- your git repository contains large binary assets such as media, graphics, or datasets
- you want standard git workflows while offloading large file storage to a remote server
- you need cross-platform tooling integrated directly into git

## When to avoid
- your repository only contains small text files that git handles natively
- you need distributed peer-to-peer storage of large files rather than a central LFS server
- you cannot run the git lfs client on all machines that need the repository

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: stable
- function: version-control, developer-tools, cli, file-system
- domain: version-control, developer-tools, files
- platform: windows, bsd, cli, cross-platform
- tags: git-lfs, large-files, git-extension, binary-assets, go, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- git-lfs/git-lfs (main) score 74

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:07.025965+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 2026-08-29T17:12:33.847901+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:07.025965+00:00, sha eccee3166616)
  - homepage: https://git-lfs.com (fetched 2026-08-29T08:05:55.842513+00:00, sha 14901de346a2)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.