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Egnyte to GitHub integration — real-time, two-way sync

Keep Egnyte and GitHub in sync without custom scripts. Cut weeks of integration work, eliminate silent data drift, and give your team a single, reliable source of truth.

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Why teams connect Egnyte and GitHub

Land the records and documents that build up in GitHub into Egnyte as they are created, and surface Egnyte's file details on the GitHub records that point to them, without an export job to maintain.

GitHub and Egnyte hold different kinds of data. GitHub carries records and the activity around them — the tickets, messages, orders, or issues a team works through, often with documents attached. Egnyte holds files and the metadata that describes them. Where the two meet is narrow but real: much of what GitHub produces has to be kept somewhere durable, and many of the files Egnyte stores are the very documents GitHub's records point to.

Stacksync syncs Repositories, Issues, Pull Requests, Commits in GitHub with Files, Folders, Users, Groups in Egnyte in real time. Records and attachments created in GitHub are written into Egnyte as objects or files within seconds of being created. In the other direction, the metadata Egnyte keeps about those files — name, location, owner, modified date — flows back onto the matching record in GitHub, so people see the current document without leaving the tool. Field-level mapping controls exactly what crosses over and in which direction, so you keep a durable copy of what matters without an extract to schedule or a nightly dump that leaves the copy a day behind.

Common use cases

  • 01 Sync organization and team membership with an identity or HR system to automate access reviews and offboarding.
  • 02 Create GitHub issues automatically from records written elsewhere, such as bug reports logged in a CRM case object.
  • 03 Two-way sync of Files and Folders between Egnyte and an operational database or another content store, keeping the folder hierarchy aligned.
  • 04 Write custom Metadata such as classification tags and project fields onto Files and Folders from a governance or DMS system, and read it back for reporting.

Common sync patterns

Feed a data lake or downstream pipeline

Structured records from GitHub land in Egnyte as objects a data lake, search index, or processing pipeline can read, without a custom extract to build and babysit.

Archive what GitHub produces into Egnyte

Records and events from GitHub — tickets, messages, orders, or issues — are written into Egnyte as objects or files as they change, giving you a durable, addressable copy for retention and audit.

Where GitHub generates attachments: keep the files in Egnyte

Documents attached to records in GitHub land in the storage system automatically, with the source record holding a link back, so files live in one governed place instead of inside the tool.

What you can sync between Egnyte and GitHub

Representative objects on each side — any object or custom field can map to any target. Schemas are auto-detected; types are converted between the two systems.

Egnyte objects GitHub objects How this pairing syncs
Users Accounts managed via the Users API; provisioned, updated, and deactivated in sync with an HRIS or identity provider. Users Author and assignee identities matched to internal directories. Same entity on both sides — records pair one-to-one and field-level changes reconcile in both directions.
Folders Folder hierarchy managed via the fs endpoint (create, move, rename, delete); the tree structure is mirrored during sync. Releases Tagged versions synced into changelogs, CRMs, or customer-notification systems. Folders is specific to Egnyte and Releases to GitHub — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Groups Groups and membership managed via the Groups API; kept aligned with directory or IdP groups that drive folder access. Workflow runs (Actions) CI results synced into incident and reporting systems. Groups is specific to Egnyte and Workflow runs (Actions) to GitHub — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Permissions Folder permissions listed, set, and removed via the Permissions API; effective permission for a user/folder is computable. Organizations and Teams Membership data synced with identity systems and HR directories for access reviews. Permissions is specific to Egnyte and Organizations and Teams to GitHub — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Links Shared file and folder links created, listed, and revoked via the Links API; useful for governing and auditing external sharing. Labels and Milestones Classification fields mapped to statuses and sprints in external trackers. Links is specific to Egnyte and Labels and Milestones to GitHub — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Metadata Custom metadata keys and project fields on files/folders via the Metadata API; written for classification and read back for reporting. Repositories Top-level containers whose metadata and settings syncs read to scope other objects. Metadata is specific to Egnyte and Repositories to GitHub — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.

How changes propagate between Egnyte and GitHub

Each direction of the sync is driven by what the source system can signal and what the destination accepts — detection, delivery, and expected latency below.

Egnyte GitHub Sub-second propagation

DetectionEgnyte notifies Stacksync of record changes through webhook events. Events API polled with an incremental cursor (Egnyte recommends an interval of 5 minutes or more), or Webhooks push notifications for fs, metadata,.

DeliveryEach detected change is written to GitHub through its API, with automatic retries and rate-limit backoff.

GitHub Egnyte Sub-second propagation

DetectionGitHub notifies Stacksync of record changes through webhook events. Webhooks with a broad event catalog covering issues, pull requests, pushes, and releases.

DeliveryEach detected change is written to Egnyte through its API, with automatic retries and rate-limit backoff.

Rate-limit considerations

  • Egnyte: Auto-generated keys default to 2 requests/second and 1,000 requests/day, enforced per access token; monitor X-Accesstoken-Qps-Current/Allotted and X-Accesstoken-Quota-Current headers; higher limits on request.
  • GitHub: Authenticated REST requests are limited to 5,000 per hour per user; GitHub Apps scale limits per installation.
What ships with Egnyte ⇄ GitHub

Connect Egnyte and GitHub for flexible, real-time data sync.

Real-time sync, workflow automation, event queues, EDI, and monitoring, for every Egnyte–GitHub connection.

Real-time

Two-way sync

Changes in Egnyte or GitHub instantly reflect in both systems. No stale data, no manual imports.

No-code + pro-code

Workflow automation

Trigger automated workflows whenever Egnyte or GitHub data changes, update records, fire webhooks, or kick off sequences without brittle API scripts.

At scale

Event queues

Handle millions of events per minute without losing a single Egnyte or GitHub record.

Observability

Monitoring

Track your Egnyte ⇄ GitHub sync health, view errors, and replay failed events in one click.

Trading partners

EDI

Transform legacy EDI complexity into simple database interactions between Egnyte and GitHub.

How the Egnyte and GitHub connectors work

Egnyte

Integration surface
REST Public API (pubapi/v1) with File System, Users, Groups, Permissions, Links, Metadata, Events, and Webhooks endpoints
Authentication
OAuth 2.0 scoped access tokens (Authorization Code or Implicit for partner apps, Resource Owner Password for internal apps, Refresh Token flow); token sent in the Authorization header
Change detection
Events API polled with an incremental cursor (Egnyte recommends an interval of 5 minutes or more), or Webhooks push notifications for fs, metadata, permission, and comment events
Capabilities
read · write · webhooks
Rate limits
Auto-generated keys default to 2 requests/second and 1,000 requests/day, enforced per access token; monitor X-Accesstoken-Qps-Current/Allotted and X-Accesstoken-Quota-Current headers; higher limits on request

GitHub

Integration surface
REST API and GraphQL API
Authentication
OAuth 2.0, fine-grained personal access tokens, or GitHub App installation tokens
Change detection
Webhooks with a broad event catalog covering issues, pull requests, pushes, and releases; polling for backfill
Capabilities
read · write · webhooks
Rate limits
Authenticated REST requests are limited to 5,000 per hour per user; GitHub Apps scale limits per installation.
How it works

How to connect Egnyte to GitHub — three steps, no code

Configure and sync within minutes, no code. Whether you sync 50k or 100M+ records, Stacksync handles the queues, infra, and plumbing. Integrations are non-invasive and need zero setup on your systems.

  1. 01

    Connect your apps

    Authenticate Egnyte and GitHub with each platform's native method — OAuth, API keys, or service accounts — plus secure options like SSH tunneling, IP whitelisting, and VPC peering.

    • OAuth 2.0
    • SSH tunnel
    • VPC peering
    Egnyte connected
    GitHub connected
    OAuth 2.0
    SSH tunnel
    SSL certificate
    VPC peering
  2. 02

    Choose tables

    Pick the Egnyte and GitHub objects to sync — Stacksync auto-detects both schemas, including custom fields where the platform exposes them. Sync to existing tables, or let Stacksync create new ones with ideal data types.

    • Standard objects
    • Custom objects
    • Auto-schema
    objects · Egnyte ⇄ GitHub
    Customers 12,480
    Sales Orders 8,213
    Invoices 5,902
    Items 1,344
  3. 03

    Map fields

    Fields map automatically even when names and types differ. Stacksync handles transformation and type casting for you, zero configuration required.

    • Auto-map
    • Type casting
    • Transforms
    Egnyte GitHub
    Company company_name text
    Email email text
    Amount amount numeric
    Created created_at timestamp
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Alerts

Immediately get alerted about record syncing issues over email, Slack, PagerDuty and WhatsApp. Resolve issues from a centralized dashboard with retry and revert options.

Secure connection options

Securely connects to your systems with:

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