diff --git a/CMakeModules/CPMUtil.cmake b/CMakeModules/CPMUtil.cmake
index 1c4a4874c6..a5e13e58ed 100644
--- a/CMakeModules/CPMUtil.cmake
+++ b/CMakeModules/CPMUtil.cmake
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ option(CPMUTIL_FORCE_BUNDLED
 option(CPMUTIL_FORCE_SYSTEM
     "Force system packages for all CPM dependencies (NOT RECOMMENDED)" OFF)
 
+option(CPMUTIL_DEFAULT_HOST
+    "Sets the default host when 'git_host' isn't defined" "github.com")
+
+option(CPMUTIL_FORCE_HOST
+    "Force host CPMUTIL_DEFAULT_HOST to be used for all CPM dependencies even when 'git_host' is defined" OFF)
+
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.22)
 include(CPM)
 
@@ -293,8 +299,8 @@ function(AddPackage)
     option(${PKG_ARGS_NAME}_FORCE_SYSTEM "Force the system package for ${PKG_ARGS_NAME}")
     option(${PKG_ARGS_NAME}_FORCE_BUNDLED "Force the bundled package for ${PKG_ARGS_NAME}")
 
-    if (NOT DEFINED PKG_ARGS_GIT_HOST)
-        set(git_host github.com)
+    if (CPMUTIL_FORCE_HOST OR NOT DEFINED PKG_ARGS_GIT_HOST)
+        set(git_host ${CPMUTIL_DEFAULT_HOST})
     else()
         set(git_host ${PKG_ARGS_GIT_HOST})
     endif()
diff --git a/docs/CPMUtil/README.md b/docs/CPMUtil/README.md
index 8fe4df5237..aec19411ea 100644
--- a/docs/CPMUtil/README.md
+++ b/docs/CPMUtil/README.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ Global Options:
 - `CPMUTIL_FORCE_SYSTEM` (default `OFF`): Require all CPM dependencies to use system packages. NOT RECOMMENDED!
   * You may optionally override this (section)
 - `CPMUTIL_FORCE_BUNDLED` (default `ON` on MSVC and Android, `OFF` elsewhere): Require all CPM dependencies to use bundled packages.
+- `CPMUTIL_DEFAULT_HOST`: (default `github.com`): Sets the default `git_host`.
+- `CPMUTIL_FORCE_HOST`: (default `OFF`): Forces all CPM packages to use `CPMUTIL_DEFAULT_HOST` instead, even if they have `git_host` defined.
 
 You are highly encouraged to read AddPackage first, even if you plan to only interact with CPMUtil via `AddJsonPackage`.
 
diff --git a/tools/README.md b/tools/README.md
index 767892e7ac..e45eaef7ab 100644
--- a/tools/README.md
+++ b/tools/README.md
@@ -32,3 +32,6 @@ It's recommended to run these scritps after almost any Android change, as they a
 ## Translations
 
 - [Translation Scripts](./translations)
+
+## Mirror
+- [Mirroring scripts](./mirror)
diff --git a/tools/mirror/README.md b/tools/mirror/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..183a97e4cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/mirror/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Mirroring scripts
+
+Scripts for setting up a Git mirror or performing offline work (i.e no GitHub) when using systems like CPM.
+
+- `helper.sh`: Mini helper script - made for `cgit` jails but may work for Forgejo as well.
+- `common.sh`: Common functions and stuff.
diff --git a/tools/mirror/common.sh b/tools/mirror/common.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0f401082bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/mirror/common.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright 2025 Eden Emulator Project
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+git_clone_mirror_repo() {
+    git clone --mirror $1 $(echo $1 | awk -F"/" '{print $4"/"$5".git"}')
+}
+git_retrieve_file() {
+    TMPDIR=$1
+    BRANCH=$(cd $TMPDIR && git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
+    cd $1 && git show $BRANCH:$2 2>/dev/null | git lfs smudge 2>/dev/null
+}
+git_retrieve_gitmodules() {
+    TMP=$1
+    git_retrieve_file $TMP '.gitmodules' | awk '{$1=$1};1' \
+        | grep "url = " | sed "s,url = ,," \
+        | while IFS= read -r line; do
+        case "$line" in
+            ../*)
+                # TODO: maybe one day handle case where its NOT ALL GITHUB - thanks boost
+                ORGAN=$(echo "$TMP" | awk -F'/' '{print $2}')
+                echo "$line" | sed "s|../|https://github.com/$ORGAN/|"
+                ;;
+            http*)
+                echo "$line"
+                ;;
+        esac
+    done
+}
diff --git a/tools/mirror/helper.sh b/tools/mirror/helper.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..dbf8230667
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/mirror/helper.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright 2025 Eden Emulator Project
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+# You must run this at the root of the eden git repo
+CPM_DIR=$PWD
+NPROC=`nproc`
+. ./tools/mirror/common.sh
+#read -p "Absolute path of target directory (i.e /srv/git/repos): " TARGET_ROOT_DIR
+[ -z "$TARGET_ROOT_DIR" ] && TARGET_ROOT_DIR="/usr/local/jails/containers/classic/srv/git/repos"
+echo "Path: " $TARGET_ROOT_DIR
+echo "Path will be modified with perms 777"
+echo "1  - Do initial clone/world"
+echo "2  - Clone submodules (update)"
+echo "3  - Force manual remotes update (please use crontab instead)"
+read -p "Selection? [none]: " ANSWER
+if [ "$ANSWER" = "1" ]; then
+    echo Cloning to $TARGET_ROOT_DIR...
+    sudo chmod 777 $TARGET_ROOT_DIR
+    # stuff to parse the cpmfile json and then spit out full repo path
+    REPOS=$(find "$CPM_DIR" "$CPM_DIR/src" -maxdepth 3 -type f -name 'cpmfile.json' -not -path 'build' \
+        | sort | uniq | xargs jq -s 'reduce .[] as $item ({}; . * $item)' \
+        | jq -r 'reduce .[] as $i (""; . + (if $i.git_host == null then "https://github.com" else "https://" + $i.git_host end) + "/" + $i.repo + " ")' \
+        | tr ' ' '\n' | xargs -I {} echo {})
+    # clone the stuff
+    cd $TARGET_ROOT_DIR && echo "$REPOS" \
+        | xargs -P $NPROC -I {} sh -c ". $CPM_DIR/tools/mirror/common.sh && git_clone_mirror_repo {}"
+    sudo chmod 755 $TARGET_ROOT_DIR
+elif [ "$ANSWER" = "2" ]; then
+    echo Updating submodules of $TARGET_ROOT_DIR...
+    sudo chmod 777 $TARGET_ROOT_DIR
+    cd $TARGET_ROOT_DIR && find . -maxdepth 2 -type d -name '*.git' -print0 \
+        | xargs -0 -I {} sh -c ". $CPM_DIR/tools/mirror/common.sh && git_retrieve_gitmodules {}" \
+        | while IFS= read -r line; do
+        NAME=$(echo "$line" | awk -F'/' '{print $5}')
+        ORG=$(echo "$line" | awk -F'/' '{print $4}')
+        URL=$(echo "$line")
+        git clone --mirror $URL $ORG/$NAME || echo "skipped $ORG/$NAME"
+    done
+    sudo chmod 755 $TARGET_ROOT_DIR
+elif [ "$ANSWER" = "3" ]; then
+    echo Forcing git updates
+    sudo chmod 777 $TARGET_ROOT_DIR
+    cd $TARGET_ROOT_DIR && find . -maxdepth 3 -type d -name '*.git' -print0 \
+        | xargs -0 -P $NPROC -I {} sh -c 'cd {} && git remote update && echo {}'
+    sudo chmod 755 $TARGET_ROOT_DIR
+else
+    echo Aborting
+fi
+