Are there limits to how much I can upload to LFS?

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I'm writing a python extension for Blender. They made changes to their extension system about a year ago so it is now necessary to bundle any needed python wheels with your script. I've written some workflow actions that can compile the extension, but am now unsure how to publish them. Some of them are huge - the Linux extension is nearly 4GB. (Windows is about 300MB and MacOS is 100MB).

I was thinking of adding them to the project using LFS, but even with LFS I am going to be adding another 4.5GB in release binaries every time I publish a new release. My repo is public, which I know gives you more space than private, but even with a public repo I was thinking there still may be limits to how much I can upload. Even if I can only upload the latest release and delete previous releases that would be fine, but as far as I know Github doesn't have a way to let me do that.

[Pantkartik]

• GitHub limits regular files to 100 MB max; larger files must use Git Large File Storage (Git LFS).
• Git LFS allows files up to 2-5 GB depending on your plan (Free: 2 GB, Team: 4 GB, Enterprise: 5 GB max per file).
• However, free Git LFS only gives 1 GB storage and 1 GB bandwidth per month, so uploading huge files repeatedly will quickly exceed these limits.
• GitHub repos ideally stay under 5 GB for performance; big binaries can slow cloning and repo management.
• GitHub Releases are better suited for large binaries: upload your extension files as release assets rather than inside the repo.
• You can manually delete old release assets if you want to save space—GitHub does not auto-delete old files.
• For very large or frequent uploads, consider hosting binaries outside GitHub (e.g., cloud storage like AWS S3) and link to them in your repo or release notes.

In summary, don’t add large files directly in the repo frequently. Use GitHub Releases for published builds and external storage for very large files to avoid hitting GitHub LFS and repo size limits.

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