diff --git a/scripts/sync-repos b/scripts/sync-repos
index ed2d884..63b17a4 100755
--- a/scripts/sync-repos
+++ b/scripts/sync-repos
@@ -20,60 +20,91 @@ RED='\033[0;31m'
 DIM='\033[2m'
 RESET='\033[0m'
 
+# Collect all repos upfront (sorted for deterministic output order)
+repo_dirs=()
+while IFS= read -r gitdir; do
+    repo_dirs+=("$(dirname "$gitdir")")
+done < <(find "$BASE_DIR" -maxdepth 4 -name .git -type d 2>/dev/null | sort)
+
+# Temp dir for capturing per-repo output in parallel
+tmpdir="$(mktemp -d)"
+trap 'rm -rf "$tmpdir"' EXIT
+
+# Spawn all git operations in parallel
+for i in "${!repo_dirs[@]}"; do
+    repo_dir="${repo_dirs[$i]}"
+    repo_name="${repo_dir#"${BASE_DIR}/"}"
+    outfile="$tmpdir/$i"
+
+    (
+        # Skip if no remote configured
+        if ! git -C "$repo_dir" remote get-url origin &>/dev/null; then
+            printf "${DIM}  skip  %-40s no remote${RESET}\n" "$repo_name" >"$outfile.out"
+            echo "skip" >"$outfile.status"
+            exit 0
+        fi
+
+        # Check for uncommitted changes
+        if ! git -C "$repo_dir" diff --quiet 2>/dev/null || ! git -C "$repo_dir" diff --cached --quiet 2>/dev/null; then
+            has_changes=true
+        else
+            has_changes=false
+        fi
+
+        branch="$(git -C "$repo_dir" rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD 2>/dev/null || echo "unknown")"
+
+        if $DRYRUN; then
+            if $has_changes; then
+                printf "${YELLOW}  dirty %-40s %s (has uncommitted changes)${RESET}\n" "$repo_name" "$branch" >"$outfile.out"
+                echo "dirty" >"$outfile.status"
+            else
+                printf "${GREEN}  pull  %-40s %s${RESET}\n" "$repo_name" "$branch" >"$outfile.out"
+                echo "pull" >"$outfile.status"
+            fi
+            exit 0
+        fi
+
+        # Pull with --ff-only to avoid creating merge commits
+        output="$(git -C "$repo_dir" pull --ff-only 2>&1)" && rc=0 || rc=$?
+
+        if [[ $rc -eq 0 ]]; then
+            if echo "$output" | grep -q "Already up to date"; then
+                printf "${DIM}  ok    %-40s %s (up to date)${RESET}\n" "$repo_name" "$branch" >"$outfile.out"
+            else
+                printf "${GREEN}  pull  %-40s %s${RESET}\n" "$repo_name" "$branch" >"$outfile.out"
+            fi
+            echo "pull" >"$outfile.status"
+        else
+            {
+                printf "${RED}  FAIL  %-40s %s${RESET}\n" "$repo_name" "$branch"
+                printf "${DIM}         %s${RESET}\n" "$output"
+            } >"$outfile.out"
+            echo "fail" >"$outfile.status"
+        fi
+    ) &
+done
+
+# Wait for all parallel jobs to finish
+wait
+
+# Print results in original sorted order and tally counts
 pulled=0
 skipped=0
 failed=0
 dirty=0
 
-# Find all git repos (look for .git dirs, max depth 3 to cover projects/ and octopus/)
-while IFS= read -r gitdir; do
-    repo_dir="$(dirname "$gitdir")"
-    repo_name="${repo_dir#"${BASE_DIR}/"}"
-
-    # Skip if no remote configured
-    if ! git -C "$repo_dir" remote get-url origin &>/dev/null; then
-        printf "${DIM}  skip  %-40s no remote${RESET}\n" "$repo_name"
-        skipped=$((skipped + 1))
-        continue
+for i in "${!repo_dirs[@]}"; do
+    outfile="$tmpdir/$i"
+    [[ -f "$outfile.out" ]] && cat "$outfile.out"
+    if [[ -f "$outfile.status" ]]; then
+        case "$(cat "$outfile.status")" in
+            pull)  pulled=$((pulled + 1)) ;;
+            skip)  skipped=$((skipped + 1)) ;;
+            fail)  failed=$((failed + 1)) ;;
+            dirty) dirty=$((dirty + 1)) ;;
+        esac
     fi
-
-    # Check for uncommitted changes
-    if ! git -C "$repo_dir" diff --quiet 2>/dev/null || ! git -C "$repo_dir" diff --cached --quiet 2>/dev/null; then
-        has_changes=true
-    else
-        has_changes=false
-    fi
-
-    if $DRYRUN; then
-        branch="$(git -C "$repo_dir" rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD 2>/dev/null || echo "unknown")"
-        if $has_changes; then
-            printf "${YELLOW}  dirty %-40s %s (has uncommitted changes)${RESET}\n" "$repo_name" "$branch"
-            dirty=$((dirty + 1))
-        else
-            printf "${GREEN}  pull  %-40s %s${RESET}\n" "$repo_name" "$branch"
-            pulled=$((pulled + 1))
-        fi
-        continue
-    fi
-
-    # Pull with --ff-only to avoid creating merge commits
-    branch="$(git -C "$repo_dir" rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD 2>/dev/null || echo "unknown")"
-    output="$(git -C "$repo_dir" pull --ff-only 2>&1)" && rc=0 || rc=$?
-
-    if [[ $rc -eq 0 ]]; then
-        if echo "$output" | grep -q "Already up to date"; then
-            printf "${DIM}  ok    %-40s %s (up to date)${RESET}\n" "$repo_name" "$branch"
-        else
-            printf "${GREEN}  pull  %-40s %s${RESET}\n" "$repo_name" "$branch"
-        fi
-        pulled=$((pulled + 1))
-    else
-        printf "${RED}  FAIL  %-40s %s${RESET}\n" "$repo_name" "$branch"
-        printf "${DIM}         %s${RESET}\n" "$output"
-        failed=$((failed + 1))
-    fi
-
-done < <(find "$BASE_DIR" -maxdepth 4 -name .git -type d 2>/dev/null | sort)
+done
 
 echo ""
 if $DRYRUN; then