gh search repos

gh search repos [<query>] [flags]

Search for repositories on GitHub.

The command supports constructing queries using the GitHub search syntax, using the parameter and qualifier flags, or a combination of the two.

GitHub search syntax is documented at: https://docs.github /search-github/searching-on-github/searching-for-repositories

Options

--archived

Filter based on the repository archived state {true|false}

--created <date>

Filter based on created at date

--followers <number>

Filter based on number of followers

--forks <number>

Filter on number of forks

--good-first-issues <number>

Filter on number of issues with the 'good first issue' label

--help-wanted-issues <number>

Filter on number of issues with the 'help wanted' label

--include-forks <string>

Include forks in fetched repositories: {false|true|only}

-q, --jq <expression>

Filter JSON output using a jq expression

--json <fields>

Output JSON with the specified fields

--language <string>

Filter based on the coding language

--license <strings>

Filter based on license type

-L, --limit <int> (default 30)

Maximum number of repositories to fetch

--match <strings>

Restrict search to specific field of repository: {name|description|readme}

--number-topics <number>

Filter on number of topics

--order <string> (default "desc" )

Order of repositories returned, ignored unless '--sort' flag is specified: {asc|desc}

--owner <strings>

Filter on owner

--size <string>

Filter on a size range, in kilobytes

--sort <string> (default "best-match" )

Sort fetched repositories: {forks|help-wanted-issues|stars|updated}

--stars <number>

Filter on number of stars

-t, --template <string>

Format JSON output using a Go template; see "gh help formatting"

--topic <strings>

Filter on topic

--updated <date>

Filter on last updated at date

--visibility <strings>

Filter based on visibility: {public|private|internal}

-w, --web

Open the search query in the web browser

JSON Fields

createdAt,defaultBranch,description,forksCount,fullName,hasDownloads,hasIssues,hasPages,hasProjects,hasWiki,homepage,id,isArchived,isDisabled,isFork,isPrivate,language,license,name,openIssuesCount,owner,pushedAt,size,stargazersCount,updatedAt,url,visibility,watchersCount

Examples

# search repositories matching set of keywords "cli" and "shell"
$gh search repos cli shell

# search repositories matching phrase "vim plugin"
$gh search repos"vim plugin"

# search repositories public repos in the microsoft organization
$gh search repos--owner=microsoft--visibility=public

# search repositories with a set of topics
$gh search repos--topic=unix,terminal

# search repositories by coding language and number of good first issues
$gh search repos--language=go--good-first-issues=">=10"

# search repositories without topic "linux"
$gh search repos---topic:linux

# search repositories excluding archived repositories
$gh search repos--archived=false

See also

• gh search