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GH-SEARCH-REPOS(1) GitHub CLI manual GH-SEARCH-REPOS(1) NAME gh-search-repos - Search for repositories SYNOPSIS gh search repos [<query>] [flags] DESCRIPTION Search for repositories on GitHub. The command supports constructing queries using the GitHub search syn- tax, using the parameter and qualifier flags, or a combination of the two. GitHub search syntax is documented at: <https://docs.github.com/search-github/searching-on-github/search- ing-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|descrip- tion|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|up- dated} --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, hasDown- loads, hasIssues, hasPages, hasProjects, hasWiki, homepage, id, is- Archived, isDisabled, isFork, isPrivate, language, license, name, openIssuesCount, owner, pushedAt, size, stargazersCount, updatedAt, url, visibility, watchersCount EXIT CODES 0: Successful execution 1: Error 2: Command canceled 4: Authentication required NOTE: Specific commands may have additional exit codes. Refer to the command's help for more information. EXAMPLE # 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(1) Apr 2025 GH-SEARCH-REPOS(1)
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