gh-search-repos - Search for repositories
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.com/search-github/searching-on-github/searching-for-repositories
⟨https://docs.github.com/search-github/searching-on-github/searching-for-repositories⟩
- --archived
- Filter based on archive state
- --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>
- 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>
- Order of repositories returned, ignored unless '--sort' flag is specified:
{asc|desc}
- --owner <string>
- Filter on owner
- --size <string>
- Filter on a size range, in kilobytes
- --sort <string>
- 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
# 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