GitHub’s search supports a variety of different operations. Here’s a quick cheat sheet for some of the common searches.
For more information, visit our search help section .
Basic search
This search
Finds repositories with…
cat stars:>100
Find cat repositories with greater than 100 stars.
user:defunkt
Get all repositories from the user defunkt.
tom location:"San Francisco, CA"
Find all tom users in "San Francisco, CA".
join extension:coffee
Find all instances of join in code with coffee extension.
NOT cat
Excludes all results containing cat.
Repository search
Repository search looks through the projects you have access to on GitHub. You can also filter the results:
This search
Finds repositories with…
cat stars:>100
Find cat repositories with greater than 100 stars.
user:defunkt
Get all repositories from the user defunkt.
pugs pushed:>2013-01-28
Pugs repositories pushed to since Jan 28, 2013.
node.js forks:<200
Find all node.js repositories with less than 200 forks.
jquery size:1024..4089
Find jquery repositories between the sizes 1024 and 4089 kB.
gitx fork:true
Repository search includes forks of gitx.
gitx fork:only
Repository search returns only forks of gitx.
Code search
Code search looks through the files hosted on GitHub. You can also filter the results:
This search
Finds repositories with…
install repo:charles/privaterepo
Find all instances of install in code from the repository charles/privaterepo.
shogun user:heroku
Find references to shogun from all public heroku repositories.
join extension:coffee
Find all instances of join in code with coffee extension.
system size:>1000
Find all instances of system in code of file size greater than 1000kbs.
examples path:/docs/
Find all examples in the path /docs/.
replace fork:true
Search replace in the source code of forks.
Issue search
Issue search looks through issues and pull requests on GitHub. You can also filter the results:
This search
Finds issues…
encoding user:heroku
Encoding issues across the Heroku organization.
cat is:open
Find cat issues that are open.
strange comments:>42
Issues with more than 42 comments.
hard label:bug
Hard issues labeled as a bug.
author:mojombo
All issues authored by mojombo.
mentions:tpope
All issues mentioning tpope.
assignee:rtomayko
All issues assigned to rtomayko.
exception created:>2012-12-31
Created since the beginning of 2013.
exception updated:<2013-01-01
Last updated before 2013.
User search
User search finds users with an account on GitHub. You can also filter the results:
This search
Finds repositories with…
fullname:"Linus Torvalds"
Find users with the full name "Linus Torvalds".
tom location:"San Francisco, CA"
Find all tom users in "San Francisco, CA".
chris followers:100..200
Find all chris users with followers between 100 and 200.
ryan repos:>10
Find all ryan users with more than 10 repositories.