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GitHub’s search supports a variety of different operations. Here’s a quick cheat sheet for some of the common searches.
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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. |