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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.