GitHub CLI

gh is GitHub on the command line, and it's now available in beta. It brings pull requests, issues, and other GitHub concepts to the terminal next to where you are already working with git and your code.

Availability

While in beta, GitHub CLI is available for repos hosted on GitHub.com only. It does not currently support repositories hosted on GitHub Enterprise Server or other hosting providers. We are planning support for GitHub Enterprise Server after GitHub CLI is out of beta (likely toward the end of 2020), and we want to ensure that the API endpoints we use are more widely available for GHES versions that most GitHub customers are on.

We need your feedback

GitHub CLI is currently early in its development, and we're hoping to get feedback from people using it.

If you've installed and used gh, we'd love for you to take a short survey here (no more than five minutes): https://forms.gle/umxd3h31c7aMQFKG7

And if you spot bugs or have features that you'd really like to see in gh, please check out the contributing page

Usage

• gh pr [status, list, view, checkout, create]
• gh issue [status, list, view, create]
• gh repo [view, create, clone, fork]
• gh config [get, set]
• gh help

Documentation

Read the official docs for more information.

Comparison with hub

For many years, hub was the unofficial GitHub CLI tool. gh is a new project for us to explore what an official GitHub CLI tool can look like with a fundamentally different design. While both tools bring GitHub to the terminal, hub behaves as a proxy to git and gh is a standalone tool. Check out our more detailed explanation to learn more.

Installation

macOS

gh is available via Homebrew and MacPorts.

Homebrew

Install: brew install github/gh/gh

Upgrade: brew upgrade gh

MacPorts

Install: sudo port install gh

Upgrade: sudo port selfupdate && sudo port upgrade gh

Windows

gh is available via scoop, Chocolatey, and as downloadable MSI.

scoop

Install:

scoop bucket add github-gh https://github.com/cli/scoop-gh.git
scoop install gh

Upgrade: scoop update gh

Chocolatey

Install:

choco install gh

Upgrade:

choco upgrade gh

Signed MSI

MSI installers are available for download on the releases page.

Debian/Ubuntu Linux

Install and upgrade:

1. Download the .deb file from the releases page
2. sudo apt install ./gh_*_linux_amd64.deb install the downloaded file

Fedora Linux

Install and upgrade:

1. Download the .rpm file from the releases page
2. sudo dnf install gh_*_linux_amd64.rpm install the downloaded file

Centos Linux

Install and upgrade:

1. Download the .rpm file from the releases page
2. sudo yum localinstall gh_*_linux_amd64.rpm install the downloaded file

openSUSE/SUSE Linux

Install and upgrade:

1. Download the .rpm file from the releases page
2. sudo zypper in gh_*_linux_amd64.rpm install the downloaded file

Arch Linux

Arch Linux users can install from the AUR: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/github-cli/

$ yay -S github-cli

Other platforms

Install a prebuilt binary from the releases page

Build from source