Searching on GitHub - GitHub Docs (original) (raw)

You can use qualifiers to narrow your search and focus on specific categories of information.

Searching for repositories

You can search for repositories on GitHub and narrow the results using these repository search qualifiers in any combination.

Searching topics

You can search for topics associated with repositories on GitHub.

Searching commits

You can search for commits on GitHub and narrow the results using these commit search qualifiers in any combination.

Searching discussions

You can search for discussions on GitHub and narrow the results using search qualifiers.

Searching users

You can search for users on GitHub and narrow the results using these user search qualifiers in any combination.

Searching wikis

You can search wikis on GitHub and narrow the results using these wiki search qualifiers in any combination.

Searching in forks

By default, forks are not shown in search results. You can choose to include them in repository searches, and in code searches if they meet certain criteria.

Searching gists

You can search for gists on GitHub and narrow the results using search qualifiers.