gh-search-issues(1)

GH-SEARCH-ISSUES(1) GitHub CLI manual GH-SEARCH-ISSUES(1)

NAME

gh-search-issues - Search for issues

SYNOPSIS

gh search issues [<query>] [flags]

DESCRIPTION

Search for issues on GitHub.

The command supports constructing queries using the GitHub search syntax, using the parameter and qualifier flags, or a combination of the two.

GitHub search syntax is documented at:

⟨https://docs.github.com/search-github/searching-on-github/searching-issues-and-pull-requests⟩

OPTIONS

--app <string>
Filter by GitHub App author

--archived
Filter based on the repository archived state {true|false}

--assignee <string>
Filter by assignee

--author <string>
Filter by author

--closed <date>
Filter on closed at date

--commenter <user>
Filter based on comments by user

--comments <number>
Filter on number of comments

--created <date>
Filter based on created at date

--include-prs
Include pull requests in results

--interactions <number>
Filter on number of reactions and comments

--involves <user>
Filter based on involvement of user

-q, --jq <expression>
Filter JSON output using a jq expression

--json <fields>
Output JSON with the specified fields

--label <strings>
Filter on label

--language <string>
Filter based on the coding language

-L, --limit <int> (default 30)
Maximum number of results to fetch

--locked
Filter on locked conversation status

--match <strings>
Restrict search to specific field of issue: {title|body|comments}

--mentions <user>
Filter based on user mentions

--milestone <title>
Filter by milestone title

--no-assignee
Filter on missing assignee

--no-label
Filter on missing label

--no-milestone
Filter on missing milestone

--no-project
Filter on missing project

--order <string> (default "desc")
Order of results returned, ignored unless '--sort' flag is specified: {asc|desc}

--owner <strings>
Filter on repository owner

--project <owner/number>
Filter on project board owner/number

--reactions <number>
Filter on number of reactions

-R, --repo <strings>
Filter on repository

--sort <string> (default "best-match")
Sort fetched results: {comments|created|interactions|reactions|reactions-+1|reactions--1|reactions-heart|reactions-smile|reactions-tada|reactions-thinking_face|updated}

--state <string>
Filter based on state: {open|closed}

--team-mentions <string>
Filter based on team mentions

-t, --template <string>
Format JSON output using a Go template; see "gh help formatting"

--updated <date>
Filter on last updated at date

--visibility <strings>
Filter based on repository visibility: {public|private|internal}

-w, --web
Open the search query in the web browser

JSON FIELDS

assignees, author, authorAssociation, body, closedAt, commentsCount, createdAt, id, isLocked, isPullRequest, labels, number, repository, state, title, updatedAt, url

EXIT CODES

0: Successful execution

1: Error

2: Command canceled

4: Authentication required

NOTE: Specific commands may have additional exit codes. Refer to the command's help for more information.

EXAMPLE

# Search issues matching set of keywords "readme" and "typo"
$ gh search issues readme typo
# Search issues matching phrase "broken feature"
$ gh search issues "broken feature"
# Search issues and pull requests in cli organization
$ gh search issues --include-prs --owner=cli
# Search open issues assigned to yourself
$ gh search issues --assignee=@me --state=open
# Search issues with numerous comments
$ gh search issues --comments=">100"
# Search issues without label "bug"
$ gh search issues -- -label:bug
# Search issues only from un-archived repositories (default is all repositories)
$ gh search issues --owner github --archived=false

SEE ALSO

gh-search(1)

Jul 2025 GitHub CLI v2.76.2