gh - The GitHub CLI tool

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

Usage

• gh pr [status, list, view, checkout, create]
• gh issue [status, list, view, create]
• gh help

Check out the 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.

Installation

macOS

brew install github/gh/gh

Windows

MSI installers are available on the releases page.

Debian/Ubuntu Linux

1. Download the .deb file from the releases page
2. sudo apt install git && sudo dpkg -i gh_*_linux_amd64.deb install the downloaded file

Fedora/Centos Linux

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

Other platforms

Install a prebuilt binary from the releases page or source compile by running make from the project directory.