# Github Search Cheat Sheet

GitHub’s search supports a variety of different operations. Here’s a quick cheat sheet for some of the common searches.

For more information, visit our [search help section](https://help.github.com/articles/about-searching-on-github/).

## Basic search

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<th>This search</th>

<th>Finds repositories with…</th>

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<td>cat stars:>100</td>

<td>Find cat repositories with greater than 100 stars.</td>

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<td>user:defunkt</td>

<td>Get all repositories from the user defunkt.</td>

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<td>tom location:"San Francisco, CA"</td>

<td>Find all tom users in "San Francisco, CA".</td>

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<td>join extension:coffee</td>

<td>Find all instances of join in code with coffee extension.</td>

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<td>NOT cat</td>

<td>Excludes all results containing cat.</td>

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## Repository search[](https://help.github.com/articles/searching-repositories)

Repository search looks through the projects you have access to on GitHub. You can also filter the results:

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<th>This search</th>

<th>Finds repositories with…</th>

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<td>cat stars:>100</td>

<td>Find cat repositories with greater than 100 stars.</td>

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<td>user:defunkt</td>

<td>Get all repositories from the user defunkt.</td>

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<td>pugs pushed:>2013-01-28</td>

<td>Pugs repositories pushed to since Jan 28, 2013.</td>

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<td>node.js forks:<200</td>

<td>Find all node.js repositories with less than 200 forks.</td>

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<td>jquery size:1024..4089</td>

<td>Find jquery repositories between the sizes 1024 and 4089 kB.</td>

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<td>gitx fork:true</td>

<td>Repository search includes forks of gitx.</td>

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<td>gitx fork:only</td>

<td>Repository search returns only forks of gitx.</td>

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## Code search[](https://help.github.com/articles/searching-code)

Code search looks through the files hosted on GitHub. You can also filter the results:

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<th>This search</th>

<th>Finds repositories with…</th>

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<td>install repo:charles/privaterepo</td>

<td>Find all instances of install in code from the repository charles/privaterepo.</td>

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<td>shogun user:heroku</td>

<td>Find references to shogun from all public heroku repositories.</td>

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<td>join extension:coffee</td>

<td>Find all instances of join in code with coffee extension.</td>

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<td>system size:>1000</td>

<td>Find all instances of system in code of file size greater than 1000kbs.</td>

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<td>examples path:/docs/</td>

<td>Find all examples in the path /docs/.</td>

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<td>replace fork:true</td>

<td>Search replace in the source code of forks.</td>

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## Issue search[](https://help.github.com/articles/searching-issues)

Issue search looks through issues and pull requests on GitHub. You can also filter the results:

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<th>This search</th>

<th>Finds issues…</th>

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<td>encoding user:heroku</td>

<td>Encoding issues across the Heroku organization.</td>

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<td>cat is:open</td>

<td>Find cat issues that are open.</td>

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<td>strange comments:>42</td>

<td>Issues with more than 42 comments.</td>

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<td>hard label:bug</td>

<td>Hard issues labeled as a bug.</td>

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<td>author:mojombo</td>

<td>All issues authored by mojombo.</td>

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<td>mentions:tpope</td>

<td>All issues mentioning tpope.</td>

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<td>assignee:rtomayko</td>

<td>All issues assigned to rtomayko.</td>

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<td>exception created:>2012-12-31</td>

<td>Created since the beginning of 2013.</td>

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<td>exception updated:<2013-01-01</td>

<td>Last updated before 2013.</td>

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## User search[](https://help.github.com/articles/searching-users)

User search finds users with an account on GitHub. You can also filter the results:

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<th>This search</th>

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<td>fullname:"Linus Torvalds"</td>

<td>Find users with the full name "Linus Torvalds".</td>

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<td>tom location:"San Francisco, CA"</td>

<td>Find all tom users in "San Francisco, CA".</td>

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<td>chris followers:100..200</td>

<td>Find all chris users with followers between 100 and 200.</td>

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<td>ryan repos:>10</td>

<td>Find all ryan users with more than 10 repositories.</td>

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