GitHub CLI

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.

screenshot of gh pr status

Availability

GitHub CLI is available for repositories hosted on GitHub.com and GitHub Enterprise Server 2.20+, and to install on macOS, Windows, and Linux.

Documentation

Read the official docs for usage and more information.

We want your feedback

We’d love to hear your feedback about gh. If you spot bugs or have features that you’d really like to see in gh, please check out the contributing page.

Installation

macOS

gh is available via Homebrew and MacPorts.

Homebrew

Install:	Upgrade:
`brew install gh`	`brew upgrade gh`

MacPorts

Install:	Upgrade:
`sudo port install gh`	`sudo port selfupdate && sudo port upgrade gh`

Linux

See Linux installation docs.

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:	Upgrade:
`choco install gh`	`choco upgrade gh`

Signed MSI

MSI installers are available for download on the releases page.

Other platforms

Download packaged binaries from the releases page.

Build from source

See here on how to build GitHub CLI from source.

Comparison with hub

For many years, hub was the unofficial GitHub CLI tool. gh is a new project that helps us 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.