GitHub Search

Overview

Search across all GitHub entity types from the terminal using gh search. Use this for library evaluation, debugging, dependency triage, security monitoring, and learning from real-world code.

Code Search

Find real-world usage patterns, API examples, and implementation references.

Core Commands

# Search code across GitHub
gh search code "useCallback" --language=typescript --limit 30

# Search in specific repo
gh search code "createContext" --repo=facebook/react --limit 20

# Search with file extension or path
gh search code "jest.config" --extension=ts