Search on GitHub documentation
Learn how to use the search functions available on GitHub to find different types of information, like projects, people, and code.
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Searching issues and pull requests
You can search for issues and pull requests on GitHub and narrow the results using these search qualifiers in any combination.
Understanding GitHub Code Search syntax
You can build search queries for the results you want with specialized code qualifiers, regular expressions, and boolean operations.
Searching for repositories
You can search for repositories on GitHub and narrow the results using these repository search qualifiers in any combination.
Searching commits
You can search for commits on GitHub and narrow the results using these commit search qualifiers in any combination.
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About GitHub Code Search
You can search, navigate and understand code across GitHub with code search.
Understanding the search syntax
When searching GitHub, you can construct queries that match specific numbers and words.
Searching users
You can search for users on GitHub and narrow the results using these user search qualifiers in any combination.
Finding files on GitHub
You can search for a file in a repository using the file finder. To search for a file in multiple repositories on GitHub, use the path code search qualifier.
Searching in forks
By default, forks are not shown in search results. You can choose to include them in repository searches, and in code searches if they meet certain criteria.
Searching topics
You can search for topics associated with repositories on GitHub.
Searching for packages
You can search for packages on GitHub and narrow the results using search qualifiers.