Searching on GitHub
You can use qualifiers to narrow your search and focus on specific categories of information.
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 for repositories
You can search for repositories on GitHub and narrow the results using these repository search qualifiers in any combination.
Searching topics
You can search for topics associated with repositories on GitHub.
Searching code (legacy)
You only need to use the legacy code search syntax if you are using the code search API.
Searching commits
You can search for commits on GitHub and narrow the results using these commit search qualifiers in any combination.
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.
Searching discussions
You can search for discussions on GitHub and narrow the results using search qualifiers.
Searching GitHub Marketplace
You can search for apps and actions that are available on GitHub Marketplace.
Searching users
You can search for users on GitHub and narrow the results using these user search qualifiers in any combination.
Searching for packages
You can search for packages on GitHub and narrow the results using search qualifiers.
Searching wikis
You can search wikis on GitHub and narrow the results using these wiki search qualifiers in any combination.
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 gists
You can search for gists on GitHub and narrow the results using search qualifiers.