Learn how to use the search functions available on GitHub to find different types of information, like projects, people, and code.

About searching on GitHub

Our integrated search covers the many repositories, users, and lines of code on GitHub.

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.

About GitHub Code Search

You can search, navigate and understand code across GitHub with code search.

About searching on GitHub

Our integrated search covers the many repositories, users, and lines of code on GitHub.

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 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 discussions

You can search for discussions on GitHub and narrow the results using search qualifiers.

Searching for packages

You can search for packages on GitHub and narrow the results using search qualifiers.

Searching for repositories

You can search for repositories on GitHub and narrow the results using these repository search qualifiers in any combination.

Searching gists

You can search for gists on GitHub and narrow the results using search qualifiers.