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.
GitHub CLI is supported for users on GitHub.com, GitHub Enterprise Cloud, and GitHub Enterprise Server 2.20+ with support for macOS, Windows, and Linux.
Documentation
For installation options see below, for usage instructions see the manual.
Agent skills
An agent skill is available for driving gh from coding agents. Install or update it with the built-in gh skill command:
# Install the skill (user scope recommended)
gh skill install cli/cli gh --scope user
# Update the skill after a `gh` release
gh skill update ghContributing
If anything feels off or if you feel that some functionality is missing, please check out the contributing page. There you will find instructions for sharing your feedback, building the tool locally, and submitting pull requests to the project.
If you are a hubber and are interested in shipping new commands for the CLI, check out our doc on internal contributions
Installation
macOS
- Homebrew
- Precompiled binaries on [releases page][]
For additional macOS packages and installers, see community-supported docs
Linux & Unix
- Debian, Raspberry Pi, Ubuntu
- Amazon Linux, CentOS, Fedora, openSUSE, RHEL, SUSE
- Precompiled binaries on [releases page][]
For additional Linux & Unix packages and installers, see community-supported docs