You can search for issues and pull requests globally across all of GitHub, or search for issues and pull requests within a particular organization. For more information, see About searching on GitHub.
Tip
- This article contains example searches on GitHub.com, but you can use the same search filters on other GitHub platforms.
- You can build advanced filters using boolean and nested queries on your repository's issues page and the issues dashboard. See Filtering and searching issues and pull requests.
- For a list of search syntaxes that you can add to any search qualifier to further improve your results, see Understanding the search syntax.
- Use quotations around multi-word search terms. For example, if you want to search for issues with the label "In progress," you'd search for
label:"in progress". Search is not case sensitive. - Use a minus (hyphen) symbol to exclude results that match a qualifier. For example, to ignore issues created by the "octocat" user, you'd use
-author:octocatin your search. Note that this does not work for missing metadata qualifiers. - You can focus your cursor on the search bar above the issue or pull request list with a keyboard shortcut. For more information, see Keyboard shortcuts.
Search only issues or pull requests
By default, GitHub search will return both issues and pull requests. However, you can restrict search results to just issues or pull requests using the type or is qualifier.
| Qualifier | Example |
|---|---|
type:pr | cat type:pr matches pull requests with the word "cat." |
type:issue | github commenter:defunkt type:issue matches issues that contain the word "github," and have a comment by @defunkt. |
is:pr | event is:pr matches pull requests with the word "event." |
is:issue | is:issue label:bug is:closed matches closed issues with the label "bug." |
Search by the title, body, or comments
With the in qualifier you can restrict your search to the title, body, comments, or any combination of these. When you omit this qualifier, the title, body, and comments are all searched.
| Qualifier | Example |
|---|---|
in:title | warning in:title matches issues with "warning" in their title. |
in:body | error in:title,body matches issues with "error" in their title or body. |
in:comments | shipit in:comments matches issues mentioning "shipit" in their comments. |
Search within a user's or organization's repositories
To search issues and pull requests in all repositories owned by a certain user or organization, you can use the user or org qualifier. To search issues and pull requests in a specific repository, you can use the repo qualifier.
If you have access to pull requests in more than 10,000 repositories, you will need to limit your search to a specific organization, personal account, or repository to see results.
| Qualifier | Example |
|---|---|
user:USERNAME | user:defunkt ubuntu matches issues with the word "ubuntu" from repositories owned by @defunkt. |
org:ORGNAME | org:github matches issues in repositories owned by the GitHub organization. |
repo:USERNAME/ | repo:mozilla/shumway created:<2012-03-01 matches issues from @mozilla's shumway project that were created before March 2012. |
Search by open or closed state
You can filter issues and pull requests based on whether they're open or closed using the state or is qualifier.
| Qualifier | Example |
|---|---|
state:open | libraries state:open mentions:vmg matches open issues that mention @vmg with the word "libraries." |
state:closed | design state:closed in:body matches closed issues with the word "design" in the body. |
is:open | performance is:open is:issue matches open issues with the word "performance." |
is:closed | android is:closed matches closed issues and pull requests with the word "android." |
Search based on whether a pull request is archived
Repository administrators can archive a pull request to remove it from public view. You can search for archived pull requests using the is:archived qualifier. For more information, see Archive pull requests.
| Qualifier | Example |
|---|---|
is:archived | is:archived is:pr spam matches archived pull requests that contain the word "spam" in repositories where you are a repository administrator. |
Search for pull requests in the merge queue
You can also use the is qualifier to find pull requests that are queued to merge.
| Qualifier | Example |
|---|---|
is:queued | is:queued matches pull requests that are currently queued to merge. |
Search by the reason an issue was closed
You can filter issues based on the reason given when the issue was closed, using the reason qualifier.
| Qualifier | Example |
|---|---|
reason:completed | libraries is:closed reason:completed matches issues with the word "libraries" that were closed as "completed." |
reason:"not planned" | libraries is:closed reason:"not planned" matches issues with the word "libraries" that were closed as "not planned." |
Filter by repository visibility
You can filter by the visibility of the repository containing the issues and pull requests using the is qualifier. For more information, see About repositories.
| Qualifier | Example |
|---|---|
is:public | is:public matches issues and pull requests in public repositories. |
is:private | is:private cupcake matches issues and pull requests that contain the word "cupcake" in private repositories you can access. |
Search by author
The author qualifier finds issues and pull requests created by a certain user or integration account.
| Qualifier | Example |
|---|---|
author:USERNAME | cool author:gjtorikian matches issues and pull requests with the word "cool" that were created by @gjtorikian. |
in:body author:USERNAME | bootstrap in:body author:mdo matches issues written by @mdo that contain the word "bootstrap" in the body. |
author:app/USERNAME | author:app/robot matches issues created by the integration account named "robot." |
-author:app/USERNAME | -author:app/robot matches issues created by any user other than the integration account named "robot." The minus sign, or dash character (-) before the qualifier signifies a logical NOT for the qualifier in the search query. |
Search by assignee
The assignee qualifier finds issues and pull requests that are assigned to a certain user. You can search for issues and pull requests that have any assignee by using the wildcard character *, but only within a single repository. You can also search for issues and pull requests that have no assignee.
| Qualifier | Example |
|---|---|
assignee:USERNAME | assignee:vmg repo:libgit2/libgit2 matches issues and pull requests in libgit2's project libgit2 that are assigned to @vmg. |
assignee:* | is:open is:issue assignee:* matches open issues within a single repository that are assigned to any user. |
Search by mention
The mentions qualifier finds issues that mention a certain user. For more information, see Basic writing and formatting syntax.
| Qualifier | Example |
|---|---|
mentions:USERNAME | resque mentions:defunkt matches issues with the word "resque" that mention @defunkt. |
Search by team mention
For organizations and teams you belong to, you can use the team qualifier to find issues or pull requests that @mention a certain team within that organization. Replace these sample names with your organization and team name to perform a search.
| Qualifier | Example |
|---|---|
team:ORGNAME/TEAMNAME | team:jekyll/ matches issues where the @jekyll/owners team is mentioned. |
team:ORGNAME/TEAMNAME is:open is:pr | team:myorg/ops is:open is:pr matches open pull requests where the @myorg/ops team is mentioned. |
Search by commenter
The commenter qualifier finds issues that contain a comment from a certain user.
| Qualifier | Example |
|---|---|
commenter:USERNAME | github commenter:defunkt org:github matches issues in repositories owned by GitHub, that contain the word "github," and have a comment by @defunkt. |
Search by a user that's involved in an issue or pull request
You can use the involves qualifier to find issues that in some way involve a certain user. The involves qualifier is a logical OR between the author, assignee, mentions, and commenter qualifiers for a single user. In other words, this qualifier finds issues and pull requests that were either created by a certain user, assigned to that user, mention that user, or were commented on by that user.
| Qualifier | Example |
|---|---|
involves:USERNAME | involves:defunkt involves:jlord matches issues either @defunkt or @jlord are involved in. |
in:body involves:USERNAME | NOT bootstrap in:body involves:mdo matches issues @mdo is involved in that do not contain the word "bootstrap" in the body. |
Search for my issues and pull requests
You can search for issues and pull requests you have created or have interacted with by following the desired qualifier with @me. Any qualifier that works with a username allows you to limit your search to issues and pull requests you created, are assigned, mentioned on, or are requested as a reviewer of.
| Qualifier | Example |
|---|---|
author:@me | author:@me matches issues and pull requests you have authored. |
is:pr commenter:@me | is:pr commenter:@me matches pull requests you have commented on. |
Search for linked issues and pull requests
You can narrow your results to only include issues that are linked to a pull request by a closing reference, or pull requests that are linked to an issue that the pull request may close.
| Qualifier | Example |
|---|---|
linked:pr | repo:desktop/desktop is:open linked:pr matches open issues in the desktop/desktop repository that are linked to a pull request by a closing reference. |
linked:issue | repo:desktop/desktop is:closed linked:issue matches closed pull requests in the desktop/desktop repository that were linked to an issue that the pull request may have closed. |
-linked:pr | repo:desktop/desktop is:open -linked:pr matches open issues in the desktop/desktop repository that are not linked to a pull request by a closing reference. |
-linked:issue | repo:desktop/desktop is:open -linked:issue matches open pull requests in the desktop/desktop repository that are not linked to an issue that the pull request may close. |
Search by label
You can narrow your results by labels, using the label qualifier. Since issues can have multiple labels, you can list a separate qualifier for each issue.
| Qualifier | Example |
|---|---|
label:LABEL | label:"help wanted" language:ruby matches issues with the label "help wanted" that are in Ruby repositories. |
in:body -label:LABEL label:LABEL | broken in:body -label:bug label:priority matches issues with the word "broken" in the body, that lack the label "bug", but do have the label "priority." |
label:LABEL label:LABEL | label:bug label:resolved matches issues with the labels "bug" and "resolved." |
label:LABEL,LABEL | label:bug,resolved matches issues with the label "bug" or the label "resolved." |
Search by milestone
The milestone qualifier finds issues or pull requests that are a part of a milestone within a repository.
| Qualifier | Example |
|---|---|
milestone:MILESTONE | milestone:"overhaul" matches issues that are in a milestone named "overhaul." |
milestone:MILESTONE | milestone:"bug fix" matches issues that are in a milestone named "bug fix." |
Search by project
You can use the project qualifier to find issues that are associated with a specific project. You must search projects by the project number. You can find the project number at the end of a project's URL.
| Qualifier | Example |
|---|---|
project:PROJECT_NUMBER | project:github/57 matches issues owned by GitHub that are associated with the organization's project 57. |
Search by commit status
You can filter pull requests based on the status of the commits. This is especially useful if you are using the Status API or a CI service.
| Qualifier | Example |
|---|---|
status:pending | language:go status:pending matches pull requests opened into Go repositories where the status is pending. |
status:success | is:open status:success finally in:body matches open pull requests with the word "finally" in the body with a successful status. |
status:failure | created:2015-05-01..2015-05-30 status:failure matches pull requests opened on May 2015 with a failed status. |
Search by commit SHA
If you know the specific SHA hash of a commit, you can use it to search for pull requests that contain that SHA. The SHA syntax must be at least seven characters.
| Qualifier | Example |
|---|---|
SHA | e1109ab matches pull requests with a commit SHA that starts with e1109ab. |
SHA is:merged | 0eff326d6213c is:merged matches merged pull requests with a commit SHA that starts with 0eff326d6213c. |