cli/cli
GitHub’s official command line tool observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
95/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 86
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 10.0
- age_days: 2526
- days_rel: 13
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 61
Adoption not part of the score
46011 stars · 8921 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
GitHub's official command line tool (gh) that brings pull requests, issues, releases, and other GitHub features to the terminal alongside git. It supports GitHub.com, GitHub Enterprise Cloud, and GitHub Enterprise Server, and includes an AI-assisted Copilot CLI mode.
Use cases
- create and review pull requests from the terminal
- list and manage GitHub issues without opening a browser
- check out a pull request locally to test it
- create GitHub releases from the command line
- script GitHub API queries in CI workflows
- manage GitHub Actions runs and checks
When to choose
- you work with GitHub daily and want to stay in the terminal
- you want to automate GitHub workflows in scripts or CI pipelines
- you use GitHub Enterprise and need official CLI support
When to avoid
- you primarily use GitLab, Bitbucket, or another forge
- you only need plain git operations, which git itself covers
Facets
cli-tool · maturity stable
cli developer-tools http-client version-control ci-cd developer-tools version-control apis cli windows go github git pull-requests issues api-client gh command-line linux macos
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/cli/cli · fetched 2026-08-28 · 5bb1c28a459a
- homepage: https://cli.github.com · fetched 2026-08-29 · 4137615f1f59
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| cli/cli | main | 95 |
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