# stephencelis/ghi

GitHub Issues on the command line. Use your $EDITOR, not your browser.

Repository: https://github.com/stephencelis/ghi
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ghi
Language: Ruby
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2022-03-03T13:54:20+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6342, "days_push": 1644, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2120, forks 134 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:16.532929+00:00)

## What it is
ghi is a command-line tool for managing GitHub Issues directly from the terminal, letting users list, open, close, edit, comment on, and label issues without a browser. It is written in Ruby and supports editor-based workflows via $EDITOR.

## Use cases
- manage github issues from the terminal
- list and close issues without opening a browser
- comment on github issues using my editor
- assign issues and manage labels and milestones via cli
- enable or disable issues for a repo from the command line

## When to choose
- you live in the terminal and want fast GitHub issue triage
- you prefer editing issue text in your own $EDITOR
- you want a lightweight scriptable alternative to the GitHub web UI for issues

## When to avoid
- you need GitHub pull request management or full GitHub API coverage
- you want a GUI or web-based issue board
- you need actively developed features; the project is in maintenance mode with a fork as the maintained successor

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: cli, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, version-control
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: github, issues, issue-tracker, terminal, ruby, command-line, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- stephencelis/ghi (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:16.532929+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:52:58.419862+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/stephencelis/ghi (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:16.532929+00:00, sha 206c4b822e23)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.