{"meta":{"title":"Search on GitHub documentation","intro":"Learn how to use the search functions available on GitHub to find different types of information, like projects, people, and code.","product":"Search on GitHub","breadcrumbs":[{"href":"/en/search-github","title":"Search on GitHub"}],"documentType":"product"},"body":"# Search on GitHub documentation\n\nLearn how to use the search functions available on GitHub to find different types of information, like projects, people, and code.\n\n## Recommended\n\n* [About searching on GitHub](/en/search-github/getting-started-with-searching-on-github/about-searching-on-github)\n\n  Our integrated search covers the many repositories, users, and lines of code on GitHub.\n\n* [About GitHub Code Search](/en/search-github/github-code-search/about-github-code-search)\n\n  You can search, navigate and understand code across GitHub with code search.\n\n* [Understanding the search syntax](/en/search-github/getting-started-with-searching-on-github/understanding-the-search-syntax)\n\n  When searching GitHub, you can construct queries that match specific numbers and words.\n\n* [Understanding GitHub Code Search syntax](/en/search-github/github-code-search/understanding-github-code-search-syntax)\n\n  You can build search queries for the results you want with specialized code qualifiers, regular expressions, and boolean operations.\n\n* [Using GitHub Code Search](/en/search-github/github-code-search/using-github-code-search)\n\n  You can use suggestions, completions and saved searches in the upgraded search interface to quickly find what you are looking for across GitHub.\n\n* [Finding files on GitHub](/en/search-github/searching-on-github/finding-files-on-github)\n\n  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.\n\n* [Searching issues and pull requests](/en/search-github/searching-on-github/searching-issues-and-pull-requests)\n\n  You can search for issues and pull requests on GitHub and narrow the results using these search qualifiers in any combination.\n\n* [Searching for repositories](/en/search-github/searching-on-github/searching-for-repositories)\n\n  You can search for repositories on GitHub and narrow the results using these repository search qualifiers in any combination.\n\n* [Searching commits](/en/search-github/searching-on-github/searching-commits)\n\n  You can search for commits on GitHub and narrow the results using these commit search qualifiers in any combination.\n\n## Links\n\n### Getting started\n\n* [About searching on GitHub](/en/search-github/getting-started-with-searching-on-github/about-searching-on-github)\n\n  Our integrated search covers the many repositories, users, and lines of code on GitHub.\n\n## Articles\n\n* [About searching on GitHub](/en/search-github/getting-started-with-searching-on-github/about-searching-on-github)\n\n  Our integrated search covers the many repositories, users, and lines of code on GitHub.\n\n* [Understanding the search syntax](/en/search-github/getting-started-with-searching-on-github/understanding-the-search-syntax)\n\n  When searching GitHub, you can construct queries that match specific numbers and words.\n\n* [Troubleshooting search queries](/en/search-github/getting-started-with-searching-on-github/troubleshooting-search-queries)\n\n  If you encounter unexpected results while searching on GitHub, you can troubleshoot by reviewing common problems and limitations.\n\n* [Sorting search results](/en/search-github/getting-started-with-searching-on-github/sorting-search-results)\n\n  You can sort GitHub search results using the Sort menu, or by adding a sort qualifier to your query.\n\n* [Enabling repository search across environments](/en/enabling-repository-search-across-environments)\n\n  Unify search results in GitHub Enterprise Server by connecting your account on GitHub.com or GHE.com.\n\n* [Finding files on GitHub](/en/search-github/searching-on-github/finding-files-on-github)\n\n  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.\n\n* [Searching for repositories](/en/search-github/searching-on-github/searching-for-repositories)\n\n  You can search for repositories on GitHub and narrow the results using these repository search qualifiers in any combination.\n\n* [Searching topics](/en/search-github/searching-on-github/searching-topics)\n\n  You can search for topics associated with repositories on GitHub.\n\n* [Searching code (legacy)](/en/search-github/searching-on-github/searching-code)\n\n  You only need to use the legacy code search syntax if you are using the code search API.\n\n* [Searching commits](/en/search-github/searching-on-github/searching-commits)\n\n  You can search for commits on GitHub and narrow the results using these commit search qualifiers in any combination.\n\n* [Searching issues and pull requests](/en/search-github/searching-on-github/searching-issues-and-pull-requests)\n\n  You can search for issues and pull requests on GitHub and narrow the results using these search qualifiers in any combination.\n\n* [Searching discussions](/en/search-github/searching-on-github/searching-discussions)\n\n  You can search for discussions on GitHub and narrow the results using search qualifiers.\n\n* [Searching GitHub Marketplace](/en/search-github/searching-on-github/searching-github-marketplace)\n\n  You can search for apps and actions that are available on GitHub Marketplace.\n\n* [Searching GitHub Models](/en/search-github/searching-on-github/searching-github-models)\n\n  You can search for models that are available on GitHub Models.\n\n* [Searching users](/en/search-github/searching-on-github/searching-users)\n\n  You can search for users on GitHub and narrow the results using these user search qualifiers in any combination.\n\n* [Searching for packages](/en/search-github/searching-on-github/searching-for-packages)\n\n  You can search for packages on GitHub and narrow the results using search qualifiers.\n\n* [Searching wikis](/en/search-github/searching-on-github/searching-wikis)\n\n  You can search wikis on GitHub and narrow the results using these wiki search qualifiers in any combination.\n\n* [Searching in forks](/en/search-github/searching-on-github/searching-in-forks)\n\n  By default, forks are not shown in search results. You can choose to include them in repository searches, and in code searches if they meet certain criteria.\n\n* [Searching gists](/en/search-github/searching-on-github/searching-gists)\n\n  You can search for gists on GitHub and narrow the results using search qualifiers.\n\n* [About GitHub Code Search](/en/search-github/github-code-search/about-github-code-search)\n\n  You can search, navigate and understand code across GitHub with code search.\n\n* [Using GitHub Code Search](/en/search-github/github-code-search/using-github-code-search)\n\n  You can use suggestions, completions and saved searches in the upgraded search interface to quickly find what you are looking for across GitHub.\n\n* [Understanding GitHub Code Search syntax](/en/search-github/github-code-search/understanding-github-code-search-syntax)\n\n  You can build search queries for the results you want with specialized code qualifiers, regular expressions, and boolean operations."}