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May 25, 2026 · View on GitHub

gh look

Drop an emoji, write comments, star repositories, check workflow progress, browse issue trackers, search for repositories, ... all interactively by combining gh with fzf.

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flowchart LR
    subgraph Helper_Keys[ ]
        Help([fa:fa-circle-question ? ᐧ Help])
        ESC([fa:fa-arrow-right-from-bracket esc ᐧ Quit])
    end
    subgraph Overview[ ]
        direction LR
        Search([fa:fa-magnifying-glass Search]) -->|shift+left| Stars([fa:fa-user Stars])
        Stars-->|shift+right| Search
        Search -->|shift+right| Issues([fa:fa-circle-dot Issues])
        Issues -->|shift+left| Search
        subgraph Issue_and_PR[ ]
            Issues --> |shift+right|PullRequests([fa:fa-code-pull-request Pull Requests])
            PullRequests --> |shift+left| Issues
        end
        Issue_and_PR  -->|enter| Comments([fa:fa-comments Comments])  -->|esc| Issue_and_PR
        Workflows([fa:fa-circle-play Workflow Runs]) -->|shift+left| PullRequests
        PullRequests -->|shift+right| Workflows
    end

linkStyle default stroke-width:0.4px
classDef Subgraph_Empty_Style  fill:transparent,stroke-width:0px
class Overview,Helper_Keys Subgraph_Empty_Style
style Issue_and_PR fill:transparent,stroke-width:0.5px,stroke:#5b387c90

💻 Requirements

bat - preview looks better
Fuzzy Finder (fzf) - allow for interaction with listed data
GitHub command line tool (gh) - get the data from Github
Python - used to open URLs on different operating systems (python -m webbrowser <URL>)

brew install fzf gh bat

# install this extension
gh ext install LangLangBart/gh-look
# upgrade
gh ext upgrade LangLangBart/gh-look
# uninstall
gh ext remove LangLangBart/gh-look

👨‍💻 Usage

gh look [Command] [Flags] [Search term]

Command	Description	Example
i, issue	List Issues	gh look issue -r cli/cli involves:@me
p, pr	List Pull Requests	gh look pr -h
r, run	List Workflow Runs	gh look run -r microsoft/vscode -n 20
s, search	Search for GitHub Repositories	gh look search -w keycastr
st, star	List Starred Repositories	gh look star -u ashtom

see available Flags for each command with gh look [Command] --help or interactively with ?

Pre-commit is a multi-language package manager for pre-commit hooks. You specify a list of hooks you want and pre-commit manages the installation and execution of any hook written in any language before every commit. Source: pre-commit introduction

# install the git hook scripts
pre-commit install
# pre-commit installed at .git/hooks/commit-msg
# pre-commit installed at .git/hooks/pre-commit

💁 FAQ

Strange icons

NERD FONT icons are being used. If you see some strange icons, follow the steps in the link to install a better font: powerlevel10k#fonts

Ordering options

to change the order in which elements are listed see for details: GitHub Docs - Searching on GitHub
- Valid Ordering options: {author-date,committer-date,created,interactions,reactions,updated}-{desc,asc}