GH-GIST-LIST(1) GitHub CLI manual GH-GIST-LIST(1)

gh-gist-list - List your gists

gh gist list [flags]

List gists from your user account.

You can use a regular expression to filter the description, file names, or even the content of files in the gist using --filter.

For supported regular expression syntax, see ⟨https://pkg.go.dev/regexp/syntax⟩.

Use --include-content to include content of files, noting that this will be slower and increase the rate limit used. Instead of printing a table, code will be printed with highlights similar to gh search code:

{{gist ID}} {{file name}}
    {{description}}
        {{matching lines from content}}

No highlights or other color is printed when output is redirected.

Filter gists using a regular expression
Include gists' file content when filtering
Maximum number of gists to fetch
Show only public gists
Show only secret gists

gh gist ls

0: Successful execution

1: Error

2: Command canceled

4: Authentication required

NOTE: Specific commands may have additional exit codes. Refer to the command's help for more information.

# List all secret gists from your user account
$ gh gist list --secret
# Find all gists from your user account mentioning "octo" anywhere
$ gh gist list --filter octo --include-content

gh-gist(1)

Jun 2025