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

gh-issue-list - List issues in a repository

gh issue list [flags]

List issues in a GitHub repository. By default, this only lists open issues.

The search query syntax is documented here:

https://docs.github.com/en/search-github/searching-on-github/searching-issues-and-pull-requests

Filter by GitHub App author
Filter by assignee
Filter by author
Filter JSON output using a jq expression
Output JSON with the specified fields
Filter by label
Maximum number of issues to fetch
Filter by mention
Filter by milestone number or title
Search issues with query
Filter by state: {open|closed|all}
Format JSON output using a Go template; see "gh help formatting"
List issues in the web browser

Select another repository using the [HOST/]OWNER/REPO format

gh issue ls

assignees, author, body, closed, closedAt, closedByPullRequestsReferences, comments, createdAt, id, isPinned, labels, milestone, number, projectCards, projectItems, reactionGroups, state, stateReason, title, updatedAt, url

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.

$ gh issue list --label "bug" --label "help wanted"
$ gh issue list --author monalisa
$ gh issue list --assignee "@me"
$ gh issue list --milestone "The big 1.0"
$ gh issue list --search "error no:assignee sort:created-asc"
$ gh issue list --state all

gh-issue(1)

Jun 2025