What is GitHub CLI?
It is a free and open-source command-line for GitHub.
It provides GitHub's graphical features like pull requests, issues, releases, etc. into a terminal. So, anyone can perform the whole GitHub operation from a terminal or with a script.
GitHub CLI is a tool in the Tools for GitHub category of a tech stack.
GitHub CLI is an open source tool with 35.4K GitHub stars and 5.2K GitHub forks. Here’s a link to GitHub CLI's open source repository on GitHub
Who uses GitHub CLI?
Companies
6 companies reportedly use GitHub CLI in their tech stacks, including asencis, base, and TurkDevOps.
Developers
27 developers on StackShare have stated that they use GitHub CLI.
GitHub CLI's Features
- Work with issues, pull requests, checks, releases and more
- Call the GitHub API to script almost any action, and set a custom alias for any command
- Connect to GitHub Enterprise Server in addition to GitHub.com
- Open source and ready for your contributions
GitHub CLI Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to GitHub CLI?
JavaScript
JavaScript is most known as the scripting language for Web pages, but used in many non-browser environments as well such as node.js or Apache CouchDB. It is a prototype-based, multi-paradigm scripting language that is dynamic,and supports object-oriented, imperative, and functional programming styles.
Git
Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.
GitHub
GitHub is the best place to share code with friends, co-workers, classmates, and complete strangers. Over three million people use GitHub to build amazing things together.
Python
Python is a general purpose programming language created by Guido Van Rossum. Python is most praised for its elegant syntax and readable code, if you are just beginning your programming career python suits you best.
jQuery
jQuery is a cross-platform JavaScript library designed to simplify the client-side scripting of HTML.
