docs/content/github/searching-for-information-on-github/about-searching-on-github.md

title, intro, redirect_from, versions

title	intro	redirect_from	versions
About searching on GitHub	Our integrated search covers the many repositories, users, and lines of code on {% data variables.product.product_name %}.	/articles/using-the-command-bar/ /articles/github-search-basics/ /articles/search-basics/ /articles/searching-github/ /articles/advanced-search/ /articles/about-searching-on-github	free-pro-team enterprise-server github-ae * * *

{% data reusables.search.you-can-search-globally %}

• To search globally across all of {% data variables.product.product_name %}, type what you're looking for into the search field at the top of any page, and choose "All {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %}" in the search drop-down menu.
• To search within a particular repository or organization, navigate to the repository or organization page, type what you're looking for into the search field at the top of the page, and press Enter.

{% note %}

Notes:

{% if currentVersion == "free-pro-team@latest" or enterpriseServerVersions contains currentVersion %}

• {% data reusables.search.required_login %}{% endif %}
• {% data variables.product.prodname_pages %} sites are not searchable on {% data variables.product.product_name %}. However you can search the source content if it exists in the default branch of a repository, using code search. For more information, see "Searching code." For more information about {% data variables.product.prodname_pages %}, see "What is GitHub Pages?"
• Currently our search doesn't support exact matching.
• Whenever you are searching in code files, only the first two results in each file will be returned.

{% endnote %}

After running a search on {% data variables.product.product_name %}, you can sort the results, or further refine them by clicking one of the languages in the sidebar. For more information, see "Sorting search results."

{% data variables.product.product_name %} search uses an ElasticSearch cluster to index projects every time a change is pushed to {% data variables.product.product_name %}. Issues and pull requests are indexed when they are created or modified.

Types of searches on {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %}

You can search for the following information across all repositories you can access on {% data variables.product.product_location %}.

• Repositories
• Topics
• Issues and pull requests{% if currentVersion == "free-pro-team@latest" %}
• Discussions{% endif %}
• Code
• Commits
• Users{% if currentVersion == "free-pro-team@latest" or currentVersion == "github-ae@latest" or currentVersion ver_gt "enterprise-server@2.1" %}
• Packages{% endif %}
• Wikis

Searching using a visual interface

Alternatively, you can search {% data variables.product.product_name %} using the {% data variables.search.search_page_url %} or {% data variables.search.advanced_url %}.

The {% data variables.search.advanced_url %} provides a visual interface for constructing search queries. You can filter your searches by a variety of factors, such as the number of stars or number of forks a repository has. As you fill in the advanced search fields, your query will automatically be constructed in the top search bar.

{% if currentVersion != "github-ae@latest" %}

Searching across {% data variables.product.prodname_enterprise %} and {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom_the_website %} simultaneously

If you use {% data variables.product.prodname_enterprise %} and you're a member of a {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom_the_website %} organization using {% data variables.product.prodname_ghe_cloud %}, your {% data variables.product.prodname_enterprise %} site administrator can enable {% data variables.product.prodname_github_connect %} so that you can search across both environments at the same time. For more information, see "Enabling {% data variables.product.prodname_unified_search %} between {% data variables.product.prodname_enterprise %} and {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom_the_website %}."

You can only search across both environments from {% data variables.product.prodname_enterprise %}. To scope your search by environment, you can use a filter option on the {% data variables.search.advanced_url %} or you can use the environment: search prefix. To only search for content on {% data variables.product.prodname_enterprise %}, use the search syntax environment:local. To only search for content on {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom_the_website %}, use environment:github.

Your {% data variables.product.prodname_enterprise %} site administrator can enable {% data variables.product.prodname_unified_search %} for all public repositories, all private repositories, or only certain private repositories in the connected {% data variables.product.prodname_ghe_cloud %} organization.

If your site administrator enables {% data variables.product.prodname_unified_search %} in private repositories, you can only search in the private repositories that the administrator enabled {% data variables.product.prodname_unified_search %} for and that you have access to in the connected {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom_the_website %} organization. Your {% data variables.product.prodname_enterprise %} administrators and organization owners on {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom_the_website %} cannot search private repositories owned by your account. To search the applicable private repositories, you must enable private repository search for your personal accounts on {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom_the_website %} and {% data variables.product.prodname_enterprise %}. For more information, see "Enabling private {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom_the_website %} repository search in your {% data variables.product.prodname_enterprise %} account." {% endif %}

Further reading

• "Understanding the search syntax"
• "Searching on GitHub"