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---
title: GitHub CLI quickstart
intro: 'Start using {% data variables.product.prodname_cli %} to work with {% data variables.product.company_short %} in the command line.'
versions:
fpt: '*'
ghes: '*'
ghae: '*'
ghec: '*'
topics:
- CLI
type: overview
allowTitleToDifferFromFilename: true
shortTitle: Quickstart
---
## About {% data variables.product.prodname_cli %}
{% data reusables.cli.about-cli %}
## Getting started
1. [Install](https://github.com/cli/cli#installation) {% data variables.product.prodname_cli %} on macOS, Windows, or Linux.
1. In the command line, authenticate to {% data variables.product.company_short %}.{% ifversion not fpt or ghec %} Replace `HOSTNAME` with the name of {% data variables.location.product_location %}. For example, `octo-inc.ghe.com`.{% endif %}
{% ifversion fpt or ghec %}
```shell
gh auth login
```
{% else %}
```shell
gh auth login --hostname HOSTNAME
```
{% endif %}
1. Start working with {% data variables.product.company_short %} in the command line. For example, find an issue to work on with `gh issue status` or `gh issue list --assignee @me`. Create a pull request with `gh pr create`. Review a pull request with `gh pr checkout`, `gh pr diff` and `gh pr review`.
## Next steps
- Tell {% data variables.product.prodname_cli %} which text editor to use for commands that open a text editor. For example, enter `gh config set editor "code -w"` to set your preferred text editor to {% data variables.product.prodname_vscode %}. For more information, see [`gh config set`](https://cli.github.com/manual/gh_config_set).
- Define aliases for commands that you commonly run. For example, if you run `gh alias set prd "pr create --draft"`, you will then be able to run `gh prd` to quickly open a draft pull request. For more information, see [`gh alias`](https://cli.github.com/manual/gh_alias).
- Create or add custom commands with {% data variables.product.prodname_cli %} extensions. For more information, see "[AUTOTITLE](/github-cli/github-cli/using-github-cli-extensions)" and "[AUTOTITLE](/github-cli/github-cli/creating-github-cli-extensions)."
- For more information about all of the commands that you can run with {% data variables.product.prodname_cli %}, see "[AUTOTITLE](/github-cli/github-cli/github-cli-reference)."