cli

by cli

GitHub CLI (gh) is GitHub's official command-line tool. It lets you manage pull requests, issues and other GitHub features from the terminal alongside git.

Worth a lookEstablished, with a few things to check (listed below).

View on GitHub Project website

Stars: 46.8k +4 a day
Licence: MIT
Runs on: Your computer
Setup: Easy
Language: Go
Age: 2580 days

What you can do with it

Create, review and merge pull requests without leaving the terminal
Open, list and comment on issues in your repositories
Use it in GitHub Actions workflows or scripts to automate repository tasks

Make money with it

A freelancer could offer GitHub workflow automation, such as release and issue-handling scripts, as a paid service for small teams.

An idea, not financial advice. Check the licence before charging for anything built on it.

Ways a business could use it

Speed up code review and issue handling for a small development team, saving time on routine tasks
Script repeatable GitHub jobs such as creating releases or triaging issues, so client projects need less manual work

Can you use it commercially?

Free to use, change and sell, including in paid products. Keep the copyright notice.

Not legal advice. Read the project's licence file before building a product on it.

Getting it running

Install it with Homebrew on macOS, WinGet on Windows, or a Debian or RPM package on Linux, or download a precompiled binary from the releases page.

Follow the official instructions in the project README.

Things to check

Needs a GitHub account and only works with GitHub services
Linux package users may need to handle the September 2026 signing key rotation