gh issue list List issues in a repository

Shows open issues with number, title and labels. Filter by label, assignee, author or search text, or show closed ones.

Synopsis

gh issue list [FLAGS]

Common options

Option or formWhat it does
-s, --state open|closed|allWhich state to show (default open)
-l, --label NAMEOnly issues with a label
-a, --assignee USEROnly issues assigned to someone (@me for yourself)
-A, --author USEROnly issues opened by someone
-L, --limit NMaximum number to list
-S, --search QUERYFilter with GitHub search syntax
--json FIELDSOutput as JSON

Examples

See open issues
gh issue list
#12  Search fails on empty query  bug  about 1 day ago
Your assigned issues
gh issue list --assignee "@me"
Only bugs
gh issue list --label bug
Closed issues mentioning login
gh issue list --state closed --search login
Numbers and titles as JSON
gh issue list --json number,title

Notes

See also

Last reviewed 2026-10-09.