{"meta":{"title":"Searching on GitHub","intro":"You can use qualifiers to narrow your search and focus on specific categories of information.","product":"Search on GitHub","breadcrumbs":[{"href":"/en/search-github","title":"Search on GitHub"},{"href":"/en/search-github/searching-on-github","title":"Searching on GitHub"}],"documentType":"category"},"body":"# Searching on GitHub\n\nYou can use qualifiers to narrow your search and focus on specific categories of information.\n\n## Links\n\n* [Finding files on GitHub](/en/search-github/searching-on-github/finding-files-on-github)\n\n  You can search for a file in a repository using the file finder. To search for a file in multiple repositories on GitHub, use the path code search qualifier.\n\n* [Searching for repositories](/en/search-github/searching-on-github/searching-for-repositories)\n\n  You can search for repositories on GitHub and narrow the results using these repository search qualifiers in any combination.\n\n* [Searching topics](/en/search-github/searching-on-github/searching-topics)\n\n  You can search for topics associated with repositories on GitHub.\n\n* [Searching code (legacy)](/en/search-github/searching-on-github/searching-code)\n\n  You only need to use the legacy code search syntax if you are using the code search API.\n\n* [Searching commits](/en/search-github/searching-on-github/searching-commits)\n\n  You can search for commits on GitHub and narrow the results using these commit search qualifiers in any combination.\n\n* [Searching issues and pull requests](/en/search-github/searching-on-github/searching-issues-and-pull-requests)\n\n  You can search for issues and pull requests on GitHub and narrow the results using these search qualifiers in any combination.\n\n* [Searching discussions](/en/search-github/searching-on-github/searching-discussions)\n\n  You can search for discussions on GitHub and narrow the results using search qualifiers.\n\n* [Searching GitHub Marketplace](/en/search-github/searching-on-github/searching-github-marketplace)\n\n  You can search for apps and actions that are available on GitHub Marketplace.\n\n* [Searching users](/en/search-github/searching-on-github/searching-users)\n\n  You can search for users on GitHub and narrow the results using these user search qualifiers in any combination.\n\n* [Searching for packages](/en/search-github/searching-on-github/searching-for-packages)\n\n  You can search for packages on GitHub and narrow the results using search qualifiers.\n\n* [Searching wikis](/en/search-github/searching-on-github/searching-wikis)\n\n  You can search wikis on GitHub and narrow the results using these wiki search qualifiers in any combination.\n\n* [Searching in forks](/en/search-github/searching-on-github/searching-in-forks)\n\n  By default, forks are not shown in search results. You can choose to include them in repository searches, and in code searches if they meet certain criteria.\n\n* [Searching gists](/en/search-github/searching-on-github/searching-gists)\n\n  You can search for gists on GitHub and narrow the results using search qualifiers."}