Awesome GitHub CLI Extensions

A curated awesome-style guide to useful GitHub CLI extensions: Top Picks, workflow guides, starter packs, maintenance labels, and machine-readable install bundles.

68 curated extensions 49 active 10 Top Picks 8 starter packs Reviewed 2026-06-08

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Pick the workflow that hurts right now. Each guide includes a starter pack near the top so you can inspect commands before installing anything.

Starter Packs

Small install-command bundles for common GitHub CLI workflows. Review bundle contents before installing.

Daily Maintainer Triage PRs, issues, review threads, and notifications from the terminal. curl -fsSL https://sjh9714.github.io/gh-extension-atlas/install/starter-packs/daily-maintainer-triage.txt PR Review And Issue Triage Inline PR review, stacked PRs, and dependency update queues. curl -fsSL https://sjh9714.github.io/gh-extension-atlas/install/starter-packs/pr-review-and-issue-triage.txt GitHub Actions Operator Interactive workflow inspection plus CI health and migration helpers. curl -fsSL https://sjh9714.github.io/gh-extension-atlas/install/starter-packs/github-actions-operator.txt AI And Agents GitHub agent workflows, Models, standup summaries, and MCP setup. curl -fsSL https://sjh9714.github.io/gh-extension-atlas/install/starter-packs/ai-and-agents.txt Local Repository Cleanup Safer branch cleanup, fuzzy branch switching, and release binary installs. curl -fsSL https://sjh9714.github.io/gh-extension-atlas/install/starter-packs/local-repository-cleanup.txt Documentation Review GitHub-flavored Markdown preview before publishing README or docs changes. curl -fsSL https://sjh9714.github.io/gh-extension-atlas/install/starter-packs/documentation-review.txt Search And Discovery Repository discovery, API-backed grep, and interactive code search. curl -fsSL https://sjh9714.github.io/gh-extension-atlas/install/starter-packs/search-and-discovery.txt Security And Admin SBOM generation, GitHub App tokens, and enterprise migration workflows. curl -fsSL https://sjh9714.github.io/gh-extension-atlas/install/starter-packs/security-and-admin.txt
Top Pick Workflow Why it matters Status Install
dash
A rich terminal dashboard for pull requests, issues, and notifications.
Maintainers who live in PR, issue, and notification queues. You prefer one-off commands over a persistent TUI. active gh extension install dlvhdr/gh-dash
aw
Run GitHub agentic workflows from the CLI.
Developers experimenting with GitHub-native agent workflows. You are not using agentic automation yet. active gh extension install github/gh-aw
stack
Manage stacked pull requests on GitHub.
Teams that split large changes into dependent PRs. Your team avoids stacked changes. active gh extension install github/gh-stack
poi
Safely clean up local branches.
Developers who want a trustworthy branch cleanup default. You want to manually inspect every branch before deletion. active gh extension install seachicken/gh-poi
markdown-preview
Preview Markdown as it appears on GitHub.
README, issue template, and documentation review. You need fully offline preview support. active gh extension install yusukebe/gh-markdown-preview
sbom
Generate software bills of materials with GitHub CLI.
Teams that need SBOM output during release or compliance work. Your SBOM workflow is already handled by another build step. watch gh extension install advanced-security/gh-sbom
s
Interactively search GitHub repositories.
Finding repositories quickly from a terminal workflow. You need advanced code search rather than repository search. active gh extension install gennaro-tedesco/gh-s
notify
Display GitHub notifications in the terminal.
Developers who want notification awareness without the browser. You already manage notifications through email or mobile. active gh extension install meiji163/gh-notify
pr-review
View, navigate, reply to, and resolve PR review threads.
Reviewers who want inline PR review workflows in the terminal. Your team reviews exclusively in the GitHub web UI. active gh extension install agynio/gh-pr-review
workflow-stats
Calculate workflow and job success rate and execution time.
CI owners investigating slow or flaky workflows. You only need the latest run status. active gh extension install fchimpan/gh-workflow-stats

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