Compare GitHub CLI Extensions

Use these workflow presets when two or three GitHub CLI extensions look useful but you need to pick the right starting point.

8 comparison presets 68 curated extensions Reviewed 2026-06-08

Daily maintainer triage

Aliases: maintainer, dashboard, notifications, notify
npm --silent run catalog:compare -- dlvhdr/gh-dash agynio/gh-pr-review meiji163/gh-notify
Extension Status Best fit Avoid if Install
dlvhdr/gh-dash
A rich terminal dashboard for pull requests, issues, and notifications.
active Maintainers who live in PR, issue, and notification queues. You prefer one-off commands over a persistent TUI. gh extension install dlvhdr/gh-dash
agynio/gh-pr-review
View, navigate, reply to, and resolve PR review threads.
active Reviewers who want inline PR review workflows in the terminal. Your team reviews exclusively in the GitHub web UI. gh extension install agynio/gh-pr-review
meiji163/gh-notify
Display GitHub notifications in the terminal.
active Developers who want notification awareness without the browser. You already manage notifications through email or mobile. gh extension install meiji163/gh-notify

PR and issue review

Aliases: issues, review, pull-requests
npm --silent run catalog:compare -- agynio/gh-pr-review github/gh-stack einride/gh-dependabot
Extension Status Best fit Avoid if Install
agynio/gh-pr-review
View, navigate, reply to, and resolve PR review threads.
active Reviewers who want inline PR review workflows in the terminal. Your team reviews exclusively in the GitHub web UI. gh extension install agynio/gh-pr-review
github/gh-stack
Manage stacked pull requests on GitHub.
active Teams that split large changes into dependent PRs. Your team avoids stacked changes. gh extension install github/gh-stack
einride/gh-dependabot
Review Dependabot pull requests from GitHub CLI.
active Teams that process many dependency update pull requests. You do not use Dependabot. gh extension install einride/gh-dependabot

GitHub Actions operations

Aliases: ci, workflows
npm --silent run catalog:compare -- dlvhdr/gh-enhance fchimpan/gh-workflow-stats github/gh-actions-importer
Extension Status Best fit Avoid if Install
dlvhdr/gh-enhance
A fast terminal UI for inspecting and managing GitHub Actions.
active Developers who want an interactive terminal UI for GitHub Actions workflows. You only need basic workflow status output or prefer the GitHub web UI. gh extension install dlvhdr/gh-enhance
fchimpan/gh-workflow-stats
Calculate workflow and job success rate and execution time.
active CI owners investigating slow or flaky workflows. You only need the latest run status. gh extension install fchimpan/gh-workflow-stats
github/gh-actions-importer
Plan and automate migrations into GitHub Actions.
active Enterprise teams migrating from other CI systems. Your project is already on GitHub Actions. gh extension install github/gh-actions-importer

AI and agent workflows

Aliases: agents, models
npm --silent run catalog:compare -- github/gh-aw github/gh-models shuymn/gh-mcp
Extension Status Best fit Avoid if Install
github/gh-aw
Run GitHub agentic workflows from the CLI.
active Developers experimenting with GitHub-native agent workflows. You are not using agentic automation yet. gh extension install github/gh-aw
github/gh-models
Use GitHub Models from GitHub CLI.
active Developers testing prompts and models from the terminal. You do not use GitHub Models. gh extension install github/gh-models
shuymn/gh-mcp
Run GitHub MCP Server using existing GitHub CLI authentication.
active Users connecting AI tools to GitHub through MCP. You do not use MCP-compatible clients. gh extension install shuymn/gh-mcp

Local branch cleanup

Aliases: branch, cleanup, repo-cleanup
npm --silent run catalog:compare -- seachicken/gh-poi mislav/gh-branch redraw/gh-install
Extension Status Best fit Avoid if Install
seachicken/gh-poi
Safely clean up local branches.
active Developers who want a trustworthy branch cleanup default. You want to manually inspect every branch before deletion. gh extension install seachicken/gh-poi
mislav/gh-branch
Fuzzy find, switch between, and delete branches.
watch Developers with many local branches. You want only automated cleanup rather than manual selection. gh extension install mislav/gh-branch
redraw/gh-install
Install GitHub release binaries interactively.
active Developers who often install tools from GitHub releases. You already use a package manager for all release binaries. gh extension install redraw/gh-install

Documentation review

Aliases: markdown, readme
npm --silent run catalog:compare -- yusukebe/gh-markdown-preview thiagokokada/gh-gfm-preview
Extension Status Best fit Avoid if Install
yusukebe/gh-markdown-preview
Preview Markdown as it appears on GitHub.
active README, issue template, and documentation review. You need fully offline preview support. gh extension install yusukebe/gh-markdown-preview
thiagokokada/gh-gfm-preview
Preview GitHub-flavored Markdown, including offline workflows.
active Writers who need Markdown preview without relying on GitHub web UI. You only need the simplest browser-based preview. gh extension install thiagokokada/gh-gfm-preview

Security and admin

Aliases: admin, compliance
npm --silent run catalog:compare -- advanced-security/gh-sbom Link-/gh-token github/gh-gei
Extension Status Best fit Avoid if Install
advanced-security/gh-sbom
Generate software bills of materials with GitHub CLI.
watch Teams that need SBOM output during release or compliance work. Your SBOM workflow is already handled by another build step. gh extension install advanced-security/gh-sbom
Link-/gh-token
Create installation access tokens for GitHub Apps.
active Developers working with GitHub App authentication. You only use personal access tokens or browser flows. gh extension install Link-/gh-token
github/gh-gei
Support GitHub Enterprise Importer migration workflows.
active Enterprise teams migrating repositories to GitHub Enterprise Cloud. You are not running GitHub migration projects. gh extension install github/gh-gei