Installation
macOS
gh is available via Homebrew and MacPorts.
Homebrew
Install:
brew install gh
Upgrade:
brew upgrade gh
MacPorts
Install:
sudo port install gh
Upgrade:
sudo port selfupdate && sudo port upgrade gh
Windows
gh is available via scoop, Chocolatey, and as downloadable MSI.
scoop
Install:
scoop bucket add github-gh https://github.com/cli/scoop-gh.git
scoop install gh
Upgrade:
scoop update gh
Chocolatey
Install:
choco install gh
Upgrade:
choco upgrade gh
Signed MSI
MSI installers are available for download on the releases page.
Linux
See Linux installation instructions.
Other platforms
Install a prebuilt binary from the releases page
Setting an editor
To set your preferred editor, you can use gh config set [editor]. Read more about gh config.
Additionally if the above is not set, for macOS and Linux,gh will respect the following environment variables, in this order, based on your OS and shell setup:
GIT_EDITORVISUALEDITOR
On Windows, the editor will currently always be Notepad.