go-gists

go-gists

Manage GitHub Gists from the terminal — fast, colorful, production-ready.

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Features

• Create a new public or private gist from any local file
• Update an existing gist's content and/or description
• List all your gists in a rich, colored table — then copy an ID or URL to clipboard with one keypress
• Delete one or more gists (with confirmation prompt)
• View metadata for any gist by ID
• Auth management — save, show, or clear your GitHub token in a local config file
• Full pagination support (lists all gists, not just the first page)
• Token resolved from environment variable (GITHUB_TOKEN) or config file (~/.config/go-gists/go-gists.ini)
• Shell autocompletion via go-gists completion bash|zsh|fish|powershell

Installation

From source

git clone https://github.com/cumulus13/go-gists/go-gists.git
cd go-gists
go build -o go-gists .
sudo mv go-gists /usr/local/bin/

Pre-built binary

Download from the Releases page.

Authentication

go-gists needs a GitHub personal access token with the gist scope.

Option 1 — Environment variable (recommended for CI/CD):

export GITHUB_TOKEN=ghp_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Option 2 — Config file (recommended for interactive use):

go-gists auth set ghp_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

This saves the token to ~/.config/go-gists/go-gists.ini (Linux/macOS) or
%APPDATA%\go-gists\go-gists.ini (Windows).

Check which token is active:

go-gists auth show

Remove a stored token:

go-gists auth clear

Usage

Create a gist

# Public gist (default)
go-gists create ./script.py "My awesome Python script"

# Private gist
go-gists create ./notes.md "Private meeting notes" --private
# or shorthand
go-gists create ./notes.md "Private notes" -p

Update a gist

# Update file content only
go-gists update <gist-id> ./script.py

# Update content and change description
go-gists update <gist-id> ./script.py --description "Updated script v2"

List all gists

go-gists list

Renders a paginated table with index, ID, description, and URL. After the
table you are prompted to type a number — press Enter to skip, or type
the row number to copy its ID to your clipboard.

# Copy the URL instead of the ID
go-gists list --url

# Non-interactive / scripting mode (no prompt)
go-gists list --no-interactive

View a single gist

go-gists view <gist-id>

Delete gists

# Single gist (prompted for confirmation)
go-gists delete <gist-id>

# Multiple gists at once
go-gists delete <id1> <id2> <id3>

# Skip confirmation
go-gists delete <gist-id> --yes

Shell autocompletion

# Bash
go-gists completion bash >> ~/.bashrc

# Zsh
go-gists completion zsh >> ~/.zshrc

# Fish
go-gists completion fish > ~/.config/fish/completions/go-gists.fish

Config file format

[auth]
token = ghp_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Location:

• Linux / macOS: ~/.config/go-gists/go-gists.ini
• XDG override: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/go-gists/go-gists.ini
• Windows: %APPDATA%\go-gists\go-gists.ini

Project structure

go-gists/
├── main.go                   # Entry point
├── cmd/
│   ├── root.go               # Root command + banner
│   ├── auth.go               # auth set/show/clear
│   ├── create.go             # create command
│   ├── update.go             # update command
│   ├── list.go               # list command
│   ├── delete.go             # delete command
│   └── view.go               # view command
├── internal/
│   ├── config/
│   │   └── config.go         # Token resolution & persistence
│   ├── display/
│   │   ├── display.go        # Colors, table, prompt helpers
│   │   ├── term_unix.go      # Terminal width (Unix)
│   │   └── term_windows.go   # Terminal width (Windows stub)
│   └── gist/
│       └── gist.go           # GitHub Gist API client
└── vendor/                   # Vendored dependencies

Dependencies

License

MIT © Hadi Cahyadi

👤 Author

Hadi Cahyadi

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