Sorting search results

Use the Sort dropdown menu to sort results by relevance, number of stars, number of forks, and how recently the items were updated.

To sort by interactions, reactions, comments, created date, relevance, author date, committer date, or how recently the items were updated, you can add a sort qualifier to your search query.

Sort by comments

The sort:comments qualifier sorts by the number of comments.

Qualifier	Example
sort:comments or sort:comments-desc	org:github sort:comments matches issues in repositories owned by GitHub, sorted by the highest number of comments.
sort:comments-asc	org:github sort:comments-asc matches issues in repositories owned by GitHub, sorted by ascending number of comments (the fewest to the most).

Sort by created date

The sort:created qualifier sorts by the date when the items were created.

Qualifier	Example
sort:created or sort:created-desc	org:github sort:created matches issues in repositories owned by GitHub, sorted by the most recently created date.
sort:created-asc