# Filter tokens (/docs/reference/filter-tokens)

The lang and is tokens you can type into any list, and how they translate to GitHub search.

Tokens are words in the search box. They are removed from the text before it is matched, and every token must hold for a repository to stay in the list. Several tokens combine, and so does text.

```txt
cli lang:go is:mine
is:private is:fork
lang:typescript is:active
```

## Tokens [#tokens]

| Token                        | Keeps                                                 | Applies in GitHub scope as |
| ---------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------- |
| `lang:NAME`, `language:NAME` | repos whose main language is `NAME`, case-insensitive | `language:NAME`            |
| `is:public`                  | public repos                                          | `is:public`                |
| `is:private`                 | private repos                                         | `is:private`               |
| `is:fork`                    | forks                                                 | `fork:only`                |
| `is:source`                  | original repos, not forks                             | `fork:false`               |
| `is:archived`                | archived repos                                        | `archived:true`            |
| `is:active`                  | repos that are not archived                           | `archived:false`           |
| `is:local`                   | repos you have cloned                                 | applied to the results     |
| `is:mine`                    | repos you own                                         | applied to the results     |

Tokens are case-insensitive. An unknown `is:` value is treated as ordinary text.

## Where they apply [#where-they-apply]

- **My repos** and **Starred** apply every token to the cached list.
- **GitHub** rewrites tokens into GitHub's own qualifiers. `is:local` and `is:mine` have no GitHub equivalent, so they filter the returned results instead.

## GitHub qualifiers [#github-qualifiers]

In GitHub scope, these qualifiers are also passed through as typed: `language:`, `is:`, `topic:`, `stars:`, `archived:`, `fork:`, `user:` and `org:`.

```txt
topic:tui stars:>500 language:go
org:charmbracelet
```

The tokens `language:` and `is:` can still be matched against an owner listing. Any other qualifier sends the whole query to GitHub search.

## Combining with text [#combining-with-text]

Free text is matched against the repository name. In My repos and Starred, results with free text are ranked by fuzzy match unless you chose a sort with `ctrl+s`.