GitHub/CLI/Q/Is there any way with the gh cli to open the github pages site associated with a given repo, something like gh repo view --web, but for the github page?

• Is there any way with the gh cli to open the github pages site associated with a given repo, something like gh repo view --web, but for the github page?

  • AI Answer

    • AI/Response
    • Short answer: No built-in command exists, but you can get the Pages URL via gh api and pipe it to open (macOS) or xdg-open (Linux).
    • gh browse has flags like --wiki, --settings, and --releases but no --pages flag.
    • The GitHub Pages API endpoint returns a html_url field for enabled Pages sites:
      • bash

        # Get the Pages URL for the current repo
        gh api "repos/$(gh repo view --json nameWithOwner -q .nameWithOwner)/pages" --jq '.html_url' | xargs open

      • bash

        # Or for a specific repo
        gh api repos/{owner}/{repo}/pages --jq '.html_url' | xargs open

    • If the repo does not have GitHub Pages enabled, the API returns a 404 error.
    • If the site uses a custom domain, html_url returns that custom domain rather than <owner>.github.io/<repo>.
    • A shell alias to wrap this:
      • bash

        alias gh-pages-open='gh api "repos/$(gh repo view --json nameWithOwner -q .nameWithOwner)/pages" --jq ".html_url" | xargs open'