GH-EXTENSION-CREATE(1)

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay bestie, welcome to GH-EXTENSION-CREATE(1) from the GitHub CLI manual 💖 this page is literally about one thing: create a new extension. slay.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

gh extension create [<name>] [flags]

that’s the whole vibe. short, iconic, to the point 🎀

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💅 OPTIONS 💅

• --precompiled <string> — create a precompiled extension, no cap. the possible values are exactly go and other. pick your fighter 🫶

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💀 EXIT CODES 💀

bestie, here’s the vibe check on what the exit codes mean:

• 0: successful execution ✨
• 1: error 😭
• 2: command canceled 🙈
• 4: authentication required 🔐

NOTE: specific commands may have additional exit codes. refer to the command’s help for more information, fr fr.

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🔥 EXAMPLE 🔥

# Use interactively
$ gh extension create

# Create a script-based extension
$ gh extension create foobar

# Create a Go extension
$ gh extension create --precompiled=go foobar

# Create a non-Go precompiled extension
$ gh extension create --precompiled=other foobar

look at those examples go 👑 every single one is doing its little main character thing.

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• gh-extension(1) — also see this one, bestie 🫶

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mwah 💋 this lil page is from GitHub CLI v2.102.0, dated Oct 2026 — iconic, timestamped, and officially done.