Saving gists with stars

You can star gists to keep track of projects you find interesting.

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Starring a gist

You can star a gist to add it to the "Starred" page. Starring makes it easy to find a gist again later.

  1. Navigate to Discover and select the gist you want to star.

  2. To star the gist, click Star in the top-right corner of the page.

    Screenshot of the gist bar with the "Star" option highlighted with a dark orange outline.

  3. Optionally, to unstar a previously starred gist, click Unstar. This will remove the gist from your starred list.

Viewing your starred gists

Starring makes it easy to find a gist again later. You can see all the gists you've starred by navigating to https://gist.github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/starred.

Alternatively, follow the steps in the procedure.

  1. Navigate to your gist home page.

  2. In the top right corner, click your profile picture.

  3. From the dropdown menu, select Starred gists.

    Screenshot of a user's account menu. The menu item "Starred gists" is outlined in dark orange.

You can see all recently starred gists from other users by going to the Gist starred page.

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