Adding Gists to Star Lists

[joseph-curtis]

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What if we could add a Gist to a Star List (public or private)? Would that be a feature you want?

I really liked when Github added star lists so that you can categorize your 'favorite' (i.e. starred) repos. I use private lists to keep track of which group of repos belong to a workspace.

Adding Gists to my lists would help keep me organized! And by that I mean adding a gist to an existing list of other regular starred repos. Speaking of, why are starred Gists a separate page from regular starred repos? I think it would be more useful to have a way to filter for:

• ☑️Gist, and/or
• ☑️Repositories

like you can filter already when selecting up to six pinned items on your profile.

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[itxashancode]

I’d start by checking if there’s already an open feature request for adding gists to star lists. Go to the GitHub Feedback forum (https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions) and search for “gist star list”. If you don’t see one, click New discussion, choose Idea, and post your use case there - include the exact workflow you described (adding a gist to an existing private list alongside repos).

In the meantime, you can star a gist via the CLI so it shows up on your starred gists page:

gh api --method PUT /gists/<gist-id>/star

But star lists only accept repositories today; the API returns a 404 if you try to add a gist. The separate starred‑gists view exists because gists and repos are different resource types in the GraphQL schema, so a unified list would need a backend change.

If you want a filter now, use the search bar with type:gist or type:repo (e.g., stars:user/<username> type:gist). That mimics the pin‑filter you mentioned.

I’m not 100% sure when GitHub will implement this, but upvoting the discussion and adding a clear comment helps the product team prioritize it.