https://github.com/jaebradley/github-personal-access-token-generator-cli

Create GitHub Personal Access Tokens from the Terminal
https://github.com/jaebradley/github-personal-access-token-generator-cli

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Create GitHub Personal Access Tokens from the Terminal

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/jaebradley/github-personal-access-token-generator-cli
• Owner: jaebradley
• License: mit
• Created: 2018-02-24T21:20:58.000Z (almost 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2022-08-01T07:35:09.000Z (over 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-03-25T17:46:48.252Z (10 months ago)
• Topics: cli, github, nodejs, npm-package, personal-access-token
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage:
• Size: 1010 KB
• Stars: 16
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 6
• Open Issues: 23
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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[A GitHub personal access token is pretty seamless to do from the web UI](https://help.github.com/articles/creating-a-personal-access-token-for-the-command-line/).

However, if you're a command line freak like me and want to create a personal access token quickly without having to leave the Terminal...

## Installation

```

npm install github-personal-access-token-generator-cli -g

```

## Usage

```

ghpat

```

You will be asked for

* Your username + password combination

* The various scopes / permissions you'd like your access token to have

* A reason for this personal access token - aka what's it going to be used for?

* A two-factor authentication code if you've turned on 2FA for GitHub

If successful your personal access token **will be copied to your clipboard**.

## Uhhh not all the GitHub personal access token options are available?

Yeah, they're not.

This utility is mostly to create personal access tokens quickly - most of the time (I would argue), you need to set one of the "overriding" scopes rather than any of the "sub-scopes".

If this is something that's not the case for end-users, this can be added.