# gh auth

> Authenticate with a GitHub host from the command line.
> More information: <https://cli.github.com/manual/gh_auth>.

- Login with interactive prompt:

`gh auth login`

- Login with a token from standard input (created in https://github.com/settings/tokens):

`echo {{your_token}} | gh auth login --with-token`

- Check if you are logged in:

`gh auth status`

- Log out:

`gh auth logout`

- Login with a specific GitHub Enterprise Server:

`gh auth login --hostname {{github.example.com}}`