stars export

All export commands load the full database and write to files. By default, output goes to $XDG_DATA_HOME/.stars/exports/ with a timestamp in the filename. Use --output (-o) to specify a custom path.

CSV

stars export csv
stars export csv --output ~/stars.csv
stars export csv --columns [name url language stars]

Flag	Short	Type	Description
--output	-o	path	Custom output path
--columns	-c	list<string>	Specific columns to include

Exported columns default to: name, full_name, url, description, language, stars, forks, created_at, updated_at, owner, topics, license, archived, is_fork.

JSON

stars export json
stars export json --pretty
stars export json --minimal --pretty --output ~/stars.json

Flag	Short	Description
--output	-o	Custom output path
--minimal	-m	Export only name, url, description, language, topics
--pretty	-p	Pretty-print with indentation

NUON

Exports to Nushell Object Notation — useful for re-importing into Nushell later.

stars export nuon
stars export nuon --output ~/stars.nuon

Flag	Short	Description
--output	-o	Custom output path

Markdown

Generates a Markdown table. Great for pasting into GitHub issues, PRs, or documentation.

stars export md
stars export md --columns [name description language stars]
stars export md --output ~/stars.md

Flag	Short	Type	Description
--output	-o	path	Custom output path
--columns	-c	list<string>	Columns to include (default: name, description, language, stars)

Firefox bookmarks

Exports as a Firefox-compatible HTML bookmarks file. Supports grouping by language, owner, topic, year, or no grouping.

stars export firefox
stars export firefox --group-by owner
stars export firefox --include-archived --include-forks

Flag	Short	Type	Default	Description
--output	-o	path	auto	Custom output path
--group-by	-g	string	"language"	Grouping: language, owner, topic, year, none
--include-archived			false	Include archived repos
--include-forks			false	Include forked repos

Import the exported file into Firefox via Bookmarks > Manage Bookmarks > Import and Backup > Import Bookmarks from HTML.

Chrome bookmarks

Same as Firefox but generates Chrome-compatible HTML.

stars export chrome
stars export chrome --group-by topic
stars export chrome --output ~/chrome_bookmarks.html

Flags are identical to the Firefox export. Import into Chrome via chrome://bookmarks > Import bookmarks.