You can access the GitHub API Scraper: Repos & Profiles programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = { "targets": ["apify/crawlee"] }
9
10# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
11run = client.actor("andok/github-api-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
12
13# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
14print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
15for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
16    print(item)
17
18# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

GitHub Repos & Profiles API Scraper | Apify API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use GitHub API Scraper: Repos & Profiles API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

Other API clients include:

GitHub API Scraper: Repos & Profiles API in JavaScript

GitHub API Scraper: Repos & Profiles API through CLI

GitHub API Scraper: Repos & Profiles OpenAPI definition

GitHub API Scraper: Repos & Profiles API

GitHub Scraper — Repositories & User Profiles

hipersoft/github-scraper

Search GitHub and scrape repositories (stars, forks, language, topics, license, dates) or user profiles (name, company, location, bio, followers, public email, repos). Uses the GitHub REST API; optional token for higher rate limits. For developer lead generation, OSS research and recruiting.

hiper soft

GitHub Scraper

klondikeking/github-scraper

Extract GitHub user profiles, repositories, and organization data via GitHub REST API. No authentication required for public data.

Pierrick McD0nald

GitHub Repository & User Stats API

eesti/github-repository-stats

Extract GitHub repo stars, forks, watchers and user profiles in bulk via the public REST API. $0.002/item + $0.02 start.

ando

GitHub Scraper

opendata-labs/github-scraper

Extract GitHub user profiles and repositories via the official GitHub API. Build developer lead lists for tech recruiting, B2B prospecting and market research. Clean structured data (JSON/CSV).

Joao Paulo

GitHub Scraper

automation-lab/github-scraper

Extract data from GitHub — repository details, developer profiles, trending repos, and search results. Stars, forks, languages, topics, and more. No API key needed.

Stas Persiianenko

5.0

GitHub Repository Scraper

troy_007/github-repo-scraper

Search GitHub repos by topic, language, and star count. Extract stars, forks, description, owner, topics, and activity via the official GitHub API.

Pathik Shah

GitHub Repo Info

blaise_pascal/github-repo-info

Look up public GitHub repository stats — stars, forks, language, license, and description. Uses the official GitHub REST API.

Blaise Jordy

GitHub Repository Scraper

koreyoshi/github-repo-scraper

Mr-chen

🐙 GitHub Repository Intelligence - Repos & READMEs

benthepythondev/github-repository-intelligence

Extract repository metadata, README content, and documentation from GitHub using the official REST API. Perfect for LLM training data, developer research, and competitive analysis. Search by keywords or fetch specific repositories.

Ben

GitHub Repository & Trending Scraper

rupom888/github-repository-scraper

Search GitHub repos, scrape user profiles with repos, get repo details with contributors, or track GitHub trending. Uses public API - optional token for higher rate limits.