# GitHub Scraper: Repos & Profiles (`andok/github-scraper-repos-profiles`) Actor Extract GitHub repository stats, forks, stars, and user profiles directly from the API. Perfect for developer lead gen and competitor tracking. - **URL**: https://apify.com/andok/github-scraper-repos-profiles.md - **Developed by:** [Andok](https://apify.com/andok) (community) - **Categories:** Developer tools - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $1.00 / 1,000 repo scrapeds This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## GitHub Repository & User Stats Scraper Extract repository statistics and user profiles directly from the GitHub REST API in bulk. Feed it a list of repo names or usernames and get back stars, forks, watchers, languages, follower counts, and more — no authentication or HTML scraping required. Useful for benchmarking open-source projects, tracking competitor repos, or enriching developer profiles. ### Features - **Dual mode** — scrape repository stats or user profiles in a single run - **Bulk processing** — process dozens of targets in one run - **Official API** — queries `api.github.com` directly for accurate, structured data - **Rich metadata** — repos get stars, forks, watchers, language, and topics; users get followers, public repo count, and bio - **No auth required** — uses the public GitHub API (rate-limited to 60 req/hr) - **Auto-detection** — automatically determines if a target is a repo (`owner/name`) or a user (`username`) ### Input | Field | Type | Required | Default | Description | |-------|------|----------|---------|-------------| | `targets` | `array` | Yes | — | List of GitHub repositories (e.g. `apify/crawlee`) or usernames (e.g. `torvalds`) | | `timeoutSeconds` | `integer` | No | `15` | Per-request API timeout in seconds (1-120) | #### Input Example ```json { "targets": ["apify/crawlee", "torvalds"], "timeoutSeconds": 15 } ```` ### Output Each dataset item represents one repository or user profile. Key fields: - `target` (`string`) — the input target string - `type` (`string`) — `Repository`, `User`, or `Unknown` - `name` (`string`) — full repo name or username - `description` (`string`) — repo description or user bio - `url` (`string`) — GitHub profile or repo URL - `stars` (`number`) — stargazer count (repos only) - `forks` (`number`) — fork count (repos only) - `watchers` (`number`) — subscriber/watcher count (repos only) - `language` (`string`) — primary language (repos only) - `followers` (`number`) — follower count (users only) - `publicRepos` (`number`) — public repository count (users only) #### Output Example ```json { "target": "apify/crawlee", "type": "Repository", "name": "apify/crawlee", "description": "Crawlee — A web scraping and browser automation library for Node.js", "url": "https://github.com/apify/crawlee", "stars": 15200, "forks": 680, "watchers": 142, "language": "TypeScript", "followers": 0, "publicRepos": 0 } ``` ### Pricing | Event | Cost | |-------|------| | Repo Scraped | Pay-per-event (see actor pricing page) | ### Use Cases - **OSS benchmarking** — compare star counts and fork rates across competing open-source projects - **Developer enrichment** — pull follower counts and bio data for developer profiles in your CRM - **Tech due diligence** — assess a project's traction and community size before integrating or investing - **Portfolio monitoring** — schedule weekly runs to track growth of repos you maintain or depend on ### Related Actors | Actor | What it adds | |-------|-------------| | [NPM Metadata Extractor](https://apify.com/andok/npm-metadata-extractor) | Get package-level details for repos that publish to NPM | | [Hacker News Scraper](https://apify.com/andok/hackernews-scraper) | Track when repos get discussed on Hacker News | ### Notes - The public GitHub API has a rate limit of 60 requests per hour per IP. For large batches, consider spacing runs or providing a GitHub token (not currently supported by this actor). # Actor input Schema ## `targets` (type: `array`): List of GitHub targets to scrape. Use "owner/repo" format for repositories (e.g. apify/crawlee) or just a username for user profiles (e.g. torvalds). ## `timeoutSeconds` (type: `integer`): Per-request timeout for GitHub API calls in seconds. The public API allows 60 requests per hour. ## Actor input object example ```json { "targets": [ "apify/crawlee" ], "timeoutSeconds": 15 } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): No description ## `resultsCsv` (type: `string`): No description ## `run` (type: `string`): No description # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "targets": [ "apify/crawlee" ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("andok/github-scraper-repos-profiles").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "targets": ["apify/crawlee"] } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("andok/github-scraper-repos-profiles").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "targets": [ "apify/crawlee" ] }' | apify call andok/github-scraper-repos-profiles --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=andok/github-scraper-repos-profiles", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "GitHub Scraper: Repos & Profiles", "description": "Extract GitHub repository stats, forks, stars, and user profiles directly from the API. Perfect for developer lead gen and competitor tracking.", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "wUQALQNZaIPccn1bH" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/andok~github-scraper-repos-profiles/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-andok-github-scraper-repos-profiles", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/andok~github-scraper-repos-profiles/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-andok-github-scraper-repos-profiles", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/andok~github-scraper-repos-profiles/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-andok-github-scraper-repos-profiles", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "targets": { "title": "Repositories or Users", "minItems": 1, "type": "array", "description": "List of GitHub targets to scrape. Use \"owner/repo\" format for repositories (e.g. apify/crawlee) or just a username for user profiles (e.g. torvalds).", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "timeoutSeconds": { "title": "Timeout (seconds)", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 120, "type": "integer", "description": "Per-request timeout for GitHub API calls in seconds. The public API allows 60 requests per hour.", "default": 15 } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```