🐙 GitHub Profile Scraper | $4/1K | With Emails (No Token)

Real-time GitHub profile scraper with email extraction. Scrapes live profile pages — not a stale database. No GitHub token, no API key, no browser.

Why This Actor?

	This Actor	GitHub API	Database Scrapers
Data freshness	Real-time	Real-time	Cached, old
Auth required	No	Yes (token)	No
Rate limit	High	60 req/hr (unauth)	N/A
Email extraction	Yes (public)	Separate endpoint	Sometimes
Field selection	You choose	Fixed	Fixed
Social links	Yes (Twitter, etc.)	Limited	Rarely
Price per 1K	$4	Free (limited)	$3-15

Key Feature: Developer Emails

Many developers set their email as public on GitHub. This Actor extracts it automatically — perfect for recruiting and outreach. No guessing, no enrichment APIs needed.

Configurable Fields

Field	Default	Description
Username	✅	GitHub username
Full Name	✅	Display name
Bio	✅	Profile bio
Location	✅	City / country
Followers	✅	Follower count
Following	✅	Following count
Repositories	✅	Public repo count
Profile URL	✅	GitHub URL
Email	✅	Public email (key feature)
Website / Blog	✅	Personal site
Category	❌	Industry
Other Metadata	✅	Socials (Twitter, org, etc.)

Input

{
  "profileUrls": [
    "https://github.com/sindresorhus",
    "https://github.com/torvalds"
  ],
  "extractEmail": true,
  "extractMetadata": true,
  "maxConcurrency": 5
}

Output

{
  "success": true,
  "inputUrl": "https://github.com/sindresorhus",
  "username": "sindresorhus",
  "fullName": "Sindre Sorhus",
  "bio": "Full-Time Open-Sourcerer. Focused on Swift & JavaScript.",
  "location": "",
  "followerCount": 77900,
  "followingCount": 31,
  "repoCount": 1133,
  "profileUrl": "https://github.com/sindresorhus",
  "email": "sindresorhus@gmail.com",
  "website": "https://sindresorhus.com",
  "otherMetadata": "Twitter: @sindresorhus, LinkedIn: sindresorhus"
}

Output contains only the fields you enabled.

Pricing

• $0.004 per profile ($4 per 1,000 profiles)
• Pay only for results — no subscriptions
• Free Apify credits cover ~1,250 profiles/month

Performance

• 7-40 seconds per profile (real-time scraping)
• Up to 20 concurrent requests
• Works on all public GitHub profiles

Use Cases

• Tech recruiting — find developers with public emails
• Open source outreach — contact maintainers directly
• Developer research — track repos, followers, activity
• CRM enrichment — add GitHub data to your contacts
• Competitor analysis — monitor developer teams

Notes

• Only public profile data is extracted
• Email is only returned if the developer has set it as public on GitHub
• "Other Metadata" includes social links (Twitter, Mastodon, LinkedIn) and organization info
• "Repositories" = public repo count (mapped from Thunderbit's "Number of Posts" field)

Disclaimer

This Actor extracts only publicly available data. Ensure your use complies with applicable laws and GitHub's terms of service.