GitHub Repository Search Scraper - Repos by Stars and Topic

Use it as a GitHub repository search scraper: find repos by stars, topic and language for trend research and tool discovery.

GitHub Repository Scraper searches public GitHub repositories with full GitHub search syntax, for example language:python stars:>500 topic:llm, and exports repository metadata such as stars, forks, topics, license, language and activity dates.

Why this Actor

• Official GitHub REST API, with automatic rate-limit handling. Add your own token for 3x faster search.
• No personal data. It does not collect emails or user profiles, only repository metadata.
• Use cases: tech-trend research, finding open-source tools, competitor and ecosystem mapping, and dev-tool lead lists by repository.

Example run

Real input and the first output record from run 0iBzYTGRZ5aPSaeSB on 2026-10-30. Long text fields are shortened here with "...".

Input:

{
  "query": "rag stars:>1000",
  "sort": "best-match",
  "maxResults": 100
}

Output (first record):

{
  "fullName": "infiniflow/ragflow",
  "url": "https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow",
  "description": "RAGFlow is a leading open-source Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) engine that fuses cutting-edge RAG with Agent capabilities to create a superior context layer for LLMs",
  "owner": "infiniflow",
  "ownerType": "Organization",
  "stars": 93175,
  "forks": 11178,
  "openIssues": 1304,
  "watchers": 93175,
  "language": "Go",
  "topics": [
    "agent-harness",
    "agentic-ai",
    "agentic-nagive",
    "agentic-retrieval",
    "agentic-search",
    "ai",
    "..."
  ],
  "license": "Apache-2.0",
  "homepage": "https://ragflow.io",
  "isFork": false,
  "isArchived": false,
  "createdAt": "2023-12-12T06:13:13Z",
  "pushedAt": "2026-10-30T11:04:17Z",
  "updatedAt": "2026-10-30T11:05:25Z",
  "defaultBranch": "main"
}

Input

query, sort (best-match, stars, forks or updated), maxResults (GitHub allows up to 1,000 per query), and githubToken (optional, stored as secret).

Output (one item per repository)

Fields: fullName, url, description, owner, ownerType, stars, forks, openIssues, watchers, language, topics, license, homepage, isFork, isArchived, createdAt, pushedAt, updatedAt, and defaultBranch.

Notes

Follows GitHub's Terms and API limits. This Actor is not affiliated with GitHub.

Pricing

Pay-per-event: a small start fee plus a fee per repository.