# GitHub Trending Repos, AI Startups & Dev Leads Scraper (`beerkaydgn/github-trending-ai-devs-scraper`) Actor

🐾 Bucky the Builder Beaver! Extract GitHub Trending repositories, daily/weekly star velocity, contributors, and AI startup domains.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/beerkaydgn/github-trending-ai-devs-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Berkay Barış Furkan Doğan](https://apify.com/beerkaydgn) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, Lead generation, AI
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $24.00 / 1,000 results

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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## 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.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

<p align="center">
  <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Tarikul-Islam-Anik/Animated-Fluent-Emojis/master/Emojis/Animals/Beaver.png" width="130" alt="GitHub Trending Beaver Mascot" />
</p>

<h1 align="center">🦫 GitHub Trending Repos, AI Startups & Dev Leads Scraper</h1>

<p align="center">
  <b>"Chop chop! I'm Bucky the Builder Beaver 🦫 — I gnaw through GitHub Trending and Search APIs to find breakout AI repositories, daily star velocity, contributors, and startup domains!"</b>
</p>

<p align="center">
  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Source-GitHub_Trending_%2B_API-24292e?style=for-the-badge" alt="GitHub" />
  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Proxies_Required-NONE_(Zero_Cost)-22c55e?style=for-the-badge" alt="Zero Proxies" />
  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/RAM_Footprint-256_MB-8b5cf6?style=for-the-badge" alt="256MB RAM" />
</p>

***

### 🎯 Why VC Analysts, DevTool Marketers & AI Founders Use This Actor

1. **Catch Breakout AI & DevTool Startups Early:** GitHub Trending is where the fastest-growing developer tools, MCP servers, and AI agent frameworks surface weeks before they announce funding.
2. **Star Velocity + Search Enrichment:** Combine **GitHub Trending (`daily`, `weekly`, `monthly`)** star velocity with targeted **GitHub Repository Search (`ai agent`, `mcp server`, `llm`)** in a single run.
3. **Startup Website & Maintainer Discovery:** Extract `ownerUsername`, `contributors` (`Built by`), `homepageUrl` (the company's live domain), `topics`, `license`, and `openIssues`.

***

### 📊 Sample Output Record

```json
{
  "sourceType": "github_trending",
  "repoFullName": "modelcontextprotocol/servers",
  "ownerUsername": "modelcontextprotocol",
  "repoName": "servers",
  "repoUrl": "https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers",
  "ownerProfileUrl": "https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol",
  "description": "Model Context Protocol Servers",
  "language": "TypeScript",
  "totalStars": 34200,
  "forks": 3890,
  "starsInPeriod": 645,
  "starsInPeriodLabel": "645 stars today",
  "trendingPeriod": "daily",
  "contributors": ["dsp-ant", "jerome3o-anthropic"]
}
```

***

### 🐾 Meet Our Data Zoo Crew! (Explore Our Other B2B & AI Actors)

Each of our scrapers is looked after by its own 3D animal mascot — built for **256 MB RAM**, **zero proxy costs**, and **instant JSON/CSV export**:

| Mascot | Actor | What It Hunts For You |
| :---: | :--- | :--- |
| <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Tarikul-Islam-Anik/Animated-Fluent-Emojis/master/Emojis/Animals/Fox.png" width="36" /> | **[🦊 YC Startups & Founders Scraper](https://apify.com/beerkaydgn/yc-startups-founders-scraper)** | *"Hi! I'm Foxy — I sniff out Y Combinator startups, founder bios, LinkedIn/X links & batches!"* |
| <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Tarikul-Islam-Anik/Animated-Fluent-Emojis/master/Emojis/Animals/Owl.png" width="36" /> | **[🦉 Luma Events & B2B Hosts Scraper](https://apify.com/beerkaydgn/luma-events-leads-scraper)** | *"Hoot! I'm Ollie the Night Owl — I find tech event organizers, VIP guest lists & social handles!"* |
| <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Tarikul-Islam-Anik/Animated-Fluent-Emojis/master/Emojis/Animals/Shark.png" width="36" /> | **[🦈 Empire Flippers M\&A Scraper](https://apify.com/beerkaydgn/empireflippers-financials-scraper)** | *"Chomp! I'm Fin the Wall Street Shark — I track profitable online businesses for sale, revenue & net profit!"* |
| <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Tarikul-Islam-Anik/Animated-Fluent-Emojis/master/Emojis/Animals/Octopus.png" width="36" /> | **[🐙 DexScreener Crypto Boosts Scraper](https://apify.com/beerkaydgn/dexscreener-tokens-boosts-scraper)** | *"Splash! I'm Otto the 8-Armed Trader — I grab trending boosted tokens, liquidity, FDV & Telegram links!"* |
| <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Tarikul-Islam-Anik/Animated-Fluent-Emojis/master/Emojis/Animals/Honeybee.png" width="36" /> | **[🐝 Substack Creators Scraper](https://apify.com/beerkaydgn/substack-newsletters-creators-scraper)** | *"Bzzz! I'm Buzzy the Bee — I gather B2B newsletter authors, custom domains & subscriber counts!"* |

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

Choose 'trending' to scrape GitHub Trending pages (daily/weekly/monthly velocity) or 'search' to query GitHub's repository search API by topic/keyword.

## `since` (type: `string`):

Time range for GitHub Trending star velocity.

## `languages` (type: `array`):

Languages to scrape on GitHub Trending (leave empty or include '' for All Languages, or specify 'python', 'typescript', 'rust', 'go').

## `searchQueries` (type: `array`):

Keywords or GitHub search qualifiers (e.g. 'topic:ai-agents stars:>100', 'mcp server', 'llm framework') when mode is 'search' or 'both'.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of repositories to return.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "both",
  "since": "daily",
  "languages": [
    "",
    "python",
    "typescript"
  ],
  "searchQueries": [
    "ai agent stars:>200",
    "mcp server stars:>50"
  ],
  "maxItems": 50
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `dataset` (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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("beerkaydgn/github-trending-ai-devs-scraper").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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("beerkaydgn/github-trending-ai-devs-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call beerkaydgn/github-trending-ai-devs-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,beerkaydgn/github-trending-ai-devs-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/WDd6xFfA1VhzwzUhq/builds/aN8x2EU3rLvZF7hBg/openapi.json