GitHub Scraper — Repos, Users, Stars, Topics

GitHub Scraper — Repos, Users, Stars, Topics — a fast, reliable github scraper that needs no API key. Scrape GitHub repositories and users — stars, forks, language, topics, license, profile data. You pay only for the results you get: failed or empty runs are always free.

This github scraper runs on the Apify platform, so you can call it from the API, run it on a schedule, or export results to JSON, CSV, Excel, or Google Sheets.

What this scraper does

• Extracts structured github data with no browser or API key required
• Returns clean JSON, one record per result — ready for sheets, databases, or apps
• Pay-per-result pricing: you are never charged for a run that returns nothing
• Runs on demand or on a schedule, and integrates with 5,000+ apps via the Apify API and webhooks

What data you get

Each result record includes fields such as:

• Full Name (fullName) — e.g. "huggingface/transformers"
• Name (name) — e.g. "transformers"
• Owner (owner) — e.g. "huggingface"
• Owner Type (ownerType) — e.g. "Organization"
• Description (description) — e.g. "\ud83e\udd17 Transformers: the model-definition framewor...
• Url (url) — e.g. "https://github.com/huggingface/transformers"
• Homepage (homepage) — e.g. "https://huggingface.co/transformers"
• Stars (stars) — e.g. 162448
• Forks (forks) — e.g. 33858
• Watchers (watchers) — e.g. 162448
• Open Issues (openIssues) — e.g. 2477
• Language (language) — e.g. "Python"
• Topics (topics) — e.g. ["audio", "deep-learning", "deepseek", "gemma", "glm", "h...
• License (license) — e.g. "Apache-2.0"
• Is Fork (isFork) — e.g. false

Input

Field	Type	Description
searchQueries	array	GitHub search queries (e.g. 'web scraper language:python stars:>100').
repos	array	Specific repos as owner/name or GitHub URLs (e.g. apify/crawlee).
users	array	GitHub usernames or org names (or profile URLs) to scrape.
includeUserRepos	boolean	Also scrape each user's public repositories.
sort	string	Sort order for repo search.
maxResults	integer	Maximum repos returned per search query (GitHub caps search at 1,000).
minStars	integer	Skip repos below this star count. Leave empty for no filter.
githubToken	string	A GitHub personal access token raises the rate limit from 60/hr to 5,000/hr. Create one at github.com/setti...

Example output

{
  "type": "repo",
  "fullName": "huggingface/transformers",
  "name": "transformers",
  "owner": "huggingface",
  "ownerType": "Organization",
  "description": "\ud83e\udd17 Transformers: the model-definition framework for state-of-the-art machine learning models in text, vision, audio, and multimodal models, for both inference and training. ",
  "url": "https://github.com/huggingface/transformers",
  "homepage": "https://huggingface.co/transformers",
  "stars": 162448,
  "forks": 33858,
  "watchers": 162448,
  "openIssues": 2477,
  "language": "Python",
  "topics": [
    "audio",
    "deep-learning",
    "deepseek",
    "gemma",
    "glm",
    "hacktoberfest",
    "llm",
    "machine-learning",
    "model-hub",
    "natural-language-processing",
    "nlp",
    "pretrained-models",
    "python",
    "pytorch",
    "pytorch-transformers",
    "qwen",
    "speech-recognition",
    "transformer",
    "vlm"
  ],
  "license": "Apache-2.0",
  "isFork": false,
  "isArchived": false,
  "defaultBranch": "main",
  "sizeKb": 515184,
  "createdAt": "2018-10-29T13:56:00Z",
  "updatedAt": "2026-07-10T15:52:03Z",
  "pushedAt": "2026-07-10T16:35:24Z",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-07-10T16:37:33Z"
}

Use cases

• Monitor packages, repos, and dependencies
• Automate security and license audits
• Build developer dashboards and alerts
• Enrich internal tools and integrations

Run it as a monitor (alerts on new github)

Schedule this github scraper to run automatically — hourly, daily, or on any cron schedule — with the built-in Apify Scheduler, and have results pushed to you by webhook, email, Slack, or your own app the moment they're ready. It's the easiest way to monitor github for changes over time and get alerted the instant something new appears — no manual runs. Because pricing is per result, a scheduled monitor only ever charges you for the data each run actually returns.

Pricing

This actor uses pay-per-result pricing at $0.0008 per record. There is no monthly fee and no start fee — and empty or failed runs cost $0, so you only ever pay for data you actually receive.

Frequently asked questions

Do I need an API key or account for the source? No. This github scraper works out of the box with no API key required.

What happens if a run returns no results? You are not charged. Billing is per result, so empty or failed runs are free.

Can I run the github scraper on a schedule? Yes. Use the Apify Scheduler to run it hourly, daily, or on any cron schedule, and get results by webhook or API.

What export formats are supported? Results can be exported as JSON, CSV, Excel, HTML, or pushed to Google Sheets, a database, or your own app via the Apify API.

Is the data structured? Yes. Every github result is a clean, flat JSON record you can use immediately.