GitHub Trending Repositories Scraper

Scrape trending repositories from GitHub Trending. Extract repository identity, description, programming language, star counts, fork counts, and visible contributors.

Features

• Daily / Weekly / Monthly trending — configurable time range
• Language filtering — filter by any programming language (python, javascript, rust, etc.)
• Spoken language filtering — filter by documentation/spoken language
• Rich data — extracts 15+ fields per repository including language color, active contributors, period star gains
• Clean optional data — unavailable descriptions, languages, and contributor arrays are omitted instead of emitted as empty placeholders
• Proxy support — optional (GitHub is generally accessible without proxy)
• Fast HTTP extraction — parses GitHub's server-rendered HTML without launching a browser

Input Parameters

Field	Type	Default	Description
since	string	"daily"	Time range: daily, weekly, monthly
language	string	""	Filter by programming language (e.g. python, javascript)
spokenLanguage	string	""	Filter by spoken language code (e.g. en, zh)
maxItems	integer	25	Maximum repositories to scrape, from 1 to 25 (GitHub exposes one trending page)
proxyConfiguration	object	—	Optional proxy settings

Example INPUT.json

{
    "since": "daily",
    "language": "python",
    "maxItems": 25
}

Output Fields

Field	Type	Description
rank	integer	Position in the trending list
name	string	Repository short name
owner	string	GitHub username or organization
fullName	string	owner/repo format
url	string	Full GitHub URL
description	string	Repository description
language	string	Primary programming language
languageColor	string	Language badge hex color
stars	integer	Total star count
forks	integer	Total fork count
starsToday	integer	Stars gained in the selected period
contributors	array	Visible contributor avatars and logins (omitted when unavailable)
since	string	Time range filter used
languageFilter	string	Language filter applied
scrapedAt	string	ISO 8601 scrape timestamp

Example Output

{
    "rank": 1,
    "name": "awesome-llm",
    "owner": "someuser",
    "fullName": "someuser/awesome-llm",
    "url": "https://github.com/someuser/awesome-llm",
    "description": "A curated list of LLM resources",
    "language": "Python",
    "languageColor": "#3572A5",
    "stars": 45200,
    "forks": 3100,
    "starsToday": 1200,
    "contributors": [{"avatarUrl": "https://avatars.github.com/...", "login": "user1"}],
    "since": "daily",
    "languageFilter": "python",
    "scrapedAt": "2025-05-15T10:00:00.000Z"
}

Notes

• GitHub Trending shows approximately 25 repositories per page
• maxItems is enforced against the single GitHub Trending result page
• No authentication required
• Generally accessible without proxy
• Data refreshes daily; run regularly to track trending over time