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Pay per usage

GitHub Trending Repositories Scraper

Scrape trending repositories from GitHub Trending. Extracts repo name, owner, description, stars, forks, language, contributors, and current period star gains.

Pricing

Pay per usage

Rating

0.0

(0)

Developer

codingfrontend

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Total users

Monthly active users

18 hours ago

Last modified

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
Topics — captures repository topics/tags
Proxy support — optional (GitHub is generally accessible without proxy)

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 (GitHub shows ~25 per 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
`topics`	array	Repository topics/tags
`contributors`	array	Top contributor avatars and logins
`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,
    "topics": ["llm", "machine-learning", "ai"],
    "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
No authentication required
Generally accessible without proxy
Data refreshes daily; run regularly to track trending over time

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