NuGet Scraper

Scrape NuGet.org — the official .NET package registry with 600K+ packages. Extract package metadata including versions, authors, download statistics, license information, and more — all without authentication or API keys.

What does NuGet Scraper do?

NuGet Scraper lets you:

• Search for packages by keyword with optional filters (package type, pre-release, sort order)
• Look up any specific package by its exact ID
• Browse all packages published by a specific author or organization
• Retrieve aggregate download statistics for the NuGet ecosystem

All data is sourced from the official NuGet V3 API, which is free, public, and imposes no rate limits for reasonable use.

Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
mode	Select	✅	Operation mode: search, byPackageId, byAuthor, or statistics
query	Text	mode=search	Search keyword (e.g. Newtonsoft.Json, logging, Microsoft)
packageId	Text	mode=byPackageId	Exact package ID (e.g. Serilog)
author	Text	mode=byAuthor	Author or organization name (e.g. Microsoft, JetBrains)
packageType	Select	No	Filter by type: Dependency, DotnetTool, DotnetCliTool, Template
prerelease	Boolean	No	Include pre-release packages (default: false)
sortBy	Select	No	Sort: relevance, totalDownloads, lastEdited, newlyCreated
maxItems	Integer	No	Max packages to return (1–1000, default: 50)

Example inputs

Search for JSON packages:

{
  "mode": "search",
  "query": "Newtonsoft.Json",
  "maxItems": 10
}

Look up a specific package:

{
  "mode": "byPackageId",
  "packageId": "AutoMapper"
}

Browse Microsoft packages:

{
  "mode": "byAuthor",
  "author": "Microsoft",
  "maxItems": 50
}

Get NuGet statistics:

{
  "mode": "statistics"
}

Output

Each record in the dataset contains:

Field	Type	Description
id	String	Package ID (e.g. Newtonsoft.Json)
version	String	Latest version (e.g. 13.0.3)
description	String	Full package description
summary	String	Short summary (if available)
authors	Array	List of author names
tags	Array	Package tags/keywords
totalDownloads	Integer	Total all-time downloads
verified	Boolean	Whether the package is verified by NuGet
projectUrl	String	Project homepage URL
licenseUrl	String	License URL
iconUrl	String	Package icon URL
packageTypes	Array	Package types (e.g. ["Dependency"])
publishedDate	String	Publication date (ISO 8601)
nugetUrl	String	Direct URL on NuGet.org
scrapedAt	String	Timestamp when the record was scraped

Example output record

{
  "id": "Newtonsoft.Json",
  "version": "13.0.3",
  "description": "Json.NET is a popular high-performance JSON framework for .NET",
  "summary": "Popular JSON framework",
  "authors": ["James Newton-King"],
  "tags": ["json", "serialization", "linq"],
  "totalDownloads": 4500000000,
  "verified": true,
  "projectUrl": "https://www.newtonsoft.com/json",
  "licenseUrl": "https://licenses.nuget.org/MIT",
  "packageTypes": ["Dependency"],
  "nugetUrl": "https://www.nuget.org/packages/Newtonsoft.Json",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-05-25T12:00:00+00:00"
}

Modes

search — Search packages by keyword

Search NuGet for packages matching a keyword. Supports filtering by package type (library, tool, template) and sorting by various criteria.

byPackageId — Get a specific package

Fetch full metadata for a single package by its exact NuGet ID. Includes published date from the registration API.

byAuthor — Browse by author

Search for all packages from a specific author or organization (e.g. Microsoft, JetBrains, Autofac).

statistics — Download statistics

Retrieve aggregate download statistics for the entire NuGet ecosystem.

FAQ

Do I need an API key? No. NuGet's V3 API is completely public and requires no authentication.

How many packages can I scrape? Up to 1,000 per run with the maxItems parameter. For bulk scraping, run multiple times with different queries.

Can I get all versions of a package? The scraper returns the latest stable version. For version history, use byPackageId mode which fetches registration data.

Are pre-release packages included? Set prerelease: true to include alpha/beta packages in search results.

What package types are available?

• Dependency — Standard .NET library
• DotnetTool — Global or local .NET tool
• DotnetCliTool — Legacy .NET CLI tool
• Template — Project/item template for dotnet new

Is proxy required? No. NuGet.org's public API has no geo-restrictions and requires no proxy.