# GitHub Trending Developers Scraper (`devil_port369-owner/github-trending-developers-scraper`) Actor

Scrape GitHub trending developers without a token. Rank, name, username, avatar, and popular repo. Filter by language and daily/weekly/monthly. Linear JSON rows.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/devil\_port369-owner/github-trending-developers-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [DataFusionX](https://apify.com/devil_port369-owner) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.00 / 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.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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.

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

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# README

### What does GitHub Trending Developers Scraper do?

**GitHub Trending Developers Scraper extracts GitHub's daily, weekly, or monthly trending developers list — including rank, username, name, and their trending repository — filterable by programming language.** It's built for talent scouts, DevRel teams, and tech trend analysts who want to track rising developer talent without manually checking GitHub's Trending page every day. Unlike manual browsing or screen-scraping the HTML page yourself, this Actor returns clean, structured, ready-to-use JSON on a schedule, filtered to the exact language and time window you care about.

### Why scrape GitHub trending developers? (Business Use Cases)

- **Developer Recruiting & Talent Scouting** — Surface rising, high-signal developers early — before they're flooded with recruiter outreach — by monitoring daily and weekly trending lists.
- **Technology Trend Intelligence** — Track which languages and ecosystems are producing the most buzzworthy developer activity to inform product, hiring, or investment strategy.
- **Influencer & DevRel Outreach** — Identify trending developers as candidates for conference speaking, sponsorships, open-source grants, or community partnerships.
- **Competitive Ecosystem Monitoring** — Watch which developers are gaining traction in a competitor's core language or framework to gauge ecosystem momentum.

### Key Features

- Filter results by programming language slug (e.g. `python`, `go`), or leave empty for all languages
- Choose the trending window: daily, weekly, or monthly
- Returns each developer's rank, profile link, and their currently popular/trending repository
- Structured JSON output ready for CSV, Excel, or dashboard import
- Lightweight, low compute-unit run — ideal for scheduled daily monitoring
- No GitHub authentication or personal access token required

### Input Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `language` | String | No | `""` (empty) | Language slug to filter by (e.g. `python`, `go`); empty returns all languages |
| `since` | String | No | `"daily"` | Trending window: `daily` (Today), `weekly` (This week), or `monthly` (This month) |

Valid input sample:

```json
{
  "language": "python",
  "since": "daily"
}
```

### Output Data Structure

Each output item represents one trending developer, including their rank, profile identity, and the repository driving their trending status.

```json
{
  "rank": 1,
  "username": "jtenniswood",
  "name": "James Tenniswood",
  "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10881541?s=96&v=4",
  "html_url": "https://github.com/jtenniswood",
  "popular_repo": "jtenniswood/espcontrol",
  "popular_repo_url": "https://github.com/jtenniswood/espcontrol",
  "since": "daily",
  "language_filter": "",
  "scraped_at": "2026-09-15T06:50:16.230534+00:00"
}
```

### How to use GitHub Trending Developers Scraper

1. Configure `language` (optional) and `since` to set your trending window.
2. Click "Start" or trigger a run via the Apify API, Python, or JavaScript SDK.
3. Preview the ranked trending developers dataset in the Apify Console.
4. Export to JSON, CSV, or Excel, or schedule recurring runs and route results into Zapier, Webhooks, or Google Drive.

### Integrations & Export Options

Results export natively to JSON, CSV, Excel, and XML, with direct compatibility with n8n, Zapier, and Make for no-code automation. Pair this Actor with Apify's built-in scheduler to run it daily and sync fresh trending data into database pipelines (Postgres, BigQuery, Airtable) or trigger webhook alerts when new developers appear at the top of the rankings.

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### Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

**1. Is scraping GitHub trending developers legal and compliant?**
GitHub's Trending page is publicly accessible without authentication, and scraping publicly displayed rankings is generally acceptable, but always review GitHub's Terms of Service before commercial use.

**2. How much does it cost to scrape GitHub trending developers using this Actor?**
This is a lightweight Actor with a small, fixed-size result set per run, making it one of the lowest-cost options in terms of Apify compute units — ideal for frequent scheduled runs.

**3. Do I need proxies or coding skills to run this scraper?**
No. Simply set the language filter and time window in the Apify Console's input form — no proxies or coding required.

**4. How does this compare to the official GitHub API?**
GitHub does not offer an official API endpoint for the Trending page — it's only available as an HTML page. This Actor is the structured-data alternative, parsing and normalizing that page into clean, automatable JSON.

# Actor input Schema

## `language` (type: `string`):

Language slug (e.g. python, go). Empty = all.

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

Trending window.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "since": "daily"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (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 = {
    "language": ""
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("devil_port369-owner/github-trending-developers-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 = { "language": "" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("devil_port369-owner/github-trending-developers-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 '{
  "language": ""
}' |
apify call devil_port369-owner/github-trending-developers-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,devil_port369-owner/github-trending-developers-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/fbCpVKTDLZkBTfnvk/builds/Lc3mJ71wnFB67BT0o/openapi.json