GitHub Scraper - Repos, Users & Issues

Scrape GitHub repositories, users, and issues via the official GitHub REST API - no login required (add a free token for higher rate limits). Get stars, forks, languages, topics, licenses, open-issue counts, full user profiles, follower counts, and recent issues/PRs. Search repositories by query. Export to JSON, CSV, Excel, or HTML, or pull via the Apify API.

Perfect for developer lead generation, OSS research, tech-trend analysis, and recruiting.

Features

• Official GitHub API - accurate, structured data
• Repos, users, and issues in one actor
• Repository search by query (language, stars, topics, etc.)
• Nested data - issues nested per repo, repos nested per user (no messy mixed rows)
• Optional token - 5,000 requests/hour with a free GitHub token (60/hour without)
• Proxy rotation - multiply the unauthenticated limit across IPs
• Fast and lightweight - pure API, no headless browser

Input

Parameter	Type	Description	Default
repos	string[]	"owner/repo" or GitHub URLs	["facebook/react"]
users	string[]	Usernames / org names	[]
searchQueries	string[]	Repo search queries	[]
includeIssues	boolean	Nest recent issues/PRs per repo	false
maxIssuesPerRepo	integer	Max issues per repo	20
includeUserRepos	boolean	Nest a user's repos per user	false
maxReposPerUser	integer	Max repos per user	20
maxResults	integer	Max repos total	50
githubToken	string (secret)	Personal access token for higher limits	""
proxyConfiguration	object	Proxy settings	Apify Proxy

Example input

{
  "repos": ["facebook/react"],
  "users": ["torvalds"],
  "searchQueries": ["web scraper language:python stars:>1000"],
  "includeIssues": true,
  "maxIssuesPerRepo": 20,
  "githubToken": "ghp_xxx"
}

Sample output

Repository

{
  "entityType": "repo",
  "fullName": "facebook/react",
  "owner": "facebook",
  "description": "The library for web and native user interfaces.",
  "language": "JavaScript",
  "stars": 245739,
  "forks": 51045,
  "openIssues": 1276,
  "license": "MIT",
  "topics": ["javascript", "react", "ui", "frontend"],
  "createdAt": "2013-05-24T16:15:54Z",
  "pushedAt": "2026-06-10T18:19:47Z",
  "url": "https://github.com/facebook/react",
  "issuesScrapedCount": 3,
  "issues": [
    { "number": 36743, "title": "[compiler] ...", "state": "open", "isPullRequest": true, "author": "mvitousek", "labels": ["CLA Signed"] }
  ],
  "scrapedAt": "2026-06-11T10:00:00.000Z"
}

User

{
  "entityType": "user",
  "login": "torvalds",
  "name": "Linus Torvalds",
  "type": "User",
  "company": "Linux Foundation",
  "followers": 306470,
  "publicRepos": 12,
  "createdAt": "2011-09-03T15:26:22Z",
  "reposScrapedCount": 3,
  "repos": [{ "fullName": "torvalds/linux", "stars": 190000, "language": "C" }],
  "scrapedAt": "2026-06-11T10:00:00.000Z"
}

Repositories land in the default dataset (Repositories view). User profiles are saved to a separate users dataset so each output stays one clean shape.

How to Scrape GitHub (Step by Step)

1. Click Try for free / Run.
2. Add repositories (owner/repo), usernames/orgs, or repository search queries.
3. (Optional) Paste a GitHub token to lift the rate limit to 5,000 requests/hour, and enable includeIssues / includeUserRepos for nested data.
4. Set maxResults (start small to test).
5. Run, then export results as JSON, CSV, Excel, or HTML, or pull them via the Apify API.

Pricing

This Actor uses pay-per-result pricing:

Event	Price
GitHub record scraped	$0.002 ($2 / 1,000 repos or users)

Nested issues and user-repos are included free. You are only charged for entities actually returned. Apify platform usage is billed separately by Apify.

Use cases

• Developer lead generation - find and profile users/orgs by activity
• Open-source research - analyze stars, languages, topics, and licenses at scale
• Tech-trend analysis - track popular repos and ecosystems
• Recruiting - surface contributors and maintainers in a domain

Tips

• Add a GitHub token (github.com/settings/tokens, no scopes needed for public data) to lift the limit to 5,000 requests/hour.
• Use rich search queries: topic:machine-learning language:python stars:>500.
• Turn on includeIssues / includeUserRepos for deeper, nested datasets.

Responsible Use

This Actor is intended for lawful collection of publicly available information only. Users are responsible for ensuring their use complies with the source website's terms, robots.txt, applicable privacy laws, including India's DPDP Act, and all local regulations.

Do not use this Actor to collect, store, sell, or misuse personal data without a lawful basis. The Actor author is not responsible for misuse by end users.

License

Apache-2.0