# GitHub Scraper - Repos, Users & Issues (`fascinating_lentil/github-repos-users-issues-scraper`) Actor Scrape GitHub repositories, users, and issues via the official GitHub API. Get stars, forks, languages, topics, issues, user profiles, and follower counts. No login needed (optional token for higher limits). - **URL**: https://apify.com/fascinating\_lentil/github-repos-users-issues-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Md Jakaria Mirza](https://apify.com/fascinating_lentil) (community) - **Categories:** Developer tools, Other - **Stats:** 2 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $2.00 / 1,000 repository scrapeds This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. 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. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## 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 ```json { "repos": ["facebook/react"], "users": ["torvalds"], "searchQueries": ["web scraper language:python stars:>1000"], "includeIssues": true, "maxIssuesPerRepo": 20, "githubToken": "ghp_xxx" } ```` ### Sample output #### Repository ```json { "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 ```json { "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 # Actor input Schema ## `repos` (type: `array`): Repositories as "owner/repo" (e.g. "facebook/react") or full GitHub URLs. ## `users` (type: `array`): GitHub usernames or organization names (e.g. "torvalds"). ## `searchQueries` (type: `array`): GitHub repository search queries (e.g. "web scraper language:python"). ## `includeIssues` (type: `boolean`): If enabled, recent issues (and PRs) are nested in each repository record. ## `maxIssuesPerRepo` (type: `integer`): Maximum issues to extract per repository. ## `includeUserRepos` (type: `boolean`): If enabled, a user's repositories are nested in each user record. ## `maxReposPerUser` (type: `integer`): Maximum repositories to list per user. ## `maxResults` (type: `integer`): Maximum repositories to scrape in total (across repos list and search). ## `githubToken` (type: `string`): A GitHub personal access token raises the rate limit from 60/hour to 5000/hour. Create one at github.com/settings/tokens (no scopes needed for public data). ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Proxy settings. Rotating proxies help multiply the unauthenticated rate limit across IPs. ## Actor input object example ```json { "repos": [ "facebook/react" ], "users": [], "searchQueries": [], "includeIssues": false, "maxIssuesPerRepo": 20, "includeUserRepos": false, "maxReposPerUser": 20, "maxResults": 50, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } } ``` # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "repos": [ "facebook/react" ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("fascinating_lentil/github-repos-users-issues-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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "repos": ["facebook/react"] } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("fascinating_lentil/github-repos-users-issues-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "repos": [ "facebook/react" ] }' | apify call fascinating_lentil/github-repos-users-issues-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fascinating_lentil/github-repos-users-issues-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "GitHub Scraper - Repos, Users & Issues", "description": "Scrape GitHub repositories, users, and issues via the official GitHub API. Get stars, forks, languages, topics, issues, user profiles, and follower counts. No login needed (optional token for higher limits).", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "XJK0dJ445UvklsH5j" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/fascinating_lentil~github-repos-users-issues-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-fascinating_lentil-github-repos-users-issues-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/fascinating_lentil~github-repos-users-issues-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-fascinating_lentil-github-repos-users-issues-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/fascinating_lentil~github-repos-users-issues-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-fascinating_lentil-github-repos-users-issues-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "repos": { "title": "Repositories", "type": "array", "description": "Repositories as \"owner/repo\" (e.g. \"facebook/react\") or full GitHub URLs.", "default": [ "facebook/react" ], "items": { "type": "string" } }, "users": { "title": "Users / Organizations", "type": "array", "description": "GitHub usernames or organization names (e.g. \"torvalds\").", "default": [], "items": { "type": "string" } }, "searchQueries": { "title": "Repository Search Queries", "type": "array", "description": "GitHub repository search queries (e.g. \"web scraper language:python\").", "default": [], "items": { "type": "string" } }, "includeIssues": { "title": "Include Issues", "type": "boolean", "description": "If enabled, recent issues (and PRs) are nested in each repository record.", "default": false }, "maxIssuesPerRepo": { "title": "Max Issues Per Repo", "minimum": 0, "maximum": 100, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum issues to extract per repository.", "default": 20 }, "includeUserRepos": { "title": "Include User Repositories", "type": "boolean", "description": "If enabled, a user's repositories are nested in each user record.", "default": false }, "maxReposPerUser": { "title": "Max Repos Per User", "minimum": 0, "maximum": 100, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum repositories to list per user.", "default": 20 }, "maxResults": { "title": "Max Repositories", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 1000, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum repositories to scrape in total (across repos list and search).", "default": 50 }, "githubToken": { "title": "GitHub Token (optional)", "type": "string", "description": "A GitHub personal access token raises the rate limit from 60/hour to 5000/hour. Create one at github.com/settings/tokens (no scopes needed for public data)." }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy Configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Proxy settings. Rotating proxies help multiply the unauthenticated rate limit across IPs.", "default": { "useApifyProxy": true } } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```