GitHub Repository Stats & Info Lookup (Free)

Turn any list of GitHub repositories into clean, structured JSON: stars, forks, watchers, open issues, language, license, topics, size, created/updated/pushed dates, optional language byte breakdown and latest release. Uses the official GitHub REST API — accepts owner/repo or full URLs, works without authentication, and supports an optional token for higher rate limits. This actor is free — you only pay your own Apify platform usage.

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
repositories	array	—	One per line: owner/repo or https://github.com/owner/repo.
githubToken	secret string	none	Optional PAT. Raises the API quota from ~60/h to 5000/h.
includeLanguages	boolean	false	Add per-language byte counts (1 extra call/repo).
includeLatestRelease	boolean	false	Add latest release tag/name/date (1 extra call/repo).

Output

One dataset item per repository:

{
    "input": "facebook/react",
    "status": "found",
    "fullName": "facebook/react",
    "name": "react",
    "owner": "facebook",
    "description": "The library for web and native user interfaces.",
    "htmlUrl": "https://github.com/facebook/react",
    "homepage": "https://react.dev",
    "stars": 230000,
    "forks": 47000,
    "watchers": 6700,
    "openIssues": 900,
    "language": "JavaScript",
    "license": "MIT",
    "topics": ["react", "frontend"],
    "defaultBranch": "main",
    "isArchived": false,
    "isFork": false,
    "createdAt": "2013-05-24T16:15:54Z",
    "pushedAt": "2026-07-10T21:03:12Z"
}

Unknown repositories yield status: "not_found"; invalid inputs and API failures yield status: "error" with the message. The run never crashes on a bad row. If the anonymous rate limit is hit mid-run, remaining rows are marked accordingly instead of failing the run.

Use cases

• Track star/fork growth of your projects or competitors over time (schedule daily runs).
• Enrich developer-tool lead lists with repository health signals.
• Audit the licenses and activity of your dependency stack.
• Feed dashboards or LLM agents with live repo metadata.

Limitations & fair use

• Anonymous GitHub API quota is ~60 requests/hour per IP; add githubToken for 5000/h. Each optional enrichment adds one call per repo.
• Renamed/moved repositories are followed automatically by the API and returned under their new name.
• Please respect GitHub's terms of service; this actor only reads public metadata.

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