# Crypto Developer Activity Tracker (GitHub) (`gochujang/crypto-developer-activity`) Actor

Track GitHub commit activity and repo health for 18+ major crypto protocols (ETH, BTC, SOL, ATOM, APT, SUI + DeFi). 4-week vs 13-week commit trends. No API key needed. $0.005/repo.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/gochujang/crypto-developer-activity.md
- **Developed by:** [Hojun Lee](https://apify.com/gochujang) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, Automation, News
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

Pay per usage

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# README

## Crypto Developer Activity Tracker (GitHub)

> Track **GitHub commit activity** and repository health for **18+ major crypto protocols** (ETH, BTC, SOL, ATOM, APT, SUI + DeFi). Measure developer momentum with 4-week vs 13-week commit trends. No API key required. **$0.005/repo** (~$0.09 for all 18 defaults).

---

### Why Developer Activity Matters

Code commits are a leading indicator for ecosystem growth. Protocols with **accelerating developer activity** often see increased dApp deployments, TVL growth, and user adoption before price follows. This actor gives you a quantitative view of which projects are building vs stalling.

### What It Tracks

For each repository:
- **Commit velocity**: 4-week, 13-week, and 52-week commit counts
- **Activity trend**: accelerating / stable / slowing / stalled
- **Repo health**: stars, forks, open issues, watchers, days since last push
- **Metadata**: language, license, default branch

### Activity Trend Calculation

````

4-week commits vs 13-week average (annualized to 4-week equivalent):

ratio = 4-week-commits / (13-week-commits / 13 \* 4)

- accelerating: ratio ≥ 1.3  (recent 4-week pace 30% above average)
- stable:       0.85 ≤ ratio < 1.3
- slowing:      0.5  ≤ ratio < 0.85
- stalled:      ratio < 0.5

````

### Default Protocols Tracked

| Symbol | Project | Repository |
|--------|---------|-----------|
| ETH | Ethereum (go-ethereum) | ethereum/go-ethereum |
| BTC | Bitcoin Core | bitcoin/bitcoin |
| SOL | Solana | solana-labs/solana |
| ATOM | Cosmos SDK | cosmos/cosmos-sdk |
| APT | Aptos Core | aptos-labs/aptos-core |
| SUI | Sui | MystenLabs/sui |
| NEAR | NEAR Protocol | near/nearcore |
| DOT | Polkadot SDK | paritytech/polkadot-sdk |
| AVAX | Avalanche | ava-labs/avalanchego |
| MATIC | Polygon Bor | maticnetwork/bor |
| ARB | Arbitrum Nitro | OffchainLabs/nitro |
| BASE | Base Node | base-org/node |
| TIA | Celestia | celestiaorg/celestia-node |
| UNI | Uniswap v4 | Uniswap/v4-core |
| HYPE | Hyperliquid | hyperliquid-dex/node-indexer |
| AAVE | Aave v3 | aave/aave-v3-core |
| MORPHO | Morpho Blue | Morpho-Labs/morpho-blue |
| PENDLE | Pendle Finance | pendle-finance/pendle-core-v2 |

### Example Output

```json
{
  "symbol": "SUI",
  "project_name": "Sui",
  "github_url": "https://github.com/MystenLabs/sui",
  "stars": 7842,
  "forks": 2156,
  "open_issues": 412,
  "days_since_push": 0,
  "commits_4w": 348,
  "commits_13w": 1024,
  "commits_52w": 3980,
  "activity_trend": "accelerating",
  "language": "Rust",
  "license": "Apache-2.0",
  "fetched_at": "2026-07-08T15:00:00Z"
}
````

### Common Use Cases

**Find most active protocols (4-week)**:

```json
{"sortBy": "commits_4w", "limit": 10}
```

**Accelerating projects only**:

```json
{"trendFilter": "accelerating", "sortBy": "commits_4w"}
```

**Large established repos only**:

```json
{"minStars": 5000, "sortBy": "commits_4w"}
```

**Track custom DeFi protocols**:

```json
{
  "includeDefaults": false,
  "customRepos": [
    {"owner": "compound-finance", "repo": "compound-protocol", "symbol": "COMP", "name": "Compound"},
    {"owner": "curvefi", "repo": "curve-contract", "symbol": "CRV", "name": "Curve"}
  ]
}
```

### Input Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
|-----------|------|---------|-------------|
| `includeDefaults` | boolean | `true` | Include the 18 pre-configured protocol repos |
| `customRepos` | array | `[]` | Additional repos: `{owner, repo, symbol, name}` |
| `sortBy` | string | `commits_4w` | Sort field (commits\_4w, commits\_13w, stars, forks, etc.) |
| `trendFilter` | string | \`\` | Filter by trend: accelerating/stable/slowing/stalled |
| `minStars` | integer | `0` | Minimum GitHub stars threshold |
| `limit` | integer | `50` | Max results (up to 200) |

### Pricing

- **$0.005 per repository tracked**
- 18 default repos = **$0.09/run**
- Custom repos each add $0.005

### Data Source

[GitHub REST API](https://docs.github.com/en/rest) — public data, no authentication required. Commit stats are computed by GitHub and may return 202 (computing) on first request — the actor handles retry automatically.

> **Note:** GitHub commit stats cover public commits to the default branch. Metrics reflect development activity, not all on-chain activity.

# Actor input Schema

## `includeDefaults` (type: `boolean`):

Include 18 pre-configured crypto protocol repos (ETH, BTC, SOL, ATOM, APT, SUI, NEAR, DOT, AVAX, ARB, BASE, TIA, UNI, AAVE and more).

## `customRepos` (type: `array`):

Add extra GitHub repos to track. Each item: {owner, repo, symbol, name}.

## `sortBy` (type: `string`):

Sort repos by this metric.

## `trendFilter` (type: `string`):

Only return repos matching this trend. 'accelerating' = recent 4-week pace >130% of 13-week average.

## `minStars` (type: `integer`):

Minimum GitHub stars for a repo to be included.

## `limit` (type: `integer`):

Maximum repos to return (up to 200).

## `githubToken` (type: `string`):

Optional GitHub PAT for higher rate limits (5000 req/hr vs 60/hr unauthenticated). Needed if tracking >60 repos at once or running frequently. Create at github.com/settings/tokens (read-only public\_repo scope sufficient).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "includeDefaults": true,
  "customRepos": [],
  "sortBy": "commits_4w",
  "trendFilter": "",
  "minStars": 0,
  "limit": 50
}
```

# 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 = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("gochujang/crypto-developer-activity").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 = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("gochujang/crypto-developer-activity").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 '{}' |
apify call gochujang/crypto-developer-activity --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=gochujang/crypto-developer-activity",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
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        "version": "0.1",
        "x-build-id": "XvQLx8r0MKdp0ciJp"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
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                    }
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                "responses": {
                    "200": {
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                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
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                "tags": [
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            "post": {
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                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
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                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
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                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
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                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
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                "responses": {
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    },
    "components": {
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            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "includeDefaults": {
                        "title": "Include Default Repos",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "Include 18 pre-configured crypto protocol repos (ETH, BTC, SOL, ATOM, APT, SUI, NEAR, DOT, AVAX, ARB, BASE, TIA, UNI, AAVE and more).",
                        "default": true
                    },
                    "customRepos": {
                        "title": "Custom Repositories",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "Add extra GitHub repos to track. Each item: {owner, repo, symbol, name}.",
                        "items": {
                            "type": "object",
                            "properties": {
                                "owner": {
                                    "title": "GitHub Owner",
                                    "description": "GitHub username or organization",
                                    "type": "string"
                                },
                                "repo": {
                                    "title": "Repository",
                                    "description": "Repository name",
                                    "type": "string"
                                },
                                "symbol": {
                                    "title": "Token Symbol",
                                    "description": "Cryptocurrency symbol (e.g. ETH)",
                                    "type": "string"
                                },
                                "name": {
                                    "title": "Project Name",
                                    "description": "Human-readable project name",
                                    "type": "string"
                                }
                            }
                        },
                        "default": []
                    },
                    "sortBy": {
                        "title": "Sort By",
                        "enum": [
                            "commits_4w",
                            "commits_13w",
                            "commits_52w",
                            "stars",
                            "forks",
                            "open_issues"
                        ],
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Sort repos by this metric.",
                        "default": "commits_4w"
                    },
                    "trendFilter": {
                        "title": "Activity Trend Filter",
                        "enum": [
                            "",
                            "accelerating",
                            "stable",
                            "slowing",
                            "stalled",
                            "no_data"
                        ],
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Only return repos matching this trend. 'accelerating' = recent 4-week pace >130% of 13-week average.",
                        "default": ""
                    },
                    "minStars": {
                        "title": "Min Stars",
                        "minimum": 0,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Minimum GitHub stars for a repo to be included.",
                        "default": 0
                    },
                    "limit": {
                        "title": "Max Results",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "maximum": 200,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Maximum repos to return (up to 200).",
                        "default": 50
                    },
                    "githubToken": {
                        "title": "GitHub Personal Access Token (optional)",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Optional GitHub PAT for higher rate limits (5000 req/hr vs 60/hr unauthenticated). Needed if tracking >60 repos at once or running frequently. Create at github.com/settings/tokens (read-only public_repo scope sufficient)."
                    }
                }
            },
            "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": {
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                            },
                            "defaultRequestQueueId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "buildNumber": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "1.0.0"
                            },
                            "containerUrl": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "usage": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
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                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
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                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
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                                    },
                                    "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
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```
