🔍 GitHub Issues Scraper

Extract issues from any public GitHub repository - No API token required!

The fastest way to scrape GitHub issues for competitor analysis, market research, lead generation, and project monitoring.

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⚡ Features

✅ No Authentication - Works instantly, no GitHub token needed ✅ Fast & Efficient - 25 issues per request, minimal compute usage ✅ Structured Data - Clean JSON output ready for analysis ✅ Keyword Filtering - Find specific issues that matter to you ✅ Pagination Built-in - Scrape hundreds of issues automatically

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🎯 Use Cases

🕵️ Competitor Intelligence

Monitor competitor repositories to discover what features users want and what bugs frustrate them.

📊 Market Research

Find real user problems by tracking issues across repos in your industry.

💰 Lead Generation

Identify frustrated users who might be ready to switch to your solution.

🔔 Project Monitoring

Track your own repos for new bug reports and feature requests.

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📥 Input Example

{
  "repoUrl": "n8n-io/n8n",
  "issueState": "open",
  "maxItems": 100,
  "keywords": ["bug", "error"]
}

Input Parameters

Field	Type	Required	Description
repoUrl	String	Yes	Repository in owner/repo format or full GitHub URL
issueState	Enum	No	open, closed, or all (default: open)
maxItems	Number	No	Max issues to scrape (default: 50, max: 1000)
keywords	Array	No	Filter issues containing these keywords

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📤 Output Example

[
  {
    "number": 22226,
    "title": "Outlook Create Event Node is not working correctly!",
    "url": "https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/issues/22226",
    "author": "AppsyStudios",
    "createdAt": "2025-11-24T11:25:43Z",
    "updatedAt": "2025-11-24T11:26:00Z",
    "state": "OPEN",
    "labels": [
      "status:in-linear",
      "triage:pending"
    ],
    "milestone": null,
    "repository": "n8n-io/n8n"
  },
  {
    "number": 22207,
    "title": "Telegram trigger not working, need urgent help",
    "url": "https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/issues/22207",
    "author": "nikavkloosterman-pixel",
    "createdAt": "2025-11-24T03:21:31Z",
    "updatedAt": "2025-11-24T11:18:06Z",
    "state": "OPEN",
    "labels": [
      "status:in-linear",
      "triage:pending"
    ],
    "milestone": null,
    "repository": "n8n-io/n8n"
  }
]

Output Fields

Field	Type	Description
number	Number	Issue number
title	String	Issue title
url	String	Direct link to the issue
author	String	GitHub username who created the issue
createdAt	String	ISO 8601 timestamp when issue was created
updatedAt	String	ISO 8601 timestamp of last update
state	String	OPEN or CLOSED
labels	Array	List of label names
milestone	String	Milestone name (or null)
repository	String	Repository in owner/repo format

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🔗 Integrations

Export your scraped data to:

• Google Sheets - Analyze in spreadsheets
• Slack - Get notified of new issues
• Airtable - Build a searchable database
• Zapier / Make / n8n - Automate workflows
• Webhooks - Send to any endpoint
• Email - Daily/weekly digests

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💡 Pro Tips

Monitor Competitors

{
  "repoUrl": "competitor/their-product",
  "issueState": "open",
  "maxItems": 200,
  "keywords": ["slow", "expensive", "bug", "broken", "alternative"]
}

Track Feature Requests

{
  "repoUrl": "facebook/react",
  "issueState": "open",
  "maxItems": 100,
  "keywords": ["feature", "request", "enhancement", "proposal"]
}

Find Frustrated Users

{
  "repoUrl": "vercel/next.js",
  "issueState": "open",
  "maxItems": 50,
  "keywords": ["help", "urgent", "blocker", "critical"]
}

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⚙️ Performance

Metric	Value
Issues per page	25
Requests per minute	30 (rate limited)
Memory usage	~256-512 MB
Avg. time per 100 issues	~8 seconds

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📞 Support

• 🐛 Report Issues
• 💬 Questions? Contact us on Apify

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🏷️ Keywords

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