# GitHub Trending Repositories & Tech Radar Scraper (`lepone31/github-repos-radar`) Actor

Scrape fast-growing GitHub repositories, star counts, forks, topics, licenses, and maintainers in under 1 second with 0 proxy cost.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/lepone31/github-repos-radar.md
- **Developed by:** [Cedric poma](https://apify.com/lepone31) (community)
- **Categories:** AI, Developer tools, Business
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

Pay per usage

This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-usage

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## 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.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## 🐙 GitHub Trending Repositories & Tech Radar Scraper

Extract fast-growing open-source repositories, real-time star counts, forks, topics, licenses, and maintainers from **GitHub** in under **1 second** with **zero proxy costs**.

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### 🌟 Why Use GitHub Repos Radar?

GitHub is where every modern technological breakthrough originates. Whether you are an AI agent scouting the newest open-source libraries, an investor tracking developer traction, or an engineering team monitoring competitor repos, this Actor delivers:

- **Real-Time Stars & Growth:** Filter repos by topic and minimum star thresholds to surface viral tools before they peak.
- **Technology Stacks:** Slice by programming language (`Python`, `TypeScript`, `Rust`, `Go`).
- **License & Commercial Safety:** Instant detection of permissive licenses (`MIT`, `Apache-2.0`, `BSD`) versus copyleft (`GPL`).
- **AI Agent Ready:** Clean JSON output designed for automated newsletter curation, technical radars, and lead generation.

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### ⚡ Performance & Zero-Proxy Advantage

- **Blazing Fast:** Executes in **0.3s to 0.7s** using GitHub's REST API.
- **0 € Proxy Costs:** Uses pure HTTPS requests without requiring residential or datacenter proxies.
- **Low Memory Footprint:** Runs comfortably on 256MB to 512MB RAM.

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### 📥 Input Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `query` | String | `"ai agent"` | Search keyword or topic (e.g. `deepseek`, `mcp`, `rag`, `scraper`). |
| `language` | String | `""` | Programming language filter (`python`, `typescript`, `rust`, etc.). |
| `min_stars` | Integer | `100` | Minimum star threshold. |
| `sort_by` | String | `"stars"` | Sort order: `stars`, `forks`, `updated`, or `help-wanted-issues`. |
| `max_items` | Integer | `30` | Maximum number of repositories to return (1 to 100). |

***

### 📤 Output Format

Each record in the dataset contains normalized repository intelligence:

```json
{
  "repoId": 925401201,
  "fullName": "deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness",
  "name": "deepseek-harness",
  "description": "Evaluation framework and benchmark tools for DeepSeek LLM models.",
  "stars": 270459,
  "forks": 32876,
  "openIssues": 142,
  "primaryLanguage": "TypeScript",
  "topics": ["llm", "deepseek", "evaluation", "benchmark"],
  "license": "MIT",
  "ownerLogin": "deepseek-ai",
  "ownerAvatar": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/...",
  "htmlUrl": "https://github.com/deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness",
  "cloneUrl": "https://github.com/deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness.git",
  "createdAt": "2024-01-15T08:30:00Z",
  "pushedAt": "2026-11-02T19:40:00Z",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-11-03T10:35:00Z"
}
```

***

### 💰 Pay-Per-Event (PPE) Pricing

- **$0.0020 per repository extracted**
- Only pay for successful repository items returned. Zero fixed subscription fee.

# Actor input Schema

## `query` (type: `string`):

Topic or keyword (e.g. 'ai agent', 'deepseek', 'rag', 'mcp', 'scraper', 'fastapi').

## `language` (type: `string`):

Filter by primary programming language.

## `min_stars` (type: `integer`):

Filter out repos with fewer stars than this threshold.

## `sort_by` (type: `string`):

Sorting criteria for repositories.

## `max_items` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of repositories to extract (1 to 100).

## `github_token` (type: `string`):

Optional GitHub PAT to increase rate limits from 60 req/h to 5,000 req/h.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Optional proxy settings.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "query": "ai agent",
  "language": "",
  "min_stars": 100,
  "sort_by": "stars",
  "max_items": 30
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `overview` (type: `string`):

No description

# 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("lepone31/github-repos-radar").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("lepone31/github-repos-radar").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).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 lepone31/github-repos-radar --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,lepone31/github-repos-radar"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/JvPHDGxYmbnm4SYj1/builds/7ctcmAhRIhlqd0JV2/openapi.json