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GitHub Trending Repos Scraper

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GitHub Trending Repos Scraper

GitHub Trending Repos Scraper

Scrape trending repositories from GitHub. Get repo names, descriptions, stars, forks, language, stars today, and contributors. Filter by language and time range.

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from $10.00 / 1,000 results

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3 days ago

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GitHub Trending Scraper

Extract trending repositories and developers from GitHub. Get stars, forks, language, description, contributors, and daily/weekly/monthly star counts. Filter by programming language.

Features

  • Trending repositories — scrape the full trending repos page with all metadata
  • Trending developers — optionally scrape trending developers with their popular repos
  • Language filter — filter by any programming language (Python, JavaScript, Rust, Go, etc.)
  • Time range — daily, weekly, or monthly trending data
  • Rich metadata — stars, forks, language, description, contributors, and star velocity

Input

FieldTypeDescription
languagesstring[]Filter by languages (e.g., "python", "javascript"). Empty = all
timeRangestring"daily", "weekly", or "monthly" (default: "daily")
scrapeDevelopersbooleanAlso scrape trending developers (default: false)
maxResultsnumberMax total results (default: 100)

Output

Each repository includes:

{
"type": "repository",
"rank": 1,
"owner": "username",
"repo": "project-name",
"fullName": "username/project-name",
"description": "A tool for...",
"language": "Python",
"totalStars": 15234,
"forks": 1200,
"starsInPeriod": 500,
"periodLabel": "today",
"contributors": ["user1", "user2"],
"url": "https://github.com/username/project-name",
"timeRange": "daily"
}

Use Cases

  • Tech trend tracking — monitor which repos and technologies are gaining traction
  • Competitive analysis — track competitor open source projects
  • Developer recruiting — find top trending developers in specific languages
  • Investment research — identify popular open source tools and frameworks
  • Content creation — curate weekly/monthly trending repo roundups

Pricing

This actor uses pay-per-event pricing at $0.005 per result scraped.