# GitHub Trending Repositories Scraper - Stars & Developers (`martin10291/github-trending-scraper`) Actor

Trending GitHub repositories and developers for any language and period. No API key, no login, no proxy: public GitHub pages. Rank, stars, forks, stars gained today/this week/this month, description, contributors, optional topics, license, homepage. Only-new mode.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/martin10291/github-trending-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Martin Petrov](https://apify.com/martin10291) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, AI, News
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.70 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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

## 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.

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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 Scraper - Repositories & Developers

Get **GitHub Trending** in one clean table: **trending repositories and developers** for any **programming language** and **period** (today, this week, this month) with **rank, stars, forks, stars gained in the period**, description, contributors and, optionally, **topics, license, homepage, open issues and dates**. Turn on **only-new mode** to get a daily alert with every new trending repo.

No login, no browser: fast, cheap and stable.

### What you get

- **Repositories**: rank, full name, owner, URL, description, language, stars, forks, **stars today / this week / this month**, top contributors.
- **Details (optional)**: topics, license, homepage, open issues, watchers, created date, last push, archived flag - from the official GitHub API.
- **Developers**: rank, username, name, profile URL, avatar, their popular repository and its description.
- **Only-new mode**: each repo or developer is returned once per period - perfect for alerts.

### Use cases

- **Developers and tech newsletters**: the best new open-source projects every morning.
- **Investors and founders**: spot fast-growing projects and developer tools early.
- **DevRel and marketing**: track which tools and languages are gaining momentum.
- **AI and data projects**: trend datasets over time for analysis and dashboards.
- **Recruiters**: find active, trending developers in a language.

### How to use it (step by step)

1. Click **Try for free** (or **Start**).
2. Pick **What to scrape**: *Trending repositories* or *Trending developers*.
3. Add **Programming languages** (e.g. `python`, `rust`, `typescript`) or leave empty for all.
4. Pick the **Periods**: today, this week, this month.
5. Optional: tick **Add repository details**.
6. Click **Start** and download the results as **Excel, CSV, JSON or HTML**, or send them to Google Sheets.

### Daily alerts (Slack, email, Google Sheets)

1. Turn on **Only new items since last run** and set a **Monitor ID**, e.g. `ai-tools`.
2. Create a **Schedule** in Apify Console (e.g. every morning).
3. Add an integration: **Slack, email, Google Sheets, Zapier, Make or a webhook**.

### Input

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `mode` | string | `repositories` or `developers`. |
| `languages` | array | Language names; empty = all. |
| `periods` | array | `daily`, `weekly`, `monthly`. |
| `spokenLanguage` | string | Optional ISO code, e.g. `en`, `zh`. |
| `includeDetails` | boolean | Topics, license, homepage, dates (GitHub API). |
| `githubToken` | string | Optional token for more detail calls per hour. |
| `onlyNew` | boolean | Only items not seen in earlier runs. |
| `monitorId` | string | Separate memory for different watch lists. |
| `maxItems` | integer | Hard limit on results saved (and paid for). |

#### Example input

```json
{
  "mode": "repositories",
  "languages": ["python", "rust"],
  "periods": ["daily", "weekly"],
  "includeDetails": true,
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

### Output (repositories)

```json
{
  "rank": 1,
  "fullName": "example-org/example-agent",
  "url": "https://github.com/example-org/example-agent",
  "description": "An example open-source AI agent framework.",
  "language": "Python",
  "stars": 53230,
  "forks": 6510,
  "starsInPeriod": 1034,
  "period": "daily",
  "trendingLanguage": "python",
  "builtBy": ["alice", "bob"],
  "topics": ["ai", "agents", "llm"],
  "license": "MIT",
  "createdAt": "2025-12-30T10:00:00Z"
}
```

*Values above are illustrative.* The `RUN_SUMMARY` record shows pages read, items found and saved.

### Use it from your code (API)

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>")
run = client.actor("martin10291/github-trending-scraper").call(run_input={
    "languages": ["python"],
    "periods": ["daily"],
    "onlyNew": True,
    "monitorId": "python-daily",
})
for r in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(r["rank"], r["fullName"], r["starsInPeriod"], r["url"])
```

### Pricing

**$1.00 per 1,000 results**, no start fee. **Max results** caps the cost of every run. A daily alert for a few languages costs a few cents per month.

### FAQ

**How many repositories per page?**
GitHub Trending shows up to 25 repositories (or developers) per language and period. Add more languages or periods for more results.

**Is a GitHub token required?**
No. It is only used for the optional details, to raise GitHub's hourly API limit.

**Is this allowed?**
The actor reads the public Trending pages and the official public API. It does not log in or bypass anything.

### More Actors by Martin Petrov

- **[Hacker News Scraper](https://apify.com/martin10291/hacker-news-scraper)**: Who is Hiring jobs, stories and comments.
- **[Medium Articles Scraper](https://apify.com/martin10291/medium-articles-scraper)**: Latest articles by tag, author or publication.
- **[Reddit Posts & Comments Extractor](https://apify.com/martin10291/reddit-posts-comments-extractor)**: Posts and full comment threads from any subreddit.
- **[Google Trends Explorer](https://apify.com/martin10291/google-trends-explorer)**: Interest over time, regions and related queries.

*Last updated: November 1, 2026.*

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

Trending repositories or trending developers.

## `languages` (type: `array`):

e.g. python, typescript, rust, go, javascript, c++, jupyter notebook. Each language is one trending page. Empty = all languages.

## `periods` (type: `array`):

Trending today, this week and/or this month.

## `spokenLanguage` (type: `string`):

Optional ISO code, e.g. en, zh, es, de, ja. Empty = any.

## `includeDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Adds topics, license, homepage, open issues, watchers, created and last push date from the official GitHub API. Without a token GitHub allows about 60 detail calls per hour.

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

Optional personal access token (no scopes needed) for more detail calls per hour.

## `onlyNew` (type: `boolean`):

For alerts: each repository or developer is returned once per period.

## `monitorId` (type: `string`):

Separate memory for different watch lists (used with only-new mode).

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Hard limit on results saved (and paid for).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "repositories",
  "languages": [
    "python",
    "typescript"
  ],
  "periods": [
    "daily"
  ],
  "spokenLanguage": "",
  "includeDetails": false,
  "onlyNew": false,
  "monitorId": "default",
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Trending repositories or developers.

# 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 = {
    "mode": "repositories",
    "languages": [
        "python",
        "typescript"
    ],
    "periods": [
        "daily"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("martin10291/github-trending-scraper").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 = {
    "mode": "repositories",
    "languages": [
        "python",
        "typescript",
    ],
    "periods": ["daily"],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("martin10291/github-trending-scraper").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 '{
  "mode": "repositories",
  "languages": [
    "python",
    "typescript"
  ],
  "periods": [
    "daily"
  ]
}' |
apify call martin10291/github-trending-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,martin10291/github-trending-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

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/tmjdjngkWbsyEns6b/builds/qZLttxOWttLU2wWws/openapi.json