You can access the GitHub Release Watch — new releases only programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = { "repos": ["vercel/next.js"] }
9
10# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
11run = client.actor("maxeee/github-release-watch").call(run_input=run_input)
12
13# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
14print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
15for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
16    print(item)
17
18# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

GitHub Release Watch — new releases only API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use GitHub Release Watch — new releases only API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

Other API clients include:

GitHub Release Watch — new releases only API in JavaScript

GitHub Release Watch — new releases only API through CLI

GitHub Release Watch — new releases only OpenAPI definition

GitHub Release Watch — new releases only API

GitHub Releases Delta Monitor

tom_the_builder/github-releases-delta-monitor

Monitor GitHub repositories for new or changed releases and return normalized release alerts.

Danil Iarmolchik

GitHub Repo Monitor — Releases, Stars, Issues & Activity

vertaizen/github-repo-monitor

OSS monitoring tool tracking any GitHub repos via the open GitHub REST API — new releases, star velocity, issues, commits & contributors. No scraping, no blocking. Monitor mode returns only NEW activity for release alerts & devtools competitive intel. MCP-ready.

Diego Moragues

GitHub Repo Intelligence — Stars, Releases & Issues

straightforward_hydra/github-repo-intelligence-stars-releases-issues

Search repos, pull repo details, list a user/org's repos, and fetch releases or issues from the official GitHub API. No key.

Dev D

GitHub Release Tracker — New Versions & Changelogs

m_ctim/github-release-tracker

Track new releases for the GitHub repos your team depends on. Get the version tag, changelog, publish date, and release URL the moment a new one ships — for engineering and security teams who can't check every repo by hand.

Timothy Kelvin

GitHub Repo Scraper — Search, Details, Releases & Trending

thriftykiwi/github-repo-scraper

Scrape GitHub repository data using the public REST API and trending page. Search repos by keyword, get repo details, releases, top contributors, and trending repositories. No authentication required — uses GitHub's public API endpoints and page scraping.

Thrifty Kiwi

GitHub Scraper - Repos, Issues, PRs & Contributors

nominated_tupelo/github-scraper

Scrape GitHub repositories, issues, pull requests, contributors, releases, and trending repos. Uses the official GitHub REST API. Optional GitHub token for higher rate limits.

kade

Amazon New Releases Scraper API - Newest Products by Category

vonsensey/amazon-new-releases-scraper-api

Pull Amazon's Hot New Releases for any category as ranked rows: rank, ASIN, title, price, rating and image, all 100 across the two list pages. Point it at a New Releases URL and run. Turn on full details to enrich each row into a complete product. Failures are free.