GitHub Trending Scraper

Scrape GitHub Trending for the hottest repositories and developers. Filter by programming language, time period, and spoken language.

Features

• Trending Repositories - Daily, weekly, or monthly top repos
• Trending Developers - Top contributors with popular repos
• Language Filtering - Filter by any programming language (Python, JavaScript, Rust, Go, etc.)
• Multi-language - Scrape multiple languages in a single run
• Rich Data - Stars, forks, descriptions, contributors, language, and growth metrics

Output Data

Repositories

• Repository full name (owner/name), URL
• Description and programming language
• Total stars and forks
• Stars gained in the period (today/this week/this month)
• Top contributors (built by)
• Trending rank

Developers

• Username, display name, avatar URL
• Most popular repository with description
• Trending rank

Use Cases

• Track trending open-source projects
• Discover new tools and libraries in your tech stack
• Monitor competitor or industry repositories
• Build datasets of popular projects for research
• Find trending developers for recruiting
• Automated daily/weekly reports on GitHub trends

Input Examples

Today's trending repos (all languages)

{
    "scrapeRepos": true,
    "since": "daily"
}

Python and JavaScript weekly trends with developers

{
    "scrapeRepos": true,
    "scrapeDevelopers": true,
    "languages": ["python", "javascript"],
    "since": "weekly"
}

Monthly top Rust projects

{
    "scrapeRepos": true,
    "languages": ["rust"],
    "since": "monthly"
}