# pub.dev Package Scoring Scraper (`parseforge/pkg-pub-scoring-scraper`) Actor

Query pub.dev for Dart and Flutter package scoring by package list, search query, or popularity threshold. Records carry package name, granted points, like count, popularity score, tags, last updated, latest version, description, homepage, and repository. Handy for ecosystem audits.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/parseforge/pkg-pub-scoring-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [ParseForge](https://apify.com/parseforge) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, Automation, Integrations
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $7.50 / 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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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```bash
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# README

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## 🎯 pub.dev Package Scoring Scraper

> 🚀 **Export pub.dev (Dart and Flutter) package scoring data in seconds. Pub points, popularity, likes, and derived tags.**

> 🕒 **Last updated:** 2026-06-05 · **📊 13 fields** per record · 50,000+ Dart and Flutter packages · No login required

The pub.dev Package Scoring Scraper turns the public `pub.dev/api/packages/{name}/score` and `/api/packages/{name}` endpoints into a structured dataset. It iterates an explicit list, a search query, or the global index, and joins each package's score with its latest manifest.

| 🎯 Target Audience | 💡 Primary Use Cases |
|---|---|
| 📱 Flutter app teams | Vet new dependencies against pub points |
| 🛡️ Security teams | Find low-scoring or unmaintained packages |
| 📊 Ecosystem researchers | Track Dart package health over time |
| 🚀 DevRel | Build pub.dev discovery dashboards |
| 🧪 Package authors | Benchmark your scores against competitors |
| 👩‍💻 Developers | Pick the best package for a job |

### 📋 What the pub.dev Package Scoring Scraper does

- Iterates an explicit package list, a `/api/search` query, or the global `/api/packages` index.
- Joins each package's `/score` endpoint with the latest pubspec metadata.
- Filters by minimum popularity score.
- Surfaces derived tags such as `platform:android`, `runtime:web`, and `sdk:flutter`.
- Pushes a clean diagnostic record on upstream errors.
- Exports to every Apify dataset format.

> 💡 **Why it matters:** Pub.dev's scoring data is the canonical proxy for Dart package health. Mirroring it gives you SQL-friendly insight into the entire ecosystem.

### 🎬 Full Demo

_🚧 Coming soon._

### ⚙️ Input

<table>
<tr><th>Field</th><th>Type</th><th>Required</th><th>Description</th></tr>
<tr><td><code>maxItems</code></td><td>integer</td><td>No</td><td>Free 10. Paid up to 1,000,000.</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>packages</code></td><td>array</td><td>No</td><td>Explicit list of package names.</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>searchQuery</code></td><td>string</td><td>No</td><td>Forwarded to `/api/search`.</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>minPopularity</code></td><td>integer</td><td>No</td><td>0 to 100. Drop packages below this score.</td></tr>
</table>

**Example 1. Score a fixed shortlist.**
```json
{ "packages": ["http", "provider", "dio"] }
````

**Example 2. Top firebase packages.**

```json
{ "searchQuery": "firebase", "minPopularity": 80, "maxItems": 25 }
```

> ⚠️ **Good to Know:** Each record costs two HTTP calls (score plus manifest). Plan accordingly for very large runs.

### 📊 Output

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 📦 `package` | string | Package name. |
| 🏅 `grantedPoints` | number | Pub points awarded. |
| 🎯 `maxPoints` | number | Maximum possible pub points. |
| ❤️ `likeCount` | number | Like count on pub.dev. |
| 📈 `popularityScore` | number | Popularity score 0 to 1. |
| 🏷️ `tags` | array | Static tags. |
| 🏷️ `derivedTags` | array | Derived platform and SDK tags. |
| 🕒 `lastUpdated` | string | When the score was last refreshed. |
| 🔢 `latestVersion` | string | Latest published version. |
| 📝 `description` | string | Latest pubspec description. |
| 🔗 `homepage` | string | Project homepage. |
| 🔗 `repository` | string | Source repository URL. |
| 🕒 `scrapedAt` | string | When this row was fetched. |
| ❌ `error` | string | Set on upstream error. |

```json
{
  "package": "http",
  "grantedPoints": 140,
  "maxPoints": 140,
  "likeCount": 6210,
  "popularityScore": 1.0,
  "tags": ["sdk:dart", "sdk:flutter"],
  "scrapedAt": "2026-06-05T12:00:00.000Z",
  "error": null
}
```

### ✨ Why choose this Actor

| 🆓 | Public pub.dev endpoint, no key required. |
| 🎯 | Joins score plus manifest in one row. |
| 🔎 | Search-query, explicit-list, or full-index modes. |
| 🛟 | Clean diagnostic records on errors. |
| 💾 | Push to dataset for instant export. |

### 📈 How it compares to alternatives

| Approach | Setup | Joined score | Filters | Auto export |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| `dart pub` CLI | install + script | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Roll your own fetch | 30 min + | manual | manual | manual |
| **This Actor** | 5 sec | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |

### 🚀 How to use

1. Click **Try for free**.
2. Provide explicit packages, a search query, or leave empty for the global index.
3. Optionally set `minPopularity`.
4. Click **Start** and download the dataset.

### 💼 Business use cases

**🛡️ Dependency vetting.** Block low-pub-points or low-popularity packages in code review.

**📱 App health audits.** Snapshot scores for every dep in your pubspec.lock.

**📊 Ecosystem analytics.** Track how Dart and Flutter package health evolves.

**🚀 Internal package picker.** Drive an internal UI with live data.

### 🔌 Automating pub.dev Package Scoring Scraper

- **Make and Zapier** trigger this actor on a schedule.
- **Cron** keeps your mirror fresh.
- **Webhooks** notify on completion.
- **Pipe to BigQuery, Snowflake, or Postgres** with native integrations.

### 🌟 Beyond business use cases

**🎓 Education.** Show students real package-ranking metrics.

**🧪 Personal research.** Track your favorite package's standing.

**🤝 Non-profit and open data.** Publish an ecosystem dashboard.

**🧰 Tinkering.** Discover new packages.

### 🤖 Ask an AI assistant about this scraper

Pop this README into ChatGPT, Claude, or any AI assistant and ask it to map your specific workflow to the actor's inputs.

### ❓ Frequently Asked Questions

**❓ Need an API key?** No.

**❓ Source?** The public pub.dev API.

**❓ Schedule runs?** Yes.

**❓ Rate limits?** Light per-IP throttle.

**❓ API or scraping?** API.

**❓ Schema stability?** Stable.

**❓ Maximum run?** 1,000,000 records on paid plans.

**❓ How is popularity scored?** Pub.dev returns a 0 to 1 float; we round to two decimals.

**❓ Derived tags?** Yes, captured as `derivedTags`.

**❓ Download formats?** Any Apify dataset format.

### 🔌 Integrate with any app

Apify ships native integrations with Make, Zapier, Slack, Discord, Google Drive, Google Sheets, Gmail, Airbyte, Keboola, Telegram, GitHub, and any REST API or webhook endpoint.

### 🔗 Recommended Actors

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|---|---|
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| [ParseForge OurAirports Scraper](https://apify.com/parseforge/ourairports-scraper) | Global airport database. |

> 💡 **Pro Tip:** browse the complete [ParseForge collection](https://apify.com/parseforge) for 900+ production-grade scrapers.

***

**Disclaimer.** This actor scrapes only publicly available data. ParseForge is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Google or the Dart team. Users are responsible for complying with the target site's terms of service and applicable law. [Create a free account w/ $5 credit](https://console.apify.com/sign-up?fpr=vmoqkp).

# Actor input Schema

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

Free users: Limited to 10 items (preview). Paid users: Optional, max 1,000,000

## `packages` (type: `array`):

Optional list of exact package names. If empty, the actor walks the global package index.

## `searchQuery` (type: `string`):

Search keyword passed to pub.dev's `/api/search` endpoint.

## `minPopularity` (type: `integer`):

Keep only packages whose popularity score is at least this number (0 to 100).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "maxItems": 10
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (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 = {
    "maxItems": 10
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("parseforge/pkg-pub-scoring-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 = { "maxItems": 10 }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("parseforge/pkg-pub-scoring-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "maxItems": 10
}' |
apify call parseforge/pkg-pub-scoring-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=parseforge/pkg-pub-scoring-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "pub.dev Package Scoring Scraper",
        "description": "Query pub.dev for Dart and Flutter package scoring by package list, search query, or popularity threshold. Records carry package name, granted points, like count, popularity score, tags, last updated, latest version, description, homepage, and repository. Handy for ecosystem audits.",
        "version": "0.1",
        "x-build-id": "uPF1mFa6oZbm2wQie"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/parseforge~pkg-pub-scoring-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-parseforge-pkg-pub-scoring-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/parseforge~pkg-pub-scoring-scraper/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-parseforge-pkg-pub-scoring-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK",
                        "content": {
                            "application/json": {
                                "schema": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/parseforge~pkg-pub-scoring-scraper/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-parseforge-pkg-pub-scoring-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "components": {
        "schemas": {
            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "maxItems": {
                        "title": "Max Items",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "maximum": 1000000,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Free users: Limited to 10 items (preview). Paid users: Optional, max 1,000,000"
                    },
                    "packages": {
                        "title": "Package names",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "Optional list of exact package names. If empty, the actor walks the global package index.",
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string"
                        }
                    },
                    "searchQuery": {
                        "title": "Search query",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Search keyword passed to pub.dev's `/api/search` endpoint."
                    },
                    "minPopularity": {
                        "title": "Minimum popularity score",
                        "minimum": 0,
                        "maximum": 100,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Keep only packages whose popularity score is at least this number (0 to 100)."
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "data": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                            "id": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "actId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "userId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "startedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "finishedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "status": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "READY"
                            },
                            "meta": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "origin": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "API"
                                    },
                                    "userAgent": {
                                        "type": "string"
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "stats": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "inputBodyLen": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2000
                                    },
                                    "rebootCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "restartCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "resurrectCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "computeUnits": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "options": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "build": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "latest"
                                    },
                                    "timeoutSecs": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 300
                                    },
                                    "memoryMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1024
                                    },
                                    "diskMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2048
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "buildId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultDatasetId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultRequestQueueId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "buildNumber": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "1.0.0"
                            },
                            "containerUrl": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "usage": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "usageTotalUsd": {
                                "type": "number",
                                "example": 0.00005
                            },
                            "usageUsd": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "number",
                                        "example": 0.00005
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```