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GitHub Trending Repositories Scraper

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Scrapes GitHub Trending and returns repo name, owner, description, language, stars, forks, and stars gained today.

Pricing

from $5.00 / 1,000 results

Rating

0.0

(0)

Developer

Ganesh B

Actor stats

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Total users

Monthly active users

a day ago

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What you get

repo: Full repository name (owner/repo)
owner: Repository owner
repoName: Repository name without owner
description: Repository description
language: Primary programming language
stars: Total number of stars
forks: Total number of forks
starsToday: Stars gained in the selected time range
url: Full GitHub URL
since: Time range filter used (daily/weekly/monthly)
scrapedAt: ISO timestamp of when the data was fetched

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
language	String	(all)	Filter by programming language, e.g. `python`, `javascript`, `rust`
since	String	`daily`	Time range: `daily`, `weekly`, or `monthly`
maxItems	Integer	25	Maximum number of repositories to return (GitHub shows up to 25 per page)

Quick Start

Find the actor in Apify Store
Click Try for free and set your inputs
Click Start and wait for the run to finish
Download results as JSON, CSV, or via the API

Sample Output

Each item in the dataset looks like this:

{
  "repo": "antirez/kilo",
  "owner": "antirez",
  "repoName": "kilo",
  "description": "A text editor in less than 1000 lines of code, written to explain how text editors work.",
  "language": "C",
  "stars": 7840,
  "forks": 712,
  "starsToday": 428,
  "url": "https://github.com/antirez/kilo",
  "since": "daily",
  "scrapedAt": "2024-11-01T10:00:00.000Z"
}

Use cases

Track trending open-source projects daily or weekly
Build a developer newsletter with trending repos
Analyze programming language popularity over time
Monitor competitor or partner projects gaining traction
Research emerging libraries and frameworks

Notes

GitHub Trending shows up to 25 repositories per page
Set language to an empty string to get trending repos across all languages
The since parameter accepts daily, weekly, or monthly
Data is scraped directly from GitHub's public trending page — no API key required

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