GitHub Scraper: Repo Stats, Stars, Trending & Search

GitHub Scraper for repo stats, stars, forks, GitHub trending and repository search. Export clean GitHub repository data to JSON, CSV or Excel, and track trending repositories by language, today, this week or this month, with no GitHub token needed for trending.

For any repo you get stars, forks, watchers, open issues, open PRs, languages, license, topics, latest release, contributors count and 52-week commit activity. Look up repos by URL, search GitHub by language, stars, topics and dates, list every public repo of an organization, or scrape github.com/trending. Repository data only, no personal data.

What you get

• Trending mode: the GitHub trending list with rank, stars, forks, stars gained in the period, language, description and the "built by" logins. One page per language, up to 25 repos each. No token, no API requests.
• Repo stats mode: one typed row per repository from the official GitHub REST API, with the extras you pick.
• Search mode: GitHub repository search by keywords, language, stars range, topics, created and pushed dates. Sorted by stars, forks or updates.
• Organization mode: every public repository of an organization or user.
• Auto mode (default): fill one section and the Actor picks the mode for you. Handy for AI agents and API calls.

Running on Apify gives you:

• API access to runs and datasets from any language, plus an MCP endpoint for AI agents
• Scheduling, for example a daily trending snapshot or a weekly watchlist refresh
• Integrations with Google Sheets, Airtable, Zapier, Make, Slack and webhooks
• Monitoring and alerts when a run fails

Quick start

1. Click Try for free. The prefilled input scrapes today's GitHub trending repositories across all languages in a few seconds, without a token.
2. To track one language, add it to Trending languages, for example Python, Rust or TypeScript, and pick Today, This week or This month.
3. For stats of specific repos, switch Mode to repositories (or leave it on Auto) and paste owner/repo names or GitHub URLs.
4. Optional: add your own free GitHub token for API modes. It raises the GitHub limit from 60 to 5,000 requests per hour.
5. Click Start. Download results as JSON, CSV, Excel or HTML, or read them through the API.

Input examples

Trending Python repos this week, no token:

{
    "mode": "trending",
    "trendingLanguages": ["Python"],
    "trendingPeriod": "weekly",
    "maxItems": 25
}

Stats for a watchlist of repos:

{
    "repositories": ["microsoft/vscode", "https://github.com/python/cpython"],
    "includeCommitActivity": true
}

New AI agent repos with momentum, by search:

{
    "mode": "search",
    "topics": ["ai-agents"],
    "minStars": 500,
    "createdFrom": "2026-01-01",
    "pushedFrom": "2026-09-01",
    "sort": "stars",
    "maxItems": 200
}

Main fields. See the Input tab for all of them.

Field	Mode	Notes
mode	all	auto (default), trending, repos, search or org
trendingLanguages	trending	Language names as on GitHub, for example C++ or Jupyter Notebook. Empty = all
trendingPeriod	trending	daily (default), weekly or monthly
trendingSpokenLanguage	trending	Optional 2-letter code, for example en or zh
enrichTrending	trending	Add full API stats to each trending row. Uses API requests
repositories	repos	owner/name, https://github.com/owner/name or .git URLs. Renamed repos are followed
searchQuery, language	search	Free text plus any GitHub search qualifier, and the primary language
minStars, maxStars, topics	search	Stars range, topics that must all match
createdFrom/To, pushedFrom/To	search	Date ranges, YYYY-MM-DD
organizations	org	Org or user logins, public repos only
maxItems	all	Default 50
include*	API modes	Extras. Each costs 1 GitHub request per repo
githubToken	API modes	Optional, secret. A fine-grained token with no extra permissions is enough

Output sample

One item per repository. Views in the Output tab: Trending, Overview, Activity and Details. A RUN_SUMMARY record lists repos not found, why the run stopped early, if it did, and the remaining GitHub limit. You can download the dataset in various formats such as JSON, HTML, CSV, or Excel.

A trending row:

{
    "trendingRank": 1,
    "fullName": "tester-army/e2e",
    "url": "https://github.com/tester-army/e2e",
    "description": "Next generation e2e testing framework for web and mobile apps.",
    "language": "TypeScript",
    "stars": 3871,
    "forks": 156,
    "starsInPeriod": 1430,
    "trendingPeriod": "daily",
    "trendingLanguage": null,
    "builtBy": ["okwasniewski", "kacperkapusciak"],
    "source": "trending"
}

A repo stats row, shortened:

{
    "fullName": "microsoft/vscode",
    "stars": 193154,
    "forks": 43621,
    "watchers": 3543,
    "openIssues": 18445,
    "openPullRequests": 2705,
    "language": "TypeScript",
    "languagesPercent": { "TypeScript": 96.2, "CSS": 1.6, "JavaScript": 0.6 },
    "topics": ["editor", "electron", "microsoft", "typescript", "visual-studio-code"],
    "license": "MIT",
    "pushedAt": "2026-09-27T08:36:17Z",
    "latestRelease": { "tag": "1.139.1", "publishedAt": "2026-09-25T09:58:03Z" },
    "contributorsCount": 315,
    "commits52w": 33289,
    "source": "repos"
}

Field	Description
fullName, owner, name, url	Repository identity
stars, forks, watchers	watchers is real subscribers, not the stars alias. Trending rows without API stats: null
trendingRank, starsInPeriod, builtBy	Trending only: position, stars gained in the period, contributor logins shown on the page
openIssues, openPullRequests	With the PR extra, openIssues excludes PRs
language, languages, languagesPercent	Primary language, bytes and share per language
license, topics, description, homepage	As set by the maintainers. E-mails are removed
createdAt, pushedAt, updatedAt	ISO timestamps
latestRelease, contributorsCount	Latest release tag and date, contributor count only
commitActivity52w, commits52w	Weekly commits for the last 52 weeks and their total
source, fetchedAt	Mode that produced the row and fetch time

Pricing

Pay per result. No subscription. Repos that are not found are free, and help rows for input problems are free.

Event	Free plan	Bronze	Silver	Gold
Repository, per 1,000	$2.00	$1.80	$1.60	$1.40
Run start	$0.001	$0.001	$0.001	$0.001

The prefilled trending run saves about 10 to 25 repos and costs about 3 to 5 cents. With Apify's free $5 monthly credit you can fetch about 2,500 repositories per month. Set Maximum cost per run and the Actor stops at that budget.

GitHub's own limits matter more than money:

• Trending mode: no token and no API requests. One page request per language.
• API modes without a token: GitHub allows 60 requests per hour per IP, and Apify IPs can be shared. Default extras use 5 requests per repo, so expect about 10 repos per hour. If the limit runs out, the Actor keeps what it saved. If nothing was saved, it ends with one free RATE_LIMITED help row that says when the limit resets.
• API modes with your token: 5,000 requests per hour, about 1,000 repos per hour with default extras.

Use with AI agents (MCP)

Add this Actor to Claude, Cursor or any MCP client through mcp.apify.com. Agents can call it with just {"repositories": ["owner/repo"]}, {"trendingLanguages": ["Rust"]} or {"searchQuery": "vector database"}. Auto mode picks the right job.

Tips

• Add a GitHub token for API modes. Open GitHub token settings, create a fine-grained token, choose Public repositories and add no permissions. It is stored encrypted and never logged.
• Turn off extras you do not need. Each extra costs 1 request per repo.
• GitHub search returns at most 1,000 results per query. Split big searches by stars ranges or creation dates.
• Commit activity is computed by GitHub on demand. The first call for a repo can come back empty.
• Schedule trending daily or weekly and send new rows to Slack or Google Sheets with an integration.

FAQ

Do I need a GitHub token? Not for trending. For repo stats, search and organization lists, a token is optional but recommended: without one GitHub allows only 60 API requests per hour.

How does trending work? The Actor reads the public github.com/trending page, one request per language and period, the same list you see in the browser. GitHub shows up to 25 repositories per page. Turn on enrichTrending to add full API stats to each row.

Is it legal to collect GitHub repository data? The Actor returns repository-level data only: no e-mails and no profile data. Contributors appear only as a count, and trending rows carry only the public logins GitHub shows under "Built by". API modes use the official GitHub REST API. Do not use the data for spam, recruiting outreach or selling personal information, which GitHub forbids. You are responsible for your use of the data.

Can I get private repositories? No. Public repositories only.

What happens if my input is invalid? The run still ends SUCCEEDED and you pay only the start fee. The dataset gets one free help row with error, errorCode, message and howToFix. Codes: EMPTY_INPUT, INVALID_INPUT, INVALID_TOKEN, QUERY_REJECTED, NO_RESULTS and RATE_LIMITED.

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