You can access the GitHub Explore Scraper - Trending Repos, Stars & Metadata 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

$echo '{
<  "startUrls": [
<    {
<      "url": "https://github.com/explore"
<    },
<    {
<      "url": "https://github.com/trending?since=daily"
<    },
<    {
<      "url": "https://github.com/trending?since=weekly"
<    },
<    {
<      "url": "https://github.com/trending?since=monthly"
<    },
<    {
<      "url": "https://github.com/trending/python?since=weekly"
<    },
<    {
<      "url": "https://github.com/trending/javascript?since=weekly"
<    },
<    {
<      "url": "https://github.com/trending/typescript?since=weekly"
<    },
<    {
<      "url": "https://github.com/trending/rust?since=weekly"
<    },
<    {
<      "url": "https://github.com/trending/go?since=weekly"
<    },
<    {
<      "url": "https://github.com/trending/java?since=weekly"
<    }
<  ],
<  "maxItems": 500,
<  "proxyConfiguration": {
<    "useApifyProxy": true
<  }
<}' |
<apify call samer-samaha/github-scraper --silent --output-dataset

GitHub Explore Scraper - Extract Trending Repos, Stars API through CLI

The Apify CLI is the official tool that allows you to use GitHub Explore Scraper - Trending Repos, Stars & Metadata locally, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install Apify CLI

Using installation script (macOS/Linux):

$curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash

Using installation script (Windows):

$irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex

Using Homebrew:

$brew install apify-cli

Using npm:

$npm install -g apify-cli

Other API clients include:

GitHub Explore Scraper - Trending Repos, Stars & Metadata API in Python

GitHub Explore Scraper - Trending Repos, Stars & Metadata API in JavaScript

GitHub Explore Scraper - Trending Repos, Stars & Metadata OpenAPI definition

GitHub Explore Scraper - Trending Repos, Stars & Metadata API

GitHub Trending Repos Scraper

rambunctious_fingerprint/github-trending-scraper

Casey Marsh

Github Trending Repos

sweet_rebel/github-trending-repos

Rajat Sharda

GitHub Repository Scraper - Stars, Topics, Trending

logiover/github-repository-scraper

Scrape GitHub repos by search query and export stars, topics, forks & license to CSV/JSON. GitHub data export without an API key - trending repos scraper.

Logiover

GitHub Trending Repos Scraper

money_machine_agent/github-trending-scraper

Pulls trending repos from github.com/trending. Returns owner, name, description, language, stars, forks, today star delta, built-by avatars. Filter by language + time period.

Shane Miller

GitHub Trending Scraper

pink_fence/GitHub-Trending-Scraper

Scrape GitHub Trending repos — name, description, stars, forks, language and contributors. Filter by programming language and time range: daily, weekly or monthly. No API key needed. Clean JSON output.

Moritz Knopp

GitHub Trending Scraper

gio21/github-trending-scraper

Scrape github.com/trending - the official trending list. Repos or developers. Filter by language, spoken language, time range (daily/weekly/monthly). Returns name, owner, description, stars, today's stars, language. For dev intel and content.

Gio

GitHub Trending Repos Scraper

parseforge/github-trending-scraper

Scrapes trending repositories from GitHub Trending. Filter by programming language, time period, and spoken language. Returns repo name, description, stars, forks, and today's stars.

ParseForge

GitHub Trending Scraper

mattdef/github-trending-scraper

Scrape GitHub Trending repositories by language and time range. Get trending repos with stars, forks, language, contributors. Fast, lightweight, no browser needed.

Matthieu Cast

Github Trends Analyzer Track Trending Repos Stars

fresh_cliff/github-trends-analyzer-track-trending-repos-stars

Extract trending GitHub repositories, stars, language stats, and developer insights. Real-time GitHub trending data with JSON export. Monitor tech trends, track popular repos, analyze programming language popularity, discover emerging projects.

Brennan Crawford

GitHub Trending Repos Scraper

lulzasaur/github-trending-scraper

Scrape trending repositories from GitHub. Get repo names, descriptions, stars, forks, language, stars today, and contributors. Filter by language and time range.