# GitHub Repo Stats: Stars, Forks, Issues & More (`scrapemint/github-repo-stats`) Actor Get the key numbers for any public GitHub project in bulk. For each repo: stars, forks, watchers, open issues, main language, license, topics, size, and the created and last updated dates. Paste repo names or links. Official GitHub API. No API key needed for small runs. - **URL**: https://apify.com/scrapemint/github-repo-stats.md - **Developed by:** [Ken M](https://apify.com/scrapemint) (community) - **Categories:** Developer tools, Business - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing Pay per usage This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-usage ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## GitHub Repo Stats: Stars, Forks, Issues & More Get the key numbers for any public GitHub project in bulk. Paste a list of repositories and get one clean row each: stars, forks, watchers, open issues, main language, license, topics, size and dates. Built for **developers, investors, researchers and dev tool marketers** who track projects, compare competitors, or watch an ecosystem. Instead of opening each repo page, you get a spreadsheet of the numbers in one run. ### What you get for each repo - **Popularity**: stars, forks, watchers - **Activity**: open issues, last push and last update dates, created date - **Tech**: main language, topics, license, default branch, size - **Status flags**: is it a fork, is it archived - **Links**: the repo URL and its homepage ### Example output ```json { "repo": "facebook/react", "found": true, "owner": "facebook", "name": "react", "description": "The library for web and native user interfaces.", "stars": 246460, "forks": 51200, "watchers": 6600, "openIssues": 1202, "language": "JavaScript", "topics": ["javascript", "react", "ui", "frontend", "library"], "license": "MIT", "isArchived": false, "createdAt": "2013-05-24T16:15:54Z", "pushedAt": "2026-07-13T09:41:02Z", "url": "https://github.com/facebook/react" } ```` ### How many repos per run - **Without a token**: up to 60 repos per hour. Perfect for checking your own projects or a short competitor list. - **With a token (optional)**: paste your own free GitHub personal access token and the limit jumps to 5,000 repos per hour, for large lists. It is your token and your account; the actor only uses it to make these requests. Create one at github.com under Settings, Developer settings, Personal access tokens (no special scopes needed for public repos). Repos that are not found or are private are clearly flagged. ### Pricing **$0.002 per repo**, and repos that are not found are **free**. The first 2 rows of every run are free. ### How to run it via API ```bash curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/scrapemint~github-repo-stats/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"repos": ["facebook/react", "vuejs/vue", "torvalds/linux"]}' ``` ### Frequently asked questions **Do I need a GitHub token?** No, small runs work without one. Add your own token only when you want to check hundreds or thousands of repos in a single run. **Can I paste full GitHub links?** Yes, both `owner/name` and `https://github.com/owner/name` work. **Private repos?** Only public repos are returned unless you supply a token that can see your private ones. ### More tools from Scrapemint - [GitHub Trending Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapemint/github-trending-scraper): trending repositories by language and date. - [OSS Maintainer Leads](https://apify.com/scrapemint/oss-maintainer-leads): contact leads for open source maintainers. - [npm & PyPI Package Leads](https://apify.com/scrapemint/npm-pypi-leads): package publisher leads. # Actor input Schema ## `repos` (type: `array`): One repo per line as owner/name (e.g. facebook/react) or a full GitHub link (e.g. https://github.com/facebook/react). ## `githubToken` (type: `string`): Optional. Without a token you can check up to 60 repos per hour (fine for small runs). Paste your own free GitHub personal access token to raise that to 5,000 per hour for large lists. Your token, your account; it is only used to make these requests. ## `maxRows` (type: `integer`): Cap on repos returned. Controls total cost. First 2 rows per run are free; repos that are not found are always free. ## Actor input object example ```json { "repos": [ "facebook/react", "vuejs/vue", "torvalds/linux", "https://github.com/apify/crawlee" ], "maxRows": 500 } ``` # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "repos": [ "facebook/react", "vuejs/vue", "torvalds/linux", "https://github.com/apify/crawlee" ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("scrapemint/github-repo-stats").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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "repos": [ "facebook/react", "vuejs/vue", "torvalds/linux", "https://github.com/apify/crawlee", ] } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("scrapemint/github-repo-stats").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 '{ "repos": [ "facebook/react", "vuejs/vue", "torvalds/linux", "https://github.com/apify/crawlee" ] }' | apify call scrapemint/github-repo-stats --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=scrapemint/github-repo-stats", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "GitHub Repo Stats: Stars, Forks, Issues & More", "description": "Get the key numbers for any public GitHub project in bulk. For each repo: stars, forks, watchers, open issues, main language, license, topics, size, and the created and last updated dates. Paste repo names or links. Official GitHub API. No API key needed for small runs.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "6aSW3cG4HviRoxvYr" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/scrapemint~github-repo-stats/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-scrapemint-github-repo-stats", "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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/scrapemint~github-repo-stats/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-scrapemint-github-repo-stats", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/scrapemint~github-repo-stats/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-scrapemint-github-repo-stats", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": { "repos": { "title": "Repositories", "type": "array", "description": "One repo per line as owner/name (e.g. facebook/react) or a full GitHub link (e.g. https://github.com/facebook/react).", "default": [], "items": { "type": "string" } }, "githubToken": { "title": "GitHub token (optional)", "type": "string", "description": "Optional. Without a token you can check up to 60 repos per hour (fine for small runs). Paste your own free GitHub personal access token to raise that to 5,000 per hour for large lists. Your token, your account; it is only used to make these requests." }, "maxRows": { "title": "Max rows per run", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 20000, "type": "integer", "description": "Cap on repos returned. Controls total cost. First 2 rows per run are free; repos that are not found are always free.", "default": 500 } } }, "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 } } } } } } } } } } ```