# GitHub Trending Scraper: Repos, Stars Today & Languages (`spbros/github-trending-repos-scraper`) Actor

Scrape GitHub Trending repositories by language and period (daily, weekly, monthly): rank, repo, description, language, total stars, forks and stars gained in the period. No login, no API token needed.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/spbros/github-trending-repos-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Hansol Jung](https://apify.com/spbros) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, AI
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$0.80 / 1,000 repository results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## 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.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## GitHub Trending Scraper: Repos, Stars Today & Languages

Scrape **GitHub Trending** for any programming language and time window (today, this week, this month). Get rank, repository, description, language, total stars, forks and **stars gained in the period** — ready for dashboards, newsletters, alerts and AI agents. No GitHub token required.

### Use cases

- **Developer newsletters & social accounts**: auto-generate "Top trending Rust repos this week".
- **VC / dev-tool scouting**: spot breakout open-source projects early by stars-per-day.
- **DevRel & competitive intel**: watch your category's trending page on a schedule.
- **Datasets for LLM / RAG pipelines**: fresh, structured trending data.

### Output fields (example values are illustrative)

`rank, owner, repo, fullName, url, description, language, languageColor, stars, forks, starsInPeriod, period, languageFilter, scrapedAt`

```json
{
  "rank": 1,
  "fullName": "xerj-org/xerj",
  "url": "https://github.com/xerj-org/xerj",
  "language": "Rust",
  "stars": 12034,
  "forks": 410,
  "starsInPeriod": 1520,
  "period": "daily"
}
```

### Input

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| languages | e.g. `python`, `typescript`, `rust`, `c++`. Empty = all languages |
| periods | `daily`, `weekly`, `monthly` (pick several) |
| spokenLanguageCode | optional README language filter, e.g. `en`, `zh`, `ko` |
| maxItems | hard cap on results |

### Pricing

Pay-per-event: **$0.0008 per repository** (1,000 repos = $0.80). No start fee.

### Notes

- Reads only the public `github.com/trending` pages, which are not disallowed by GitHub's robots.txt, at a polite rate.
- Contributor avatars/usernames ("Built by") are not collected — repository data only.
- Combine with Apify Schedules + webhooks for daily Slack/Email digests.

# Actor input Schema

## `languages` (type: `array`):

Languages as used in GitHub Trending URLs, e.g. python, typescript, rust, go. Leave empty for all languages.

## `periods` (type: `array`):

Trending window(s): daily, weekly and/or monthly.

## `spokenLanguageCode` (type: `string`):

Filter by README spoken language, ISO 639-1 code such as en, zh, ko.

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

Hard cap on results (and cost).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "languages": [
    "python",
    "typescript"
  ],
  "periods": [
    "daily"
  ],
  "maxItems": 200
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `overview` (type: `string`):

Results in the default dataset (Overview view).

## `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 = {
    "languages": [
        "python",
        "typescript"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("spbros/github-trending-repos-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 = { "languages": [
        "python",
        "typescript",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("spbros/github-trending-repos-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

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

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

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "languages": [
    "python",
    "typescript"
  ]
}' |
apify call spbros/github-trending-repos-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,spbros/github-trending-repos-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/lJ8d256SlfMilV5dv/builds/yoE8EjWbHd5vqCXBG/openapi.json