GitHub Repository Scraper - stars, topics, metadata
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from $5.00 / 1,000 repositories
GitHub Repository Scraper - stars, topics, metadata
Search GitHub repos with full search syntax and get stars, forks, issues, language, topics, SPDX license and activity dates. No API key needed. One request returns 100 repos.
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from $5.00 / 1,000 repositories
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GitHub Repository Scraper
Search GitHub repositories and get full metadata in one call — stars, forks, open issues, language, topics, license, homepage, and activity dates.
What makes this different
The entire Apify Store has one GitHub repository scraper. This is the second. Most "GitHub scrapers" on other platforms need a paid API key, a proxy subscription, or per-thousand pricing that eats your margin. This one uses GitHub's public REST API: free, no key needed for light use, and one HTTP request returns 100 repositories. A 500-repo run costs five requests.
Usage
Any GitHub search syntax works:
stars:>500— popular repostopic:rust stars:>1000— by topiclanguage:go pushed:>2026-01-01— active Go reposorg:facebook— everything from an orghelp-wanted-issues:>10 language:python— repos seeking contributors
Sort by stars, forks, help-wanted-issues, updated, or created.
Output
Flat, one row per repository:
fullName, owner, description, stars, forks, openIssues, watchers,
language, topics, license, url, homepage, isArchived, isFork,
createdAt, updatedAt, pushedAt, size
Use cases
- Developer-tool discovery — find libraries by topic, language, activity
- Competitive research — track a topic's leading projects over time
- OSS portfolio analysis — licence, activity, and issue velocity per repo
- Lead enrichment —
help-wanted-issuessurfaces projects actively seeking help - License compliance — SPDX identifiers for every dependency you ship
Rate limits
Unauthenticated you get 60 requests/hour — roughly 6,000 repos. Supply a
token input for 5,000 requests/hour (500,000 repos). A token is not required
for light use, and a rate-limit error tells you exactly what to do next.
Honest notes
- GitHub caps search results at 1,000 per query. Split your filters to go deeper.
licenseis the SPDX id from GitHub's detection; it is absent for repos without a recognised licence file.topicsis a comma-separated string. Split it before joining against another list.- Forked repos are excluded by default; set
includeForksto keep them.
Pronouns: they/them.
