# ⚡ GitHub Developer Email & Tech Lead Hunter (`unrivaled_fortress/github-developer-email-hunter`) Actor

Extract verified public emails, commits, and profiles from GitHub developers. Built for tech recruiters and B2B sales teams.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/unrivaled\_fortress/github-developer-email-hunter.md
- **Developed by:** [David A](https://apify.com/unrivaled_fortress) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 3 total users, 2 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.95 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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 Developer Email & Tech Lead Hunter

**Find verified email addresses, social handles, and technical profiles of GitHub developers, open-source maintainers, and tech leads.** Perfect for technical recruiters, B2B devtool sales teams, and tech founders looking to hire or pitch software engineers.

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#### 🔥 The B2B Contact & OSINT Intelligence Suite

Combine these specialized actors to build a high-conversion lead generation & background investigation pipeline:

| Tool | Purpose | Pricing | Link |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| ⚡ **GitHub Developer Email Hunter** | Extract verified commit emails & handles of developers | $3.00 / 1K | [View on Store →](https://apify.com/unrivaled_fortress/github-developer-email-hunter) |
| 💼 **LinkedIn Employees Scraper** | Extract decision makers & employee leads for B2B outreach | $5.00 / 1K | [View on Store →](https://apify.com/unrivaled_fortress/linkedin-company-employees) |
| 🛡️ **Email Data Breach Hunter** | Detect compromised credentials & public database leaks | $3.00 / 1K | [View on Store →](https://apify.com/unrivaled_fortress/email-data-breach-osint) |
| 🔍 **Sherlock Username OSINT** | Trace usernames & social accounts across 60+ platforms | $2.00 / 1K | [View on Store →](https://apify.com/unrivaled_fortress/username-cross-reference-trust-score) |
| 📱 **Phone Number Lookup** | Carrier, line type (mobile/VoIP/landline), E.164 validator | $1.50 / 1K | [View on Store →](https://apify.com/unrivaled_fortress/phone-lookup) |
| 📧 **Email Verifier** | 0–100 deliverability score, MX lookup, disposable email check | $2.00 / 1K | [View on Store →](https://apify.com/unrivaled_fortress/email-verifier) |

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### ✨ Features

- 📧 **Public Commit Email Discovery**: Bypasses the "hidden email" profile setting by analyzing Git author commits in public events and repositories.
- 📦 **Repository Sourcing Mode**: Enter any GitHub repository (e.g. `facebook/react`, `shadcn-ui/ui`) to automatically extract the emails of its top active contributors!
- 🔍 **Rich Developer Telemetry**: Returns real name, primary email, company, location, website/blog, Twitter handle, bio, follower count, and hireable status.
- 🚫 **No Personal GitHub Token Required**: Fully functional out of the box with zero setup.
- ⚡ **High Concurrency**: Enriches dozens of software engineers in seconds.

### 📥 Input Parameters

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| `username` | String | `"shadcn"` | Single GitHub username to enrich |
| `usernames` | Array of Strings | `[]` | List of handles for bulk batch enrichment |
| `repository` | String | `""` | GitHub repository (`owner/repo`) to mine contributors from |
| `maxResults` | Integer | `50` | Maximum developer profiles to process |

### 📤 Output Dataset Format

```json
{
  "username": "shadcn",
  "name": "shadcn",
  "primaryEmail": "m@shadcn.com",
  "allEmails": ["m@shadcn.com"],
  "hasEmail": true,
  "company": null,
  "blog": "https://shadcn.com",
  "location": null,
  "bio": "Building components you can copy and paste.",
  "twitterUsername": "shadcn",
  "publicRepos": 18,
  "followers": 105000,
  "hireable": null,
  "profileUrl": "https://github.com/shadcn",
  "avatarUrl": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/124599?v=4",
  "queriedAt": "2026-09-17T21:00:00.000Z"
}
```

### 💡 Practical Use Cases

- **Technical Recruiting & Headhunting**: Discover personal email addresses of senior engineers contributing to your tech stack.
- **Developer Tool B2B Outreach**: Reach open-source maintainers and DevOps leads with personalized pitches.
- **Competitive Intelligence**: Analyze which developers and corporate emails are contributing to competitor open-source projects.

### 🤖 AI Agent & MCP Server Integration

Run this Actor directly inside Cursor, Claude Desktop, or custom Python / Node.js agent pipelines:

- **Apify MCP Server URL**:
  `https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,unrivaled_fortress/github-developer-email-hunter`
- **Python**:
  ```python
  from apify_client import ApifyClient
  client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
  run = client.actor("unrivaled_fortress/github-developer-email-hunter").call(run_input={"repository": "vercel/next.js", "maxResults": 30})
  ```

***

### ⭐ Loved using this Actor?

If this Actor helped you hire top talent or book qualified B2B demos, **please take 10 seconds to leave a 5-star rating**! It helps independent creators maintain high-speed developer tools.

👉 [**Click here to leave a review & rating on Apify Store**](https://apify.com/unrivaled_fortress/github-developer-email-hunter#reviews)

***

**Crafted by [David Ahn](https://apify.com/unrivaled_fortress)** · High-yield B2B developer & lead intelligence

# Actor input Schema

## `username` (type: `string`):

Single GitHub developer username to investigate.

## `usernames` (type: `array`):

List of GitHub usernames for bulk email enrichment.

## `repository` (type: `string`):

Extract top contributors and commit authors from a repo (e.g. 'facebook/react', 'shadcn-ui/ui').

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum developer profiles to process.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "username": "shadcn",
  "usernames": [],
  "maxResults": 50
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `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 = {
    "username": "shadcn",
    "usernames": [],
    "repository": ""
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("unrivaled_fortress/github-developer-email-hunter").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 = {
    "username": "shadcn",
    "usernames": [],
    "repository": "",
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("unrivaled_fortress/github-developer-email-hunter").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 '{
  "username": "shadcn",
  "usernames": [],
  "repository": ""
}' |
apify call unrivaled_fortress/github-developer-email-hunter --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,unrivaled_fortress/github-developer-email-hunter"
        }
    }
}
```

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/AYRlNatdmRW5ZavvA/builds/sUdFQVl24FZpJoy6b/openapi.json