GitHub Scraper: Repos, Releases, Issues, PRs & Contributors
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from $5.00 / 1,000 repository (details or search hit)s
Export GitHub repository stats, releases with asset download counts, issues, pull requests, contributors, commits and repository search results. Official REST API, no HTML parsing. Works without a token; add one to lift the rate limit.
You can access the GitHub Scraper: Repos, Releases, Issues, PRs & Contributors 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.
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