Scoop Windows Package Manager Scraper

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Scrape app metadata from Scoop Windows package manager buckets. Search for apps by name or fetch specific app manifests across the Main, Extras, Versions, and Java buckets.

Features

• Search Apps — find apps in any Scoop bucket by name substring (e.g., search "git" finds git, git-lfs, git-credential-manager, etc.)
• Get By Name — fetch manifest data for specific apps by exact name
• Covers all major buckets: Main, Extras, Versions, Java
• Extracts version, description, homepage, license, installer URL, binaries, dependencies, and shortcuts
• No authentication required; reads from GitHub raw content

Input

Example: Search Apps

{
"mode":"searchApps",
"searchQuery":"git",
"bucket":"main",
"maxItems":20
}

Example: Get By Name

{
"mode":"getByName",
"appNames":["git","nodejs","python","7zip"],
"bucket":"main",
"maxItems":10
}

Example: Search Extras Bucket

{
"mode":"searchApps",
"searchQuery":"vscode",
"bucket":"extras",
"maxItems":5
}

Output

Each record contains:

Sample Output

{
"appName":"git",
"version":"2.54.0",
"description":"A free and open source distributed version control system.",
"homepage":"https://gitforwindows.org",
"license":"GPL-2.0-only",
"installerUrl":"https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/download/v2.54.0.windows.1/PortableGit-2.54.0-64-bit.7z.exe#/dl.7z",
"hash":"bea006a6cc69673f27b1647e84ab3a68e912fbc175ab6320c5987e012897f311",
"bin":["bin\\sh.exe","bin\\git.exe","git-bash.exe"],
"shortcuts":[["git-bash.exe","Git\\Git Bash","--cd-to-home"]],
"bucket":"main",
"sourceUrl":"https://scoop.sh/#/apps?q=git&s=0&d=1&o=true",
"recordType":"app",
"scrapedAt":"2026-01-01T12:00:00+00:00"
}

Buckets

Use Cases

• Software inventory — track what apps are available in Scoop and their versions
• Update monitoring — compare installed versions against bucket manifests
• License compliance — audit licenses across your dev toolchain
• CI/CD tooling — build automated scripts that reference latest package versions
• Package discovery — explore what's available before installing

FAQ

Does this require a GitHub token? No. The actor reads from public GitHub repositories without authentication. For high-volume scraping, the GitHub API rate limit is 60 requests/hour unauthenticated.

Why are some fields missing? Fields like depends, bin, shortcuts, and suggest are optional in Scoop manifests and only appear when defined by the package maintainer.

Can I search multiple buckets at once? Currently, one bucket per run. Run the actor multiple times with different bucket values to cover all buckets.

What is the installerUrl? The primary download URL for the portable app archive. For apps with architecture-specific URLs, the 64-bit URL is preferred.

How current is the data? The actor fetches live data from GitHub at scrape time, so results reflect the current state of the bucket.