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🐙 GitHub — Repository Search & Data Scraper — Apify Actor

Scrapes GitHub repository data via the GitHub REST API v3. Supports keyword search, advanced qualifiers, user/org listing, trending repos, topic browsing, and direct repo lookup. Works without an API key (rate-limited) or with a personal access token for higher throughput.

Features

• 8 search modes — keyword search, user repos, org repos, topic browse, direct lookup, and 3 trending periods.
• Advanced qualifiers — language, stars, forks, license, creation date, push date, archived/fork filters.
• 4 optional extras — language breakdown, top contributors, releases with download counts, topic tags.
• Smart rate limiting — automatic backoff on 403, separate delays for search vs. other endpoints, token-aware pacing.
• 4 output formats — enriched (with computed metrics), raw, minimal, CSV-friendly.
• Up to 1,000 search results — auto-paginates across 34 pages.

Search Modes

Input Examples

Search Python Web Scraping Tools

{
"mode":"search",
"searchQuery":"web scraping",
"language":"Python",
"minStars":100,
"sortBy":"stars",
"maxPages":5,
"fetchExtras":["languages","contributors"],
"outputFormat":"enriched"
}

All Google Org Repos

{
"mode":"org_repos",
"orgName":"google",
"maxPages":10,
"outputFormat":"enriched"
}

Trending Repos This Week

{
"mode":"trending_week",
"minStars":50,
"maxPages":5,
"outputFormat":"enriched"
}

Specific Repos with Releases

{
"mode":"repos_by_name",
"repoFullNames":"facebook/react, vuejs/vue, angular/angular, sveltejs/svelte",
"fetchExtras":["languages","releases","contributors"],
"outputFormat":"enriched"
}

MIT-Licensed TypeScript Projects

{
"mode":"search",
"searchQuery":"dashboard",
"language":"TypeScript",
"license":"mit",
"minStars":500,
"pushedAfter":"2024-06-01",
"sortBy":"stars"
}

Enriched Output Fields

Extra Fields

Rate Limits & Token

To create a token: github.com → Settings → Developer Settings → Personal Access Tokens → Fine-grained tokens. No special permissions are needed for public repos.

The actor automatically handles rate limiting: it reads x-ratelimit-remaining headers and waits for resets when exhausted.