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GitHub Repository Scraper

Search and extract repository data from GitHub. Get stars, forks, topics, languages, and more from any public repository.

Features

• Search mode - Find repos by keywords, stars, language
• User mode - Get all repos from a specific user/org
• Trending mode - Discover trending repos this week
• Language filter - Filter by programming language
• README extraction - Optionally fetch README content

Search Query Examples

GitHub uses a powerful search syntax:

• machine learning - Search in name/description
• stars:>1000 - Repos with 1000+ stars
• language:python - Python repos only
• topic:react - Repos with React topic
• user:facebook - Repos by Facebook
• created:>2025-01-01 - Created after date
• pushed:>2025-01-01 - Recently updated
• stars:100..500 - Stars in range

Combine queries: language:rust stars:>500 topic:cli

Output Example

{
"rank":1,
"name":"facebook/react",
"description":"A declarative, efficient, and flexible JavaScript library...",
"url":"https://github.com/facebook/react",
"stars":225000,
"forks":46000,
"watchers":225000,
"openIssues":850,
"language":"JavaScript",
"license":"MIT",
"topics":["declarative","frontend","javascript","library","react","ui"],
"createdAt":"2013-05-24T16:15:54Z",
"updatedAt":"2026-01-17T10:00:00Z",
"owner":"facebook",
"ownerType":"Organization",
"isArchived":false,
"isFork":false
}

Input Parameters

Use Cases

• Tech research - Find popular libraries and tools
• Competitor analysis - Track competitor repos
• Talent sourcing - Find active developers
• Trend monitoring - Discover new technologies
• Dataset building - Create ML training data

Rate Limits

GitHub API limits:

• Without token: 60 requests/hour
• With token: 5,000 requests/hour

The scraper handles rate limits automatically with retries.

Cost

Minimal - uses FREE GitHub API, no browser needed.

Built by flowbot.company

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