# GitHub Scraper – Repositories, Users & Search (`ninhothedev/github-scraper`) Actor

$1/1K 🔥 Fast GitHub scraper! Repos, stars, forks, languages, topics, owners & issues via search or user. JSON, CSV, Excel or API in seconds. Enter a query or user & extract thousands of repos for dev & market research ⚡

- **URL**: https://apify.com/ninhothedev/github-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [ninhothedev](https://apify.com/ninhothedev) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.50 / 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.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
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.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## 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.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## GitHub Scraper – Repositories, Stars & Users

**Scrape GitHub repositories and users at scale: stars, forks, language, topics, license, owner, followers and more — as JSON, CSV or Excel. Free REST API, no key required (add a token for higher limits).**

### 💵 Pricing

**Pay per result — $0.0005 per item.** No subscription, no proxy needed. You only pay for the data you scrape, and new Apify accounts include free monthly credits so you can test it for **$0**.

### 🔎 What can it extract?

- Repo: full name, **stars**, forks, language, topics, license
- Dates (created/updated/pushed), homepage, archived
- User/org: name, bio, company, followers, public repos
- Search repos & users by query

### 🚀 How do I use it?

1. Click **Try for free**.
2. Set the input (see example below).
3. Click **Start** and download results as JSON, CSV or Excel — or pull them via the API / schedule them.

### ⚙️ Input example

```json
{
  "mode": "searchRepos",
  "query": "web scraper",
  "sort": "stars",
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

### 📦 Output example

```json
{
  "full_name": "firecrawl/firecrawl",
  "stars": 140093,
  "language": "TypeScript",
  "forks": 8050,
  "license": "AGPL-3.0",
  "topics": [
    "scraping",
    "ai"
  ]
}
```

### 🎯 Use cases

- Dev-tool & OSS trend research
- Lead lists of maintainers/companies
- Competitive analysis of repos
- Feeding dev dashboards

### 💰 How much will it cost?

You pay only the per-result price (no proxy cost):
100 → ~$0.05 · 1,000 → ~$0 · 10,000 → ~$5

### 🆚 Why this one

| Feature | This actor | Others |
|---|---|---|
| Repos + users + search | ✅ | one |
| Optional token for 5k/hr | ✅ | ❌ |
| Topics, license, dates | ✅ | partial |
| Works without a key | ✅ | key required |

### 🔗 Related actors

- [Npm Package Scraper](https://apify.com/ninhothedev/npm-package-scraper) — npm packages
- [Hacker News Scraper](https://apify.com/ninhothedev/hacker-news-scraper) — tech news
- [Devto Scraper](https://apify.com/ninhothedev/devto-scraper) — dev articles
- [Coingecko Crypto Scraper](https://apify.com/ninhothedev/coingecko-crypto-scraper) — crypto

### ❓ FAQ

**Key?** Optional — without it you get 60 req/hr; add a token for 5,000/hr. **Proxy?** No.

### 🛟 Support

Found a bug or need an extra field? Open an issue on the actor — fixes and new fields ship fast.

### Legal & privacy

Public data via the GitHub REST API. Respect GitHub's terms.

***

**Keywords:** github scraper, repositories, stars, developers, open source, dev research, JSON CSV Excel

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

What to scrape: searchRepos (search repositories by query), repos (fetch specific repos by full name), user (fetch user profiles by login), or searchUsers (search users by query).

## `query` (type: `string`):

Search query for searchRepos / searchUsers modes. Supports GitHub search qualifiers, e.g. 'web scraper language:python stars:>100'.

## `sort` (type: `string`):

Sort order for searchRepos mode: by stars, forks or recently updated (descending).

## `fullNames` (type: `array`):

Repository full names in owner/repo form for mode=repos, e.g. \["apify/crawlee"].

## `logins` (type: `array`):

GitHub usernames (logins) to fetch for mode=user, e.g. \["torvalds"].

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of repos/users to return (GitHub search caps at 1000 results).

## `githubToken` (type: `string`):

Optional GitHub personal access token. Raises the API rate limit from 60 to 5000 requests per hour. Leave empty to run unauthenticated.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "searchRepos",
  "query": "web scraper",
  "sort": "stars",
  "fullNames": [
    "apify/crawlee"
  ],
  "logins": [],
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

# 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 = {
    "query": "web scraper",
    "fullNames": [
        "apify/crawlee"
    ],
    "maxItems": 100
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("ninhothedev/github-scraper").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 = {
    "query": "web scraper",
    "fullNames": ["apify/crawlee"],
    "maxItems": 100,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("ninhothedev/github-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "query": "web scraper",
  "fullNames": [
    "apify/crawlee"
  ],
  "maxItems": 100
}' |
apify call ninhothedev/github-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=ninhothedev/github-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/t0MHOucGlKMMh2754/builds/vOYclrJfLRrvnRge3/openapi.json