# Github Trending Scraper (`viralanalyzer/github-trending-scraper`) Actor
Scrape GitHub trending repositories, stars, forks, languages, and developer profiles. Track open source trends daily/weekly/monthly.
- **URL**: https://apify.com/viralanalyzer/github-trending-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [viralanalyzer](https://apify.com/viralanalyzer) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, Social media
- **Stats:** 25 total users, 6 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: 5.00 out of 5 stars
## Pricing
from $15.75 / 1,000 repository scrapeds
This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.
Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event
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# README
## 🔥 GitHub Trending Scraper — Repos, Stars & Languages
> 🔗 [View on Apify Store](https://apify.com/viralanalyzer/github-trending-scraper) | 🇺🇸 English | [🇧🇷 Português](#português)
Scrape **GitHub trending repositories** with full metadata — stars, forks, descriptions, programming language, and **daily/weekly/monthly star growth**. Filter by programming language or spoken language. Pure HTML scraping with got-scraping + cheerio, no API key needed.
### ✨ Features
- 📈 **3 time periods** — Daily, weekly, and monthly trending repos
- 🌐 **Language filters** — Filter by programming language (Python, JavaScript, Rust, etc.)
- 🗣️ **Spoken language filter** — Filter by spoken language code (en, pt, es, zh, etc.)
- ⭐ **Star metrics** — Total stars + stars gained in the selected period
- 🍴 **Fork count** — Total forks per repository
- 🏆 **Ranking** — Position in GitHub's trending list
- 🛡️ **Anti-placeholder guardrails** — Every result validated as real data
- ⚡ **Fast & lightweight** — Pure HTTP with got-scraping + cheerio
### 📥 Input
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|-----------|------|----------|---------|-------------|
| `since` | String | No | `daily` | Trending period: `daily`, `weekly`, or `monthly` |
| `languages` | Array | No | `[]` | Programming languages to filter (e.g., `python`, `javascript`, `rust`). Empty = all |
| `spokenLanguage` | String | No | `""` | Spoken language code (e.g., `en`, `pt`, `es`, `zh`). Empty = all |
#### Input Example
```json
{
"since": "weekly",
"languages": ["python", "rust", "typescript"],
"spokenLanguage": "en"
}
````
### 📤 Output
| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `rank` | Integer | Position in the trending list |
| `owner` | String | Repository owner (user or org) |
| `repo` | String | Repository name |
| `fullName` | String | Full name (owner/repo) |
| `description` | String | Repository description |
| `language` | String | Primary programming language |
| `totalStars` | Integer | Total star count |
| `totalForks` | Integer | Total fork count |
| `starsToday` | Integer | Stars gained in the selected period |
| `repoUrl` | String | GitHub repository URL |
| `since` | String | Time period (daily, weekly, monthly) |
| `filterLanguage` | String | Language filter applied (if any) |
| `platform` | String | Always `github` |
| `scrapedAt` | String | Timestamp of data extraction (ISO 8601) |
#### Output Example
```json
{
"rank": 1,
"owner": "microsoft",
"repo": "autogen",
"fullName": "microsoft/autogen",
"description": "A programming framework for agentic AI",
"language": "Python",
"totalStars": 41283,
"totalForks": 5847,
"starsToday": 1253,
"repoUrl": "https://github.com/microsoft/autogen",
"since": "weekly",
"filterLanguage": "python",
"platform": "github",
"scrapedAt": "2026-03-06T14:22:05.371Z"
}
```
### 📋 Use Cases
- 📈 **Tech trend detection** — Identify emerging technologies and frameworks before they go mainstream
- 🔍 **Competitive intelligence** — Monitor competitors' open-source projects and their traction
- 🎯 **Developer marketing** — Find popular repos in your stack to target for integrations
- 💰 **Investment research** — Track which open-source projects are gaining momentum
- 👥 **Hiring intelligence** — Discover trending languages and tools developers are adopting
- ✍️ **Content creation** — Write about the hottest repos and technologies each week
### ❓ FAQ
**Q: How many repos are returned per run?**
A: GitHub's trending page shows approximately 25 repos per language/period combination. If you specify multiple languages, each language is scraped separately, so you get up to 25 repos per language.
**Q: What does "starsToday" mean for weekly and monthly periods?**
A: Despite the field name, `starsToday` reflects the stars gained in the selected period. For "weekly" it shows stars gained this week, for "monthly" it shows stars gained this month.
**Q: Can I scrape trending repos for multiple languages at once?**
A: Yes. Add up to 10 languages in the `languages` array. The actor will fetch the trending page for each language separately, with a 2-second delay between requests to avoid rate limiting.
**Q: Does this actor use the GitHub API?**
A: No. It scrapes the GitHub trending HTML page directly using got-scraping + cheerio. No API key or GitHub token is needed. This means it is not subject to GitHub API rate limits.
**Q: What happens if GitHub changes their HTML structure?**
A: The actor will throw an error with `[FAIL] 0 trending repos found` instead of returning empty data. This ensures you are immediately notified of any breaking changes.
### 💰 Pricing
This actor uses **Pay Per Event (PPE)** pricing:
| Metric | Cost |
|--------|------|
| Per repository scraped | $0.03 |
### 🔗 Related Actors
- [Hacker News Intelligence](https://apify.com/viralanalyzer/hackernews-intelligence) — HN stories & comments
- [Stack Overflow Intelligence](https://apify.com/viralanalyzer/stackoverflow-intelligence) — SO questions & answers
- [Craigslist Scraper](https://apify.com/viralanalyzer/craigslist-scraper) — Classifieds & listings
- [YouTube Fast Scraper](https://apify.com/viralanalyzer/youtube-fast-scraper) — YouTube video metrics
### 📝 Changelog
#### v1.0 (Current)
- ✅ Scrape trending repos for daily, weekly, and monthly periods
- ✅ Filter by programming language (up to 10 languages per run)
- ✅ Filter by spoken language code
- ✅ Full metadata: stars, forks, description, language, ranking
- ✅ Stars gained in selected period (starsToday)
- ✅ Anti-placeholder guardrails
- ✅ Retry logic with rate limit handling
- ✅ PPE billing via Actor.charge()
***
## 🔥 GitHub Trending Scraper — Repositórios, Stars & Linguagens
> [🇺🇸 English](#-github-trending-scraper--repos-stars--languages) | 🇧🇷 Português
Extraia **repositórios em alta no GitHub** com metadados completos — stars, forks, descrições, linguagem de programação e **crescimento diário/semanal/mensal de stars**. Filtre por linguagem de programação ou idioma falado. Scraping HTML puro com got-scraping + cheerio, sem API key.
### ✨ Funcionalidades
- 📈 **3 períodos** — Trending diário, semanal e mensal
- 🌐 **Filtro por linguagem** — Filtre por linguagem de programação (Python, JavaScript, Rust, etc.)
- 🗣️ **Filtro por idioma** — Filtre por código de idioma falado (en, pt, es, zh, etc.)
- ⭐ **Métricas de stars** — Total de stars + stars ganhas no período selecionado
- 🍴 **Contagem de forks** — Total de forks por repositório
- 🏆 **Ranking** — Posição na lista de trending do GitHub
- 🛡️ **Guardrails anti-placeholder** — Todo resultado validado como dado real
- ⚡ **Rápido e leve** — HTTP puro com got-scraping + cheerio
### 📥 Entrada
| Parâmetro | Tipo | Obrigatório | Padrão | Descrição |
|-----------|------|-------------|--------|-----------|
| `since` | String | Não | `daily` | Período de trending: `daily`, `weekly` ou `monthly` |
| `languages` | Array | Não | `[]` | Linguagens de programação para filtrar (ex.: `python`, `javascript`, `rust`). Vazio = todas |
| `spokenLanguage` | String | Não | `""` | Código do idioma falado (ex.: `en`, `pt`, `es`, `zh`). Vazio = todos |
#### Exemplo de Entrada
```json
{
"since": "weekly",
"languages": ["python", "rust", "typescript"],
"spokenLanguage": "en"
}
```
### 📤 Saída
| Campo | Tipo | Descrição |
|-------|------|-----------|
| `rank` | Integer | Posição na lista de trending |
| `owner` | String | Dono do repositório (usuário ou organização) |
| `repo` | String | Nome do repositório |
| `fullName` | String | Nome completo (owner/repo) |
| `description` | String | Descrição do repositório |
| `language` | String | Linguagem de programação principal |
| `totalStars` | Integer | Total de stars |
| `totalForks` | Integer | Total de forks |
| `starsToday` | Integer | Stars ganhas no período selecionado |
| `repoUrl` | String | URL do repositório no GitHub |
| `since` | String | Período (daily, weekly, monthly) |
| `filterLanguage` | String | Filtro de linguagem aplicado (se houver) |
| `platform` | String | Sempre `github` |
| `scrapedAt` | String | Timestamp da extração dos dados (ISO 8601) |
#### Exemplo de Saída
```json
{
"rank": 1,
"owner": "microsoft",
"repo": "autogen",
"fullName": "microsoft/autogen",
"description": "A programming framework for agentic AI",
"language": "Python",
"totalStars": 41283,
"totalForks": 5847,
"starsToday": 1253,
"repoUrl": "https://github.com/microsoft/autogen",
"since": "weekly",
"filterLanguage": "python",
"platform": "github",
"scrapedAt": "2026-03-06T14:22:05.371Z"
}
```
### 📋 Casos de Uso
- 📈 **Detecção de tendências tech** — Identifique tecnologias e frameworks emergentes antes de se tornarem mainstream
- 🔍 **Inteligência competitiva** — Monitore projetos open-source de concorrentes e sua tração
- 🎯 **Marketing para desenvolvedores** — Encontre repos populares no seu stack para integrações
- 💰 **Pesquisa de investimento** — Acompanhe quais projetos open-source estão ganhando momentum
- 👥 **Inteligência de contratação** — Descubra linguagens e ferramentas em alta entre desenvolvedores
- ✍️ **Criação de conteúdo** — Escreva sobre os repos e tecnologias mais quentes da semana
### ❓ Perguntas Frequentes
**P: Quantos repos são retornados por execução?**
R: A página de trending do GitHub exibe aproximadamente 25 repos por combinação de linguagem/período. Se você especificar múltiplas linguagens, cada uma é extraída separadamente, então você obtém até 25 repos por linguagem.
**P: O que "starsToday" significa para períodos semanais e mensais?**
R: Apesar do nome do campo, `starsToday` reflete as stars ganhas no período selecionado. Para "weekly" mostra stars ganhas na semana, para "monthly" mostra stars ganhas no mês.
**P: Posso extrair repos em alta para múltiplas linguagens de uma vez?**
R: Sim. Adicione até 10 linguagens no array `languages`. O actor buscará a página de trending para cada linguagem separadamente, com um atraso de 2 segundos entre requisições para evitar rate limiting.
**P: Este actor usa a API do GitHub?**
R: Não. Ele faz scraping da página HTML de trending do GitHub diretamente usando got-scraping + cheerio. Nenhuma API key ou token do GitHub é necessário. Isso significa que ele não está sujeito aos limites de rate da API do GitHub.
**P: O que acontece se o GitHub mudar a estrutura HTML?**
R: O actor lançará um erro com `[FAIL] 0 trending repos found` em vez de retornar dados vazios. Isso garante que você seja notificado imediatamente sobre qualquer mudança que quebre o funcionamento.
### 💰 Preços
Este actor usa precificação **Pay Per Event (PPE)**:
| Métrica | Custo |
|---------|-------|
| Por repositório extraído | $0.03 |
### 🔗 Actors Relacionados
- [Hacker News Intelligence](https://apify.com/viralanalyzer/hackernews-intelligence) — Stories e comentários do HN
- [Stack Overflow Intelligence](https://apify.com/viralanalyzer/stackoverflow-intelligence) — Perguntas e respostas do SO
- [Craigslist Scraper](https://apify.com/viralanalyzer/craigslist-scraper) — Classificados e anúncios
- [YouTube Fast Scraper](https://apify.com/viralanalyzer/youtube-fast-scraper) — Métricas de vídeos do YouTube
### 📝 Changelog
#### v1.0 (Atual)
- ✅ Scraping de repos em alta para períodos diário, semanal e mensal
- ✅ Filtro por linguagem de programação (até 10 linguagens por execução)
- ✅ Filtro por código de idioma falado
- ✅ Metadados completos: stars, forks, descrição, linguagem, ranking
- ✅ Stars ganhas no período selecionado (starsToday)
- ✅ Guardrails anti-placeholder
- ✅ Lógica de retry com tratamento de rate limit
- ✅ Cobrança PPE via Actor.charge()
# Actor input Schema
## `since` (type: `string`):
Trending period to scrape.
## `languages` (type: `array`):
Filter by language (e.g., python, javascript, rust). Leave empty for all languages.
## `spokenLanguage` (type: `string`):
Filter by spoken language (e.g., en, pt, es, zh). Leave empty for all.
## Actor input object example
```json
{
"since": "daily",
"languages": [],
"spokenLanguage": ""
}
```
# Actor output Schema
## `results` (type: `string`):
Dataset containing all scraped results. Each item follows the dataset schema.
# 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 '' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
token: '',
});
// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
"since": "daily",
"languages": []
};
// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("viralanalyzer/github-trending-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 '' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("")
# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
"since": "daily",
"languages": [],
}
# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("viralanalyzer/github-trending-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 '{
"since": "daily",
"languages": []
}' |
apify call viralanalyzer/github-trending-scraper --silent --output-dataset
```
## MCP server setup
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"apify": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"mcp-remote",
"https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=viralanalyzer/github-trending-scraper",
"--header",
"Authorization: Bearer "
]
}
}
}
```
## OpenAPI specification
```json
{
"openapi": "3.0.1",
"info": {
"title": "Github Trending Scraper",
"description": "Scrape GitHub trending repositories, stars, forks, languages, and developer profiles. Track open source trends daily/weekly/monthly.",
"version": "1.0",
"x-build-id": "kO3RrDYKKEPdlq40q"
},
"servers": [
{
"url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
}
],
"paths": {
"/acts/viralanalyzer~github-trending-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
"post": {
"operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-viralanalyzer-github-trending-scraper",
"x-openai-isConsequential": false,
"summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
"tags": [
"Run Actor"
],
"requestBody": {
"required": true,
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
}
}
}
},
"parameters": [
{
"name": "token",
"in": "query",
"required": true,
"schema": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Enter your Apify token here"
}
],
"responses": {
"200": {
"description": "OK"
}
}
}
},
"/acts/viralanalyzer~github-trending-scraper/runs": {
"post": {
"operationId": "runs-sync-viralanalyzer-github-trending-scraper",
"x-openai-isConsequential": false,
"summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
"tags": [
"Run Actor"
],
"requestBody": {
"required": true,
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
}
}
}
},
"parameters": [
{
"name": "token",
"in": "query",
"required": true,
"schema": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Enter your Apify token here"
}
],
"responses": {
"200": {
"description": "OK",
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
}
}
}
}
}
}
},
"/acts/viralanalyzer~github-trending-scraper/run-sync": {
"post": {
"operationId": "run-sync-viralanalyzer-github-trending-scraper",
"x-openai-isConsequential": false,
"summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
"tags": [
"Run Actor"
],
"requestBody": {
"required": true,
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
}
}
}
},
"parameters": [
{
"name": "token",
"in": "query",
"required": true,
"schema": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Enter your Apify token here"
}
],
"responses": {
"200": {
"description": "OK"
}
}
}
}
},
"components": {
"schemas": {
"inputSchema": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"since": {
"title": "Time Period",
"enum": [
"daily",
"weekly",
"monthly"
],
"type": "string",
"description": "Trending period to scrape.",
"default": "daily"
},
"languages": {
"title": "Programming Languages",
"maxItems": 10,
"type": "array",
"description": "Filter by language (e.g., python, javascript, rust). Leave empty for all languages.",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"spokenLanguage": {
"title": "Spoken Language Code",
"type": "string",
"description": "Filter by spoken language (e.g., en, pt, es, zh). Leave empty for all.",
"default": ""
}
}
},
"runsResponseSchema": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"data": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "string"
},
"actId": {
"type": "string"
},
"userId": {
"type": "string"
},
"startedAt": {
"type": "string",
"format": "date-time",
"example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
},
"finishedAt": {
"type": "string",
"format": "date-time",
"example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
},
"status": {
"type": "string",
"example": "READY"
},
"meta": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"origin": {
"type": "string",
"example": "API"
},
"userAgent": {
"type": "string"
}
}
},
"stats": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"inputBodyLen": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 2000
},
"rebootCount": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"restartCount": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"resurrectCount": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"computeUnits": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
}
}
},
"options": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"build": {
"type": "string",
"example": "latest"
},
"timeoutSecs": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 300
},
"memoryMbytes": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 1024
},
"diskMbytes": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 2048
}
}
},
"buildId": {
"type": "string"
},
"defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
"type": "string"
},
"defaultDatasetId": {
"type": "string"
},
"defaultRequestQueueId": {
"type": "string"
},
"buildNumber": {
"type": "string",
"example": "1.0.0"
},
"containerUrl": {
"type": "string"
},
"usage": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"DATASET_READS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"DATASET_WRITES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 1
},
"KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"PROXY_SERPS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
}
}
},
"usageTotalUsd": {
"type": "number",
"example": 0.00005
},
"usageUsd": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"DATASET_READS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"DATASET_WRITES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
"type": "number",
"example": 0.00005
},
"KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"PROXY_SERPS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
```