# GitHub Trending Repos Scraper (`lulzasaur/github-trending-scraper`) Actor

Scrape trending repositories from GitHub. Get repo names, descriptions, stars, forks, language, stars today, and contributors. Filter by language and time range.

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

## Pricing

from $10.00 / 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".

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- **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.

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# README

## GitHub Trending Scraper

Extract trending repositories and developers from GitHub. Get stars, forks, language, description, contributors, and daily/weekly/monthly star counts. Filter by programming language.

### Features

- **Trending repositories** — scrape the full trending repos page with all metadata
- **Trending developers** — optionally scrape trending developers with their popular repos
- **Language filter** — filter by any programming language (Python, JavaScript, Rust, Go, etc.)
- **Time range** — daily, weekly, or monthly trending data
- **Rich metadata** — stars, forks, language, description, contributors, and star velocity

### Input

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `languages` | string\[] | Filter by languages (e.g., "python", "javascript"). Empty = all |
| `timeRange` | string | "daily", "weekly", or "monthly" (default: "daily") |
| `scrapeDevelopers` | boolean | Also scrape trending developers (default: false) |
| `maxResults` | number | Max total results (default: 100) |

### Output

Each repository includes:

```json
{
    "type": "repository",
    "rank": 1,
    "owner": "username",
    "repo": "project-name",
    "fullName": "username/project-name",
    "description": "A tool for...",
    "language": "Python",
    "totalStars": 15234,
    "forks": 1200,
    "starsInPeriod": 500,
    "periodLabel": "today",
    "contributors": ["user1", "user2"],
    "url": "https://github.com/username/project-name",
    "timeRange": "daily"
}
```

### Use Cases

- **Tech trend tracking** — monitor which repos and technologies are gaining traction
- **Competitive analysis** — track competitor open source projects
- **Developer recruiting** — find top trending developers in specific languages
- **Investment research** — identify popular open source tools and frameworks
- **Content creation** — curate weekly/monthly trending repo roundups

### Pricing

This actor uses pay-per-event pricing at **$0.005 per result scraped**.

# Actor input Schema

## `languages` (type: `array`):

Filter by programming languages (e.g., 'python', 'javascript', 'rust'). Leave empty for all languages.

## `timeRange` (type: `string`):

Trending time period.

## `scrapeDevelopers` (type: `boolean`):

Also scrape trending developers in addition to repositories.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum total results to return.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Optional proxy to use.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "languages": [],
  "timeRange": "daily",
  "scrapeDevelopers": false,
  "maxResults": 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 = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("lulzasaur/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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("lulzasaur/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 '{}' |
apify call lulzasaur/github-trending-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/JEVmQ4UqaWvQe3fLu/builds/M1JCZkchceDmWAyzs/openapi.json