README.md

---
license: cc-by-4.0
pretty_name: "GitHub Repository Scraper"
tags: [other, web-scraping, apify, developer-tools, business, scraper]
size_categories:
- n<1K
---

# GitHub Repository Scraper

Scrape GitHub repositories by search query - stars, forks, language, topics, owner, license and activity dates. Track trending projects, competitor repos or developer activity.

## What the actor scrapes

# 🐙 GitHub Repository Scraper — Repo Search, Stars, Topics & Trending Data to JSON & CSV Scrape **public repositories from [GitHub](https://github.com)** using the official GitHub Search API. This GitHub scraper turns any search query into a clean, structured dataset of repositories — with stars, forks, language, topics, owner, license and activity dates — with **no blocking and no browser**. Export GitHub repo data to JSON, CSV or Excel. Built for **scheduled, recurring runs**, it lets you trac

## Who this is for

This sample is useful for anyone working in **other, developer tools, business** who wants a quick look at the shape of the data before running the live actor at scale. Treat it as a static snapshot — counts, prices and timestamps reflect the moment the sample was captured and will drift over time.

## Source

**Live source:** This dataset is a static sample. For fresh, customizable extractions, run the live Apify actor: [logiover/github-repository-scraper](https://apify.com/logiover/github-repository-scraper)

## Fields

- **`id`** — unique identifier for the record
- **`fullName`** — field captured by the actor
- **`name`** — name of the entity
- **`owner`** — field captured by the actor
- **`ownerType`** — field captured by the actor
- **`description`** — textual description
- **`url`** — canonical URL of the item
- **`homepage`** — field captured by the actor
- **`language`** — content language code
- **`topics`** — field captured by the actor
- **`stars`** — field captured by the actor
- **`forks`** — field captured by the actor
- **`openIssues`** — field captured by the actor
- **`watchers`** — field captured by the actor
- **`license`** — field captured by the actor
- **`isArchived`** — boolean flag
- **`createdAt`** — creation timestamp
- **`updatedAt`** — last update timestamp
- **`pushedAt`** — timestamp
- **`scrapedAt`** — timestamp the row was scraped

## Sample preview

```json
[
  {
    "id": 54346799,
    "fullName": "public-apis/public-apis",
    "name": "public-apis",
    "owner": "public-apis",
    "ownerType": "Organization",
    "description": "A collective list of free APIs",
    "url": "https://github.com/public-apis/public-apis",
    "homepage": "https://APILayer.com/?utm_source=Github&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=Public-apis-repo",
    "language": "Python",
    "topics": [
      "api",
      "apis",
      "dataset",
      "development",
      "free"
    ],
    "stars": 435015,
    "forks": 47665,
    "openIssues": 1327,
    "watchers": 435015,
    "license": "MIT License",
    "isArchived": false,
    "createdAt": "2016-03-20T23:49:42Z",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-14T20:16:14Z",
    "pushedAt": "2026-05-12T04:34:58Z",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-05-14T20:35:04.531Z"
  },
  {
    "id": 13491895,
    "fullName": "EbookFoundation/free-programming-books",
    "name": "free-programming-books",
    "owner": "EbookFoundation",
    "ownerType": "Organization",
    "description": ":books: Freely available programming books",
    "url": "https://github.com/EbookFoundation/free-programming-books",
    "homepage": "https://ebookfoundation.github.io/free-programming-books/",
    "language": "Python",
    "topics": [
      "books",
      "education",
      "hacktoberfest",
      "list",
      "resource"
    ],
    "stars": 388297,
    "forks": 66300,
    "openIssues": 80,
    "watchers": 388297,
    "license": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International",
    "isArchived": false,
    "createdAt": "2013-10-11T06:50:37Z",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-14T19:34:19Z",
    "pushedAt": "2026-05-12T18:22:15Z",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-05-14T20:35:04.586Z"
  }
]
```

## Snapshot stats

- Row count in this sample: **50**
- Data quality flag at capture time: `EXISTING_USED`

## License & Attribution

Released under **Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)**. If you use this data, please credit the source actor and link back to its Apify Store page: [logiover/github-repository-scraper](https://apify.com/logiover/github-repository-scraper).

The sample is provided as-is for evaluation and research. Source websites retain their own terms of service — downstream users are responsible for complying with them when running the live actor or redistributing scraped content.