GitHub Trending Repositories API

Get GitHub trending repositories. Supports language, spoken_language_code, and daily/weekly/monthly range filters.

1 creditper request
GET
/v1/github/trending/repositories
curl "https://api.scrapecreators.com/v1/github/trending/repositories" \
  -H "x-api-key: "
{
  "success": true,
  "credits_remaining": 49997684128,
  "since": "daily",
  "language": null,
  "spoken_language_code": null,
  "repositories": [
    {
      "rank": 1,
      "owner": "anthropics",
      "repo": "claude-plugins-official",
      "full_name": "anthropics/claude-plugins-official",
      "url": "https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-official",
      "description": "Official, Anthropic-managed directory of high quality Claude Code Plugins.",
      "language": "Python",
      "language_color": "#3572A5",
      "stars_count": 22064,
      "forks_count": 2627,
      "stars_today": 891,
      "stars_today_text": "891 stars today",
      "built_by": [
        {
          "username": "bryan-anthropic",
          "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/238056179?s=40&v=4"
        },
        {
          "username": "tobinsouth",
          "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/32489862?s=40&v=4"
        },
        {
          "username": "k6l3",
          "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/111803974?s=40&v=4"
        },
        {
          "username": "claude",
          "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/81847?s=40&v=4"
        },
        {
          "username": "noahzweben",
          "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12701358?s=40&v=4"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "rank": 2,
      "owner": "colbymchenry",
      "repo": "codegraph",
      "full_name": "colbymchenry/codegraph",
      "url": "https://github.com/colbymchenry/codegraph",
      "description": "Pre-indexed code knowledge graph for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and OpenCode — fewer tokens, fewer tool calls, 100% local",
      "language": "TypeScript",
      "language_color": "#3178c6",
      "stars_count": 12987,
      "forks_count": 744,
      "stars_today": 4222,
      "stars_today_text": "4,222 stars today",
      "built_by": [
        {
          "username": "colbymchenry",
          "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/18431132?s=40&v=4"
        },
        {
          "username": "claude",
          "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/81847?s=40&v=4"
        },
        {
          "username": "omonien",
          "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1296517?s=40&v=4"
        },
        {
          "username": "andreinknv",
          "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/261684394?s=40&v=4"
        },
        {
          "username": "MO2k4",
          "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/453360?s=40&v=4"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Headers

x-api-key
string
required

Your Scrape Creators API key

Query Parameters

language
string

Optional coding language, e.g. javascript, python, or go.

Example:
javascript
since
string

Trending range: daily, weekly, or monthly. Defaults to daily.

Example:
daily
Available options:
daily,
weekly,
monthly
spoken_language_code
string

Optional spoken language code filter, e.g. en.

Example:
en