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GitHub Repo Stats & Release Tracker (official API)

Track GitHub repo stars, forks, issues and new releases in bulk via the official API. Input: repositories. Output (JSON/CSV): one row per item with repository, stars, forks, openIssues, language, license, pushedAt, latestRelease, latestReleaseAt, archived.

Run it on Apify Store →

Example input

{
 "repositories": [
  "apify/crawlee",
  "facebook/react",
  "https://github.com/astral-sh/uv",
  "nope/does-not-exist-xyz"
 ],
 "maxReleases": 2,
 "monitorMode": true
}

Example output

{
  "repository": "nope/does-not-exist-xyz",
  "found": false,
  "checkedAt": "2026-10-12T01:31:22.043Z"
}

Input reference

Field	Type	Notes
`repositories` required	array	owner/name or GitHub URLs.
`githubToken`	string	A free fine-grained token with no scopes raises the limit from 60 to 5,000 requests/hour. Stored as a secret.
`includeReleases`	boolean	Fetch recent releases.
`maxReleases`	integer	Releases per repo
`includeContributors`	boolean	Top 10 contributor logins and commit counts.
`maxConcurrency`	integer	Concurrency
`monitorMode`	boolean	Remember the last result between runs (named key-value store) and flag changes. Schedule the Actor to get alerts.
`onlyChanged`	boolean	In monitor mode, skip unchanged items in the dataset.
`stateStoreName`	string	Named key-value store for monitor state.

Pricing

Pay per event: Repository record $0.002, New release / repo changed (monitor) $0.005. Plus Apify's small per-run start fee. Apify's free plan includes monthly credit to try it.

How to run

Open the Store page and click Try for free.
Fill in the input (or paste the example JSON in the JSON tab).
Click Start, then export results as CSV, Excel or JSON, or call it via the Apify API.
Optional: add a Schedule and a webhook/Slack/email integration for ongoing monitoring.

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