GitHub Trending Repositories API

What is the GitHub Trending Repositories API?

Scrapes the public github.com/trending page (source: "github.com/trending") — repositories ranked by stars gained in a window, not REST /search/repositories sorted by all-time stars. Pass since=daily|weekly|monthly (default daily) and optional language slug (e.g. python → /trending/python). Each row: rank, fullName, url, description, language (programming language), stars, forks, starsGained, since. Flat 2 credits. The HTML page usually lists ~25 repos; there is no cursor (unlike Search API's 1000-result cap). This is not a substitute for github/repository detail fields (license, watchers/subscribers, parent, …).

What you get

• Real github.com/trending (not all-time star search)
• since=daily|weekly|monthly + starsGained
• source field discloses the HTML page

Platform limits

Honest ceilings from the upstream platform surface — not Captapi bugs. Unexpected truncation here is usually the platform, not us.

• Page usually has ≤25 rows — no cursor / no Search API 1000 cap.
• Not the same 23-field detail object as github/repository.

Fill in the parameters below and copy a ready-to-run request, or open the live Playground to run it against your account (no API key paste).

curl "https://api.captapi.com/v1/github/trending-repositories?since=daily" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer capt_live_..."
# or: -H "x-api-key: capt_live_..."

Example response

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "source": "github.com/trending",
    "since": "daily",
    "totalReturned": 2,
    "repositories": [
      {
        "platform": "github",
        "type": "repository",
        "rank": 1,
        "name": "computer",
        "fullName": "cloudflare/computer",
        "url": "https://github.com/cloudflare/computer",
        "description": "Remote browser infrastructure",
        "owner": "cloudflare",
        "ownerUrl": "https://github.com/cloudflare",
        "language": "TypeScript",
        "stars": 2514,
        "forks": 120,
        "starsGained": 796,
        "since": "daily"
      },
      {
        "platform": "github",
        "type": "repository",
        "rank": 2,
        "name": "hot-repo",
        "fullName": "example/hot-repo",
        "url": "https://github.com/example/hot-repo",
        "description": "Trending sample",
        "owner": "example",
        "ownerUrl": "https://github.com/example",
        "language": "Python",
        "stars": 1200,
        "forks": 80,
        "starsGained": 327,
        "since": "daily"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Billing metadata is returned in response headers: X-Captapi-Credits (credits charged), X-Captapi-Cache (hit or miss), and X-Captapi-Source. Failed requests (4xx/5xx) are never charged. See the full list of error codes in the error reference.

Response structure

A successful call returns success, cached, creditsUsed, and a data object with the following fields:

Parameters

Authentication: send your key as Authorization: Bearer capt_live_.... A typical call costs 2 credits. Pass cache=true for a free 24h cache hit; default is always fresh.

How it works

1. 1. Sign up — get 100 free credits, no card required.
2. 2. Create a key from your dashboard.
3. 3. Send one request to /v1/github/trending-repositories and parse the JSON response.

Use cases

Frequently asked questions

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