# Best GitHub repository API in 2026

> [Scrappa](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/scrappa/500-pack), [Litescrape](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/litescrape/top-up-from-10-usage-based-get-api-github-repository) and [ScrapeCreators](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/scrapecreators/497-pack) are the best GitHub repository API providers in our benchmark. We benchmarked 5 providers and rank all 5 by score. For the three we score highest, we show each one's top scoring plan, each part of the plan's score and what 1,000 repositories cost. We rank 38 plans by price. [Litescrape's top-up from $10](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/litescrape/top-up-from-10-usage-based-get-api-github-repository) costs the least per 1,000 repositories: $0.15.

1. [Scrappa, $500 pack: GitHub repository API](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/scrappa/500-pack): Overall score 87.6 (Price 95, Data 91, Cost to get started 65, Bundle 100, Performance 51), $0.238 per 1,000 repositories
   - It returns all 10 key fields we check: Description, Language, Topics, License, Dates, Stars, Forks, Watchers, Open issues, Owner.
   - On 31 October 2026, we sent this provider the same 20 repositories as every other provider in our benchmark.
   - This plan scored 0.9149 out of 1 on those 20 repositories. That gives this plan a Data score of 91 out of 100.
2. [Litescrape, top-up from $10, Usage-based: GitHub repository API](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/litescrape/top-up-from-10-usage-based-get-api-github-repository): Overall score 75.9 (Price 100, Data 35, Cost to get started 93, Bundle 99, Performance 100), $0.15 per 1,000 repositories
   - It returns 7 of the 10 key fields we check: Description, Language, Topics, Dates, Stars, Forks, Open issues.
   - On 31 October 2026, we sent this provider the same 20 repositories as every other provider in our benchmark.
   - This plan scored 0.3549 out of 1 on those 20 repositories. That gives this plan a Data score of 35 out of 100.
3. [ScrapeCreators, $497 pack: GitHub repository API](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/scrapecreators/497-pack): Overall score 64.6 (Price 62, Data 63, Cost to get started 65, Bundle 99, Performance 45), $0.994 per 1,000 repositories
   - It returns all 10 key fields we check: Description, Language, Topics, License, Dates, Stars, Forks, Watchers, Open issues, Owner.
   - On 31 October 2026, we sent this provider the same 20 repositories as every other provider in our benchmark.
   - This plan scored 0.6293 out of 1 on those 20 repositories. That gives this plan a Data score of 63 out of 100.

The Data score on GitHub repository APIs: This score, out of 100, shows how much of a repository's record a provider's call returns. We ask for each public repository by its owner and name. A provider that takes the repository's GitHub address gets the address in place of the owner and name. We compare the providers' answers. For each repository, we count the parts the answer held, such as the stars and the license. We divide that count by the number of parts any provider's answer held for that repository. We don't count a provider's value when two other providers agree on a different value. We skip a provider's 0 when two other providers give a count above 0. A live repository changes between calls. We don't check a count above 0, the last push, the update time, the languages or the recent commits against the other providers' answers. When we compare a provider with the others, a provider with two calls counts as one provider. We leave out a part we can work out from the owner and the name, such as the repository's web address. We leave out a part that is the same on every repository we called. We average each repository's share over all repositories. Each repository counts the same. A repository the call didn't find counts as 0. We compare a provider that ran on fewer repositories with the other providers on those same repositories. A provider can't score higher by running only on easy repositories. We lower the score when we test the call on fewer repositories than the benchmark has.

## Every GitHub repository API provider we score, ranked

1. [Scrappa, $500 pack](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/scrappa/500-pack): Overall score 87.6, Data score 91, $0.238 per 1,000 repositories
2. [Litescrape, top-up from $10, Usage-based](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/litescrape/top-up-from-10-usage-based-get-api-github-repository): Overall score 75.9, Data score 35, $0.15 per 1,000 repositories
3. [ScrapeCreators, $497 pack](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/scrapecreators/497-pack): Overall score 64.6, Data score 63, $0.994 per 1,000 repositories
4. [AnyAPI, top-up from $10](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/anyapi/top-up-from-10): Overall score 57.8, Data score 49, $1.20 per 1,000 repositories
5. [Parse, $300 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/parse/300-monthly): Overall score 40.4, Data score 61, $45.00 per 1,000 repositories

Last updated: November 1, 2026. The page: https://datacircle.dev/best-github-repository-api. Every plan: https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-api-pricing. The benchmark: https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-api-pricing/benchmark.csv.