# Libraries.io, free: GitHub profile API

> Get information for a given user or organization.

Libraries.io's GitHub profile API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 profiles. It returns 6 of the 7 key fields we check: Bio, Company, Location, Links, Contact, Followers.
We rank 50 plans by price. [Litescrape's top-up from $10](https://datacircle.dev/github-profile-apis/litescrape/top-up-from-10-usage-based-get-api-github-user/llms.txt) costs the least per 1,000 profiles: $0.15.
[Scrappa](https://datacircle.dev/github-profile-apis/scrappa/500-pack/llms.txt), [ReefAPI](https://datacircle.dev/github-profile-apis/reefapi/450-quarterly-enterprise-quarterly-post-github-v1-user/llms.txt) and [Litescrape](https://datacircle.dev/github-profile-apis/litescrape/top-up-from-10-usage-based-get-api-github-user/llms.txt) are the best GitHub profile API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/github-profile-apis/libraries-io/free
- [Best GitHub profile API in 2026: pricing compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-github-profile-api.txt)
- Get it: https://libraries.io
- Request: `GET https://libraries.io/api/github/{login}`
- API key: with the plan, on https://libraries.io
- Its API docs: https://libraries.io/api#user
- Sold by: Libraries.io (https://libraries.io)
- Checked: 2026-10-31

## In the answer

- Completeness: 86%
- Bio: ✓
- Company: ✓
- Location: ✓
- Links: ✓
- Contact: ✓
- Followers: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 profiles: $0.00
- Per: call
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Platforms · Project · Project Dependencies · Project Dependents · Project Dependent Repositories · Project Contributors · Project SourceRank · Project Search · Repository · Repository Dependencies · Repository Projects · User Repositories · User Packages · User Packages Contributions

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Get information for a given user or organization.

## Data

- Freshness: stored
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You may not use the service for any illegal or unauthorized purpose. [...] Data provided by the Service is licensed to you under version 4.0 of the Creative Commons Attribution, Share Alike license (CC BY-SA). This license grants permissive rights for users to use the data commercially, and to create and distribute derivative works, but places certain conditions on redistribution of the data, including on attribution and the terms the data can be redistributed under. Full details of the permissions granted and conditions set by the license can be found here. You may comply with Sec. 3(1)(A)(i) of CC BY-SA by using the text 'includes data gathered by Libraries.io' in your publication or 'powered by Libraries.io' if providing a service. [...] You agree not to misuse or interfere with the normal operation of the service. Examples of such interference or unauthorized access can include: (i) scanning or searching the services by any means (automated or otherwise) other than through our currently available, documented interfaces intended for such purposes, unless you have been specifically allowed to do so in these terms, our robots.txt, or in a separate written agreement, (ii) disruption of the use or access of any user, host or network, including, without limitation, overloading, flooding, or spamming the services, or (iii) circumventing any rate limits in place on the service, such as those described in our documentation.

## Plan

- Pay: $0

## Rate limit

- Per second: 1
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: login
- Method: GET
- Path: /api/github/{login}

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone aged 13 or over with a Libraries.io account, a human ("Accounts registered by 'bots' or other automated methods are not permitted")

## The 17 fields the plan's answer can hold

user ID, record ID, username, account type, created at, updated at, name, company, website, location, hidden, last synced, email, bio, followers, following, host type

## Libraries.io's plans (2)

- [Libraries.io, free](https://datacircle.dev/github-profile-apis/libraries-io/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 86% complete, stored
- [Libraries.io, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/github-profile-apis/libraries-io/contact-us/llms.txt): 86% complete, stored

## Libraries.io's calls for this API (1)

- `GET /api/github/{login}`: [Libraries.io, free](https://datacircle.dev/github-profile-apis/libraries-io/free/llms.txt)

## Libraries.io's APIs (3)

- [Libraries.io: GitHub profile API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/github-profile-apis/libraries-io/free/llms.txt)
- [Libraries.io: GitHub repository API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/libraries-io/free/llms.txt)
- [Libraries.io: GitHub user repository API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/github-user-repository-apis/libraries-io/free/llms.txt)

## Libraries.io: GitHub profile API alternatives

- [Scrappa, free](https://datacircle.dev/github-profile-apis/scrappa/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 86% complete
- [ReefAPI, free, POST /github/v1/user](https://datacircle.dev/github-profile-apis/reefapi/free-post-github-v1-user/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [Litescrape, free, 5 free calls, GET /api/github/user](https://datacircle.dev/github-profile-apis/litescrape/free-5-free-calls-get-api-github-user/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 86% complete
- [AnyAPI, free trial key](https://datacircle.dev/github-profile-apis/anyapi/free-trial-key/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 86% complete

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-10-31.

- https://libraries.io
- https://libraries.io/api
- https://libraries.io/terms