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deps.dev GitHub repository API pricing

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50% complete: 5 of the 10 fields on our checklistSee the 10 fields
$0.00per 1,000 repositoriesIn our GitHub repository API benchmark, this plan scores 58.3 out of 100. deps.dev ranks 15th of 17 providers.We rank 171 plans for GitHub repository APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.393 or less per 1,000 repositories. This plan and 1 other tie for the lowest price per 1,000 repositories of the 171 plans. 51 GitHub repository API plans on our price sheet are free. deps.dev's free plan scores highest of the free plans in our benchmark, at 58.3 out of 100.Agent Margin Router's $199 monthly plan covers any number of repositories, and costs more up front than Zapi's Rp399,000 (about $22) monthly plan.Scrappa, ReefAPI and Pushbuild are the best GitHub repository API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.
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Plan: deps.dev API deps.dev's only plan
Call: GET /v3/projects/{projectKey.id} deps.dev's only call
API: GitHub repository API deps.dev's only API

About this item

  • Stored. You get repositories from deps.dev's copy of GitHub. deps.dev doesn't say how old the copy is.
  • 5 of the 10 fields on our checklist. Description, License, Stars, Forks, Open issues.
  • Nothing to pay. deps.dev limits how many calls you get but gives no number.
  • One call. You call GET /v3/projects/{projectKey.id}. You send projectKey.id, github.com/user/repo and percent-encoded. The call returns the repository's details.
  • Anyone can get it. Keep data: no limit. Use data: with conditions.

deps.dev: GitHub repository API alternatives

deps.dev alternatives: every GitHub repository API provider ranked

We list other providers' plans closest to this plan in price per 1,000 repositories.

This plandeps.dev, freeScrappa, freeReefAPI, freeLitescrape, free, 5 free calls, GET /api/github/repositoryLibraries.io, free
$ per 1,000 repositories$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00
Completeness50%100%90%70%70%
Billingfreefreefreefreefree
Pay$0$0$0$0$0
Enough fornot published500 calls a month1,000 calls5 calls, oncenot published
Freshnessstoredunknownliveunknownstored
Who can get itanyoneanyone 18 or overanyoneanyoneanyone aged 13 or over with a Libraries.io account, a human ("Accounts registered by 'bots' or other automated methods are not permitted")

Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-14.

  1. deps.dev/
  2. developers.google.com/terms
  3. docs.deps.dev/api/v3/
  4. docs.deps.dev/faq/

Product details

The key fields this plan's answer can hold, then each filled column in its row on the sheet.

  • Description
  • Language, not in the answer
  • Topics, not in the answer
  • License
  • Dates, not in the answer
  • Stars
  • Forks
  • Watchers, not in the answer
  • Open issues
  • Owner, not in the answer
Score
Overall score58.3
Price score100
Accuracy score10
Cost to get started score100
Bundle score0
Performance score100
Price
$ per 1,000 repositories$0.00
Percall
Billingfree
Charges
Also pays fornothing else
Not found
$ per 1,000 calls that find nothing$0.00
In their words
Their pitchThe deps.dev API provides access to Open Source Insights data. It can be used by tool builders, researchers, and tinkerers [...]
Data
Freshnessstored
Keep datano limit
Use dataUse of the deps.dev API is subject to the Google API Terms of Service. Clients are expressly permitted to cache data served by the API. [...] When using the APIs, you may not (or allow those acting on your behalf to): Sublicense an API for use by a third party. Consequently, you will not create an API Client that functions substantially the same as the APIs and offer it for use by third parties.
Plan
Pay$0
Rate limit
Batch1
Speed
Answerin the call
Median0.08 s
The call
You sendprojectKey.id, github.com/user/repo, percent-encoded
MethodGET
Path/v3/projects/{projectKey.id}
About the plan
Plandeps.dev API
Who can get itanyone
The 9 fields the plan's answer can hold

repository URL, open issues, stars, forks, license, description, homepage, scorecard, lines of code

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