# deps.dev, free: GitHub repository API

> The deps.dev API provides access to Open Source Insights data. It can be used by tool builders, researchers, and tinkerers [...]

deps.dev's deps.dev API plan for the GitHub repository API costs $0.00 per 1,000 repositories. We check each provider's docs for 10 fields. deps.dev's docs list 5: Description, License, Stars, Forks, Open issues.
deps.dev limits how many calls you get but gives no number.
In [our GitHub repository API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-github-repository-api.txt), 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.](https://datacircle.dev/best-github-repository-api.txt) [deps.dev's free plan](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/deps-dev/free/llms.txt) scores highest of the free plans in our benchmark, at 58.3 out of 100.
[Agent Margin Router's $199 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/agent-margin-router/199-monthly/llms.txt) covers any number of repositories, and costs more up front than Zapi's Rp399,000 (about $22) monthly plan.
[Scrappa](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/scrappa/10-pack/llms.txt), [ReefAPI](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/reefapi/450-quarterly/llms.txt) and [Pushbuild](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/pushbuild/top-up/llms.txt) are the best GitHub repository API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/deps-dev/free
- [GitHub repository API in 2026: the best of 40+ APIs compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-github-repository-api.txt)
- Get it: https://docs.deps.dev/api/v3/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=github-repository-api-pricing#getproject
- Request: `GET https://api.deps.dev/v3/projects/{projectKey.id}`
- API key: not needed
- Its API docs: https://docs.deps.dev/api/v3/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=github-repository-api-pricing#getproject
- Sold by: deps.dev (https://deps.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=github-repository-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-14

## In the answer

- Completeness: 50%
- Description: ✓
- License: ✓
- Stars: ✓
- Forks: ✓
- Open issues: ✓

## Score

- Overall score: 58.3
- Price score: 100
- Accuracy score: 10
- Cost to get started score: 100
- Bundle score: 0
- Performance score: 100

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: nothing else

## Not found

- $ per 1,000 calls that find nothing: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: The deps.dev API provides access to Open Source Insights data. It can be used by tool builders, researchers, and tinkerers [...]

## Data

- Freshness: stored
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: Use 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

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 0.08 s

## The call

- You send: projectKey.id, github.com/user/repo, percent-encoded
- Method: GET
- Path: /v3/projects/{projectKey.id}

## About the plan

- Plan: deps.dev API
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 9 fields the plan's answer can hold

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

## deps.dev's plans (1)

- [deps.dev, free](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/deps-dev/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 50% complete, stored

## deps.dev's calls (1)

- `GET /v3/projects/{projectKey.id}`: [deps.dev, free](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/deps-dev/free/llms.txt)

## deps.dev's APIs (1)

- [deps.dev GitHub repository API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/deps-dev/free/llms.txt)

## deps.dev: GitHub repository API alternatives

[deps.dev alternatives: every GitHub repository API provider ranked](https://datacircle.dev/deps-dev-alternatives.txt)

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

- [Scrappa, free](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/scrappa/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [ReefAPI, free](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/reefapi/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 90% complete, live
- [Litescrape, free, 5 free calls, GET /api/github/repository](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/litescrape/free-5-free-calls-get-api-github-repository/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 70% complete
- [Libraries.io, free](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/libraries-io/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 70% complete, stored

## 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.

- https://deps.dev/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=github-repository-api-pricing
- https://developers.google.com/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=github-repository-api-pricing
- https://docs.deps.dev/api/v3/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=github-repository-api-pricing
- https://docs.deps.dev/faq/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=github-repository-api-pricing