# GitHub, free, Unauthenticated: GitHub repository API

> Use the REST API to manage repositories on GitHub.

GitHub's GitHub repository API on its Unauthenticated plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 repositories. It returns all 10 key fields we check: Description, Language, Topics, License, Dates, Stars, Forks, Watchers, Open issues, Owner.
We rank 79 plans by price. [GitHub's $21 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/github/21-monthly/llms.txt) costs the least per 1,000 repositories: as little as $0.0019. GitHub's $21 monthly plan covers up to 10,800,000 repositories a month at no extra cost.
[GitHub](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/github/21-monthly/llms.txt), [Scrappa](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/scrappa/10-pack/llms.txt) and [Litescrape](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/litescrape/top-up-from-10-usage-based-get-api-github-repository/llms.txt) are the best GitHub repository API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/github/free-unauthenticated
- [Best GitHub repository API in 2026: providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-github-repository-api.txt)
- Get it: https://github.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=github-repository-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}`
- API key: not needed
- Its API docs: https://docs.github.com/en/rest/repos/repos?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=github-repository-api-pricing#get-a-repository
- Sold by: GitHub (https://github.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=github-repository-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-02

## In the answer

- Completeness: 100%
- Description: ✓
- Language: ✓
- Topics: ✓
- License: ✓
- Dates: ✓
- Stars: ✓
- Forks: ✓
- Watchers: ✓
- Open issues: ✓
- Owner: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Get a user · Get an organization · List repositories for a user

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Use the REST API to manage repositories on GitHub.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: H. API Terms, GitHub Terms of Service: "You may not share API tokens to exceed GitHub's rate limitations. You may not use the API to download data or Content from GitHub for spamming purposes, including for the purposes of selling GitHub users' personal information, such as to recruiters, headhunters, and job boards. All use of the GitHub API is subject to these Terms of Service and the GitHub Privacy Statement. GitHub may offer subscription-based access to our API for those Users who require high-throughput access or access that would result in resale of GitHub's Service."

## Plan

- Pay: $0

## Rate limit

- Per second: 0.017
- Concurrent: 100
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 0.16 s

## The call

- You send: owner, repo
- Method: GET
- Path: /repos/{owner}/{repo}

## About the plan

- Plan: Unauthenticated
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 46 fields the plan's answer can hold

repository ID, node ID, name, full name, repository URL, description, homepage, owner, owner ID, owner URL, owner picture, owner type, language, topics, license, license name, stars, forks, watchers, open issues, default branch, is fork, archived, private, disabled, size, created at, updated at, pushed at, visibility, has issues, has discussions, has wiki, has pages, mirror URL, subscribers, network count, clone URL, SSH URL, has projects, has downloads, is template, allow forking, web commit signoff required, template repository, parent

## GitHub's plans (3)

- [GitHub, free, Unauthenticated](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/github/free-unauthenticated/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [GitHub, free, Personal access token, GitHub App or OAuth app](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/github/free-personal-access-token-github-app-or-oauth-app/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [GitHub, $21 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/github/21-monthly/llms.txt): $0.0019 per 1,000, 100% complete

## GitHub's calls for this API (1)

- `GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}`: [GitHub, free, Unauthenticated](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/github/free-unauthenticated/llms.txt)

## GitHub's APIs (3)

- [GitHub: GitHub repository API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/github/free-unauthenticated/llms.txt)
- [GitHub: GitHub user repository API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/github-user-repository-apis/github/free-unauthenticated/llms.txt)
- [GitHub: GitHub profile API pricing, 3 plans, GET /users/{username}](https://datacircle.dev/github-profile-apis/github/free-unauthenticated-get-users-username/llms.txt)
- [GitHub: GitHub profile API pricing, 3 plans, GET /orgs/{org}](https://datacircle.dev/github-profile-apis/github/free-unauthenticated-get-orgs-org/llms.txt)

## GitHub: GitHub repository API alternatives

- [Libraries.io, free](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/libraries-io/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 70% complete, stored
- [Litescrape, top-up from $10, Usage-based, GET /api/github/repository](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/litescrape/top-up-from-10-usage-based-get-api-github-repository/llms.txt): $0.15 per 1,000, 70% complete
- [Scrappa, $1,000 pack](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/scrappa/1000-pack/llms.txt): $0.20 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [ReefAPI, $1,200 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/reefapi/1200-yearly/llms.txt): $0.333 per 1,000, 90% complete, live
- [ChocoData, $100 monthly, Custom $100, POST /api/v1/{site}/batch](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/chocodata/100-monthly-custom-100-post-api-v1-site-batch/llms.txt): $0.50 per 1,000, 40% complete, live

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-02.

- https://docs.github.com/en/rest/about-the-rest-api/about-the-rest-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=github-repository-api-pricing
- https://docs.github.com/en/rest/repos/repos?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=github-repository-api-pricing
- https://docs.github.com/en/rest/using-the-rest-api/rate-limits-for-the-rest-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=github-repository-api-pricing
- https://docs.github.com/en/site-policy/github-terms/github-terms-of-service?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=github-repository-api-pricing
- https://github.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=github-repository-api-pricing