# GithubTrends, free: GitHub repository API

> Free, no key required. Static JSON, regenerated daily with the site.

GithubTrends' Public data API plan for the GitHub repository API costs $0.00 per 1,000 repositories. We check each provider's docs for 10 fields. GithubTrends' docs list 2: Language, Stars.
You get as many calls as you like.
In [our GitHub repository API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-github-repository-api.txt), this plan scores 52.0 out of 100. GithubTrends ranks 15th of 16 providers.
We rank 170 plans for GitHub repository APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.431 or less per 1,000 repositories. This plan has the lowest price per 1,000 repositories of the 170 plans. [47 GitHub repository API plans on our price sheet are free.](https://datacircle.dev/best-github-repository-api.txt) [GithubTrends' free plan](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/githubtrends/free/llms.txt) scores highest of the free plans in our benchmark, at 52.0 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/githubtrends/free
- [GitHub repository API in 2026: the 16 best of 50+ compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-github-repository-api.txt)
- Get it: https://githubtrends.app/api/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=github-repository-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://githubtrends.app/api/v1/repos/{owner}/{repo}.json`
- API key: not needed
- Its API docs: https://githubtrends.app/api/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=github-repository-api-pricing
- Sold by: GithubTrends (https://githubtrends.app?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=github-repository-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-09

## In the answer

- Completeness: 20%
- Language: ✓
- Stars: ✓ 1 week

## Score

- Overall score: 52.0
- Price score: 100
- Accuracy score: 2
- Cost to get started score: 100
- Bundle score: 0
- Performance score: 63

## 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: Free, no key required. Static JSON, regenerated daily with the site.

## Data

- Freshness: 1 day (stars: 1 week)
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: Open data licence: "Cite it, build on it, or just explore. Attribution appreciated but not required."

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- Enough for: no limit

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 0.16 s

## The call

- You send: owner, repo
- Method: GET
- Path: /api/v1/repos/{owner}/{repo}.json

## About the plan

- Plan: Public data API
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 10 fields the plan's answer can hold

full name, stars, stars at coverage, language, first covered date, videos, star history, page URL, repository URL, still on GitHub

## GithubTrends' plans (1)

- [GithubTrends, free](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/githubtrends/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 20% complete, 1 day (stars: 1 week)

## GithubTrends' calls (1)

- `GET /api/v1/repos/{owner}/{repo}.json`: [GithubTrends, free](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/githubtrends/free/llms.txt)

## GithubTrends' APIs (1)

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

## GithubTrends: GitHub repository API alternatives

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

We list other providers' plans closest to this plan in price per 1,000 repositories. Each plan in the list gives live data or data at most a day old.

- [ReefAPI, free](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/reefapi/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 90% complete, live
- [Zapi, free](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/zapi/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, 1 hour
- [ScrapeCreators, free](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/scrapecreators/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [FetchGoblin, free](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/fetchgoblin/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% 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 2026-11-09.

- https://githubtrends.app/api/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=github-repository-api-pricing
- https://githubtrends.app/api/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=github-repository-api-pricing
- https://githubtrends.app/llms.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=github-repository-api-pricing
- https://githubtrends.app/privacy/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=github-repository-api-pricing