# glim.sh, free: GitHub repository API

> A github.com URL or `owner/repo` shorthand returns repo + README, files, PRs, issues, discussions and more — inferred from the ref.

glim.sh's GitHub repository API on its Free credit plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 repositories. It returns 6 of the 10 key fields we check: Description, Language, Dates, Stars, Forks, Owner.
We haven't run glim.sh through [our GitHub repository API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-github-repository-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 96 plans for GitHub repository APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.431 per 1,000 repositories or less.
[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.
[Scrappa](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/scrappa/10-pack/llms.txt), [GitHub](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/github/21-monthly/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 the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/glim-sh/free
- [GitHub repository API: 6 providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-github-repository-api.txt)
- Get it: https://glim.sh/app?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=github-repository-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://glim.sh/api/v1/github/get`
- API key: with the plan, on https://glim.sh/app?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=github-repository-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://glim.sh/docs.md?page=github&utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=github-repository-api-pricing
- Sold by: glim.sh (https://glim.sh?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=github-repository-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-05

## In the answer

- Completeness: 60%
- Description: ✓
- Language: ✓
- Dates: ✓
- Stars: ✓
- Forks: ✓
- Owner: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Search tweets with advanced query operators - body param is query · Fetch a tweet with thread context, or a user profile · Search Reddit posts by keyword query · Fetch a Reddit post with comments, subreddit feed, or user · Run a semantic web search with ranked results · Fetch a web page as clean extracted content · Search GitHub repos, conversations, discussions, or code · Search Amazon product listings · Fetch Amazon product details by ASIN · Fetch a cleaned YouTube transcript · Search Telegram channels and indexed public posts · Fetch a public Telegram channel's posts or a post with comments · Search tweets (paginated) - body param is q, not query · Fetch multiple tweets by id (comma-separated ids) · Fetch replies to a tweet · Fetch quote tweets of a tweet · Fetch users who retweeted a tweet · Fetch the full thread context of a tweet · Fetch the attached Twitter article of a tweet · Fetch a single tweet by id · Search Twitter user profiles by keyword · Check the follow relationship between two users · Fetch multiple users by id (comma-separated ids) · Fetch a user's recent tweets · Fetch a user's mentions timeline · Fetch a user's followers · Fetch the accounts a user follows · Fetch a user's verified followers · Fetch a single user profile by @handle or id · Fetch tweets from a list · Fetch the member profiles of a Twitter list · Fetch trending topics (by WOEID) · LLM chat completion (OpenAI-compatible, streaming supported) · Anthropic Messages API compatible LLM inference (streaming supported)

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: A github.com URL or `owner/repo` shorthand returns repo + README, files, PRs, issues, discussions and more — inferred from the ref.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: No unlawful use, and no use that violates the rights of others. Data is retrieved from publicly available sources on your behalf. You are responsible for how you use it, including compliance with the source platforms' terms and applicable law. No attempts to disrupt, overload, or reverse the service's payment gating.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: $1
- Enough for: 500 calls

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: ref. Optional: page, per_page
- Method: POST
- Path: /api/v1/github/get

## About the plan

- Plan: Free credit
- Who can get it: anyone who signs in at glim.sh/app with an email code: new accounts get $1 of free calls

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

full name, description, language, stars, forks, homepage, pushed at, owner, owner type, readme file

## glim.sh's plans (3)

- [glim.sh, free](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/glim-sh/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 60% complete
- [glim.sh, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/glim-sh/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $2.00 per 1,000, 60% complete
- [glim.sh, top-up](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/glim-sh/top-up/llms.txt): $2.00 per 1,000, 60% complete

## glim.sh's calls for this API (1)

- `POST /api/v1/github/get`: [glim.sh, free](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/glim-sh/free/llms.txt)

## glim.sh's APIs (10)

- [glim.sh: Amazon product API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/amazon-product-apis/glim-sh/free/llms.txt)
- [glim.sh: Amazon search API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/amazon-search-apis/glim-sh/free/llms.txt)
- [glim.sh: GitHub repository API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/glim-sh/free/llms.txt)
- [glim.sh: web scraping API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/glim-sh/free/llms.txt)
- [glim.sh: web search API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/glim-sh/free/llms.txt)
- [glim.sh: Reddit post API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-post-apis/glim-sh/free/llms.txt)
- [glim.sh: Telegram channel API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/telegram-channel-apis/glim-sh/free/llms.txt)
- [glim.sh: Telegram channel post API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/telegram-channel-post-apis/glim-sh/free/llms.txt)
- [glim.sh: X profile API pricing, 3 plans, POST /api/v1/twitter/users/{ref}](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/glim-sh/free-credit-post-api-v1-twitter-users-ref/llms.txt)
- [glim.sh: X profile API pricing, 3 plans, POST /api/v1/twitter/get](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/glim-sh/free-credit-post-api-v1-twitter-get/llms.txt)
- [glim.sh: X post API pricing, 3 plans, POST /api/v1/twitter/get](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/glim-sh/free-credit-post-api-v1-twitter-get/llms.txt)
- [glim.sh: X post API pricing, 3 plans, POST /api/v1/twitter/users/{ref}/tweets](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/glim-sh/free-credit-post-api-v1-twitter-users-ref-tweets/llms.txt)

## glim.sh: GitHub repository API alternatives

- [ScrapeAtlas, $19 pack](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/scrapeatlas/19-pack/llms.txt): $1.90 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [Scavio, $4,788 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/scavio/4788-yearly/llms.txt): $1.995 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [Monocrawl, $799 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/monocrawl/799-monthly/llms.txt): $1.998 per 1,000, 80% complete
- [Anysite, $200 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/anysite/200-monthly/llms.txt): $2.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [UnifAPI, top-up, Pay-as-you-go](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/unifapi/top-up-pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $3.00 per 1,000, 100% 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 2026-11-05.

- https://glim.sh?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=github-repository-api-pricing
- https://glim.sh/app?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=github-repository-api-pricing
- https://glim.sh/docs.md?page=changelog&utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=github-repository-api-pricing
- https://glim.sh/docs.md?page=github&utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=github-repository-api-pricing
- https://glim.sh/docs.md?page=introduction&utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=github-repository-api-pricing
- https://glim.sh/docs.md?page=payments&utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=github-repository-api-pricing
- https://glim.sh/llms.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=github-repository-api-pricing
- https://glim.sh/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=github-repository-api-pricing
- https://glim.sh/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=github-repository-api-pricing