# ScrapeAtlas, free: GitHub repository API

> Retrieve repository identity, owner, stars, forks, subscribers, topics, license and feature flags, choose native, normalized or camelCase fields with format. Use view=languages for language byte shares, view=report for metadata with README, recent releases and top issues, or view=top-issues for the most-reacted and most-discussed issues.

ScrapeAtlas's GitHub repository API on its Free 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.
[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 our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/scrapeatlas/free
- [Best GitHub repository API in 2026: providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-github-repository-api.txt)
- Get it: https://scrapeatlas.com/linkedin-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=github-repository-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.scrapeatlas.com/v1/github/repository`
- API key: with the plan, on https://scrapeatlas.com/linkedin-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=github-repository-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://scrapeatlas.com/docs/platforms/github/repository/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=github-repository-api-pricing
- Sold by: ScrapeAtlas (https://scrapeatlas.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=github-repository-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-03

## 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: 370 other calls

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Retrieve repository identity, owner, stars, forks, subscribers, topics, license and feature flags, choose native, normalized or camelCase fields with format. Use view=languages for language byte shares, view=report for metadata with README, recent releases and top issues, or view=top-issues for the most-reacted and most-discussed issues.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: While you comply with these terms, you may access ScrapeAtlas for lawful research, internal operations, and applications you build for your users. This permission is limited, non-exclusive and subject to your account's applicable limits. It does not transfer ownership of our software, branding or documentation. [...] Obtain any permissions, notices and lawful basis required for your collection, storage, analysis and distribution of that content, and comply with applicable source-platform terms. Contact us before reselling access to ScrapeAtlas itself or offering an unmodified proxy of our API as a competing service. Do not use ScrapeAtlas to break the law, infringe rights, commit fraud, distribute spam, deceive people, or facilitate harassment, stalking or doxxing. Do not build biometric-identification databases, re-identify anonymized people, or profile individuals using sensitive personal characteristics. Unlawful surveillance or discriminatory decision-making is prohibited. Do not use the service to bypass source-platform login requirements, paywalls or access restrictions, or continue access you are not authorized to undertake. Do not request private messages or login-restricted information, supply stolen credentials, defeat our authentication or usage limits, create accounts to exploit allowances, or interfere with service security or availability. These terms do not restrict rights that applicable law makes non-waivable. We may investigate suspected misuse and restrict access when reasonably necessary to protect people or the service.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 100 credits
- Enough for: 100 calls, once
- Expires: never

## Rate limit

- Concurrent: 4
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: url. Optional: format, view
- Method: GET
- Path: /v1/github/repository

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone at least 18 and legally able to enter the agreement, a business's account holder must be authorized to bind it

## The 44 fields the plan's answer can hold

success, status, request ID, fetched at, warnings, repository ID, node ID, name, full name, owner, owner ID, owner picture, owner URL, owner type, private, description, is fork, homepage, language, forks, watchers, size, default branch, open issues, topics, license, license name, archived, disabled, visibility, pushed at, created at, updated at, repository URL, stars, subscribers, network count, has issues, has discussions, has wiki, has pages, is template, parent, source repository

## ScrapeAtlas's plans (5)

- [ScrapeAtlas, free](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/scrapeatlas/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [ScrapeAtlas, $19 pack](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/scrapeatlas/19-pack/llms.txt): $1.90 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [ScrapeAtlas, $89 pack](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/scrapeatlas/89-pack/llms.txt): $1.78 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [ScrapeAtlas, $249 pack](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/scrapeatlas/249-pack/llms.txt): $1.245 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [ScrapeAtlas, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/scrapeatlas/contact-us/llms.txt): 100% complete

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

- `GET /v1/github/repository`: [ScrapeAtlas, free](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/scrapeatlas/free/llms.txt)

## ScrapeAtlas's APIs (29)

- [ScrapeAtlas: Bluesky post API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/bluesky-post-apis/scrapeatlas/free/llms.txt)
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- [ScrapeAtlas: Facebook post API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/facebook-post-apis/scrapeatlas/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeAtlas: GitHub profile API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/github-profile-apis/scrapeatlas/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeAtlas: GitHub repository API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/scrapeatlas/free/llms.txt)
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- [ScrapeAtlas: LinkedIn profile API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/scrapeatlas/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeAtlas: LinkedIn post details API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-details-apis/scrapeatlas/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeAtlas: LinkedIn post search API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-search-apis/scrapeatlas/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeAtlas: Reddit post API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-post-apis/scrapeatlas/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeAtlas: Reddit profile API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-profile-apis/scrapeatlas/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeAtlas: Snapchat profile API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/snapchat-profile-apis/scrapeatlas/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeAtlas: Telegram channel API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/telegram-channel-apis/scrapeatlas/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeAtlas: Telegram channel post API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/telegram-channel-post-apis/scrapeatlas/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeAtlas: Threads post API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/threads-post-apis/scrapeatlas/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeAtlas: Threads profile API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/threads-profile-apis/scrapeatlas/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeAtlas: TikTok profile API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-profile-apis/scrapeatlas/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeAtlas: TikTok video API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-video-apis/scrapeatlas/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeAtlas: Twitch clip API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/twitch-clip-apis/scrapeatlas/free/llms.txt)
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## ScrapeAtlas: GitHub repository API alternatives

- [AnyAPI, top-up from $10](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/anyapi/top-up-from-10/llms.txt): $1.20 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [Anysite, $549 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/anysite/549-monthly/llms.txt): $1.292 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [Bright Data, $499 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/bright-data/499-monthly/llms.txt): $1.30 per 1,000, 60% complete, live
- [FetchGoblin, top-up from $500](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/fetchgoblin/top-up-from-500/llms.txt): $1.342 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 2026-11-03.

- https://scrapeatlas.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=github-repository-api-pricing
- https://scrapeatlas.com/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=github-repository-api-pricing
- https://scrapeatlas.com/docs/platforms/github/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=github-repository-api-pricing
- https://scrapeatlas.com/docs/platforms/github/repository/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=github-repository-api-pricing
- https://scrapeatlas.com/linkedin-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=github-repository-api-pricing
- https://scrapeatlas.com/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=github-repository-api-pricing