# ScrapeCreators, free: GitHub repository API

> Get public metadata for one GitHub repository.

ScrapeCreators'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 29 plans by price. [Litescrape's top-up from $10](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/litescrape/top-up-from-10-usage-based-get-api-github-repository/llms.txt) costs the least per 1,000 repositories: $0.15.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/scrapecreators/free
- Get it: https://scrapecreators.com/#pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.scrapecreators.com/v1/github/repository`
- API key: with the plan, on https://scrapecreators.com/#pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.scrapecreators.com/v1/github/repository
- Sold by: ScrapeCreators (https://scrapecreators.com)
- Checked: 2026-10-31

## 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: 198 other calls

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Get public metadata for one GitHub repository.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You agree not to use the Service for: Illegal activities, Harassment or stalking, Surveillance of individuals without lawful basis, Spamming or unsolicited outreach, Political manipulation or disinformation, Violating privacy or data protection laws, Infringing intellectual property rights, Any activity that harms others [...] You are solely responsible for ensuring your use of the Service complies with the terms, policies, and laws applicable to the websites you access.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 100 credits
- Enough for: 100 calls, once
- Expires: may expire or be discontinued at ScrapeCreators' discretion

## Rate limit

- Concurrent: no limit
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: url
- Method: GET
- Path: /v1/github/repository

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone legally able to enter into a binding agreement

## The 33 fields the plan's answer can hold

success, credits remaining, credits consumed, repository ID, node ID, name, full name, owner ID, owner, owner picture, owner URL, owner type, private, repository URL, description, is fork, homepage, language, forks, stars, watchers, size, default branch, open issues, topics, license, license name, archived, disabled, visibility, pushed at, created at, updated at

## ScrapeCreators's plans (4)

- [ScrapeCreators, free](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/scrapecreators/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [ScrapeCreators, $47 pack](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/scrapecreators/47-pack/llms.txt): $1.88 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [ScrapeCreators, $497 pack](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/scrapecreators/497-pack/llms.txt): $0.994 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [ScrapeCreators, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/scrapecreators/contact-us/llms.txt): 100% complete, live

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

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

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- [Captapi, $9 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/captapi/9-monthly/llms.txt): $4.50 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 2026-10-31.

- https://docs.scrapecreators.com/caching
- https://docs.scrapecreators.com/introduction
- https://docs.scrapecreators.com/llms.txt
- https://docs.scrapecreators.com/openapi.json
- https://docs.scrapecreators.com/v1/github/repository
- https://scrapecreators.com/
- https://scrapecreators.com/#pricing
- https://scrapecreators.com/enterprise
- https://scrapecreators.com/linkedin-api
- https://scrapecreators.com/terms