# GitHub, free, Unauthenticated: GitHub user repository API

> Lists public repositories for the specified user.

GitHub's GitHub user repository API on its Unauthenticated plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 repositories. It returns all 8 key fields we check: Description, Language, Topics, License, Dates, Stars, Forks, Open issues.
We rank 49 plans by price. [GitHub's $21 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/github-user-repository-apis/github/21-monthly/llms.txt) costs the least per 1,000 repositories: as little as $0.000019. GitHub's $21 monthly plan covers up to 10,800,000 pages a month at no extra cost. Each page holds 100 repositories.
[Scrappa](https://datacircle.dev/github-user-repository-apis/scrappa/500-pack/llms.txt), [GitHub](https://datacircle.dev/github-user-repository-apis/github/21-monthly/llms.txt) and [ScrapingIsNotACrime](https://datacircle.dev/github-user-repository-apis/scrapingisnotacrime/199-pack/llms.txt) are the best GitHub user repositories API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/github-user-repository-apis/github/free-unauthenticated
- [Best GitHub user repositories API in 2026](https://datacircle.dev/best-github-user-repository-api.txt)
- Get it: https://github.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=github-user-repository-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.github.com/users/{username}/repos`
- 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-user-repository-api-pricing#list-repositories-for-a-user
- Sold by: GitHub (https://github.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=github-user-repository-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-02

## In the answer

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

## Price

- $ per 1,000 repositories: $0.00
- Per: page of 100
- Billing: free

## Charges

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

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Lists public repositories for the specified user.

## 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

## Speed

- Median: 0.95 s

## The call

- You send: username. Optional: type, sort, direction, per_page, page
- Method: GET
- Path: /users/{username}/repos

## About the plan

- Plan: Unauthenticated
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 44 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

## GitHub's plans (3)

- [GitHub, free, Unauthenticated](https://datacircle.dev/github-user-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-user-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-user-repository-apis/github/21-monthly/llms.txt): $0.000019 per 1,000, 100% complete

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

- `GET /users/{username}/repos`: [GitHub, free, Unauthenticated](https://datacircle.dev/github-user-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 user repository API alternatives

- [AnyAPI, free trial key](https://datacircle.dev/github-user-repository-apis/anyapi/free-trial-key/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [Scrappa, $1,000 pack](https://datacircle.dev/github-user-repository-apis/scrappa/1000-pack/llms.txt): $0.002 per 1,000, 75% complete
- [ReefAPI, $1,200 yearly, Enterprise yearly, POST /github/v1/user_repos](https://datacircle.dev/github-user-repository-apis/reefapi/1200-yearly-enterprise-yearly-post-github-v1-user-repos/llms.txt): $0.0033 per 1,000, 75% complete, live
- [ScrapeAtlas, $249 pack](https://datacircle.dev/github-user-repository-apis/scrapeatlas/249-pack/llms.txt): $0.013 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [Monocrawl, $7,668 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/github-user-repository-apis/monocrawl/7668-yearly/llms.txt): $0.016 per 1,000, 75% 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 2026-11-02.

- https://docs.github.com/en/rest/about-the-rest-api/about-the-rest-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=github-user-repository-api-pricing
- https://docs.github.com/en/rest/repos/repos?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=github-user-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-user-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-user-repository-api-pricing
- https://github.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=github-user-repository-api-pricing