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Alex Spinov
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GitHub's Free API — Search Repos, Track Stars, Analyze Tech Trends (No Token)

GitHub's REST API gives you access to public repository data, user profiles, and search — without any authentication token.

No-Auth Endpoints

Search repositories:

https://api.github.com/search/repositories?q=web+scraping+language:javascript&sort=stars
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Get repo details:

https://api.github.com/repos/cheeriojs/cheerio
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User profiles:

https://api.github.com/users/torvalds
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Trending (via search):

https://api.github.com/search/repositories?q=created:>2026-03-01&sort=stars&order=desc
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Rate Limits

  • Without auth: 60 requests/hour (enough for research)
  • With a free personal token: 5,000 requests/hour

What GitHub Data Reveals

Technology landscape. Sort by stars → see what developers actually use. Compare stars between competing frameworks.

Open-source activity. Fork count = developer interest. Recent commits = active maintenance.

Hiring signals. Companies with active GitHub repos are investing in engineering.

Market timing. A repo going from 100 → 5,000 stars in a month = technology inflection point.

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