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BytesAgain β€Ί Skills β€Ί GitHub Trending Scraper
πŸ¦€ ClawHub

GitHub Trending Scraper

by @yes999zc

Scrape GitHub Trending repos into structured JSON. Use when the user asks about GitHub trending, hottest repos, trending repositories, what's popular on GitH...

Versionv1.0.0
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πŸ’‘ Examples

# All languages, today, top 25
python3 scripts/github_trending.py
Python repos, this week, top 10

python3 scripts/github_trending.py --language python --since weekly --top 10
Save to file

python3 scripts/github_trending.py -o /tmp/github-trending.json

βš™οΈ Configuration

| Flag | Short | Default | Description | |------|-------|---------|-------------| | --language | -l | all | Filter by language (python, rust, go, javascript, etc.) | | --since | -s | daily | Time range: daily, weekly, monthly | | --top | -n | 25 | Number of repos to return | | --output | -o | stdout | Output file path | | --compact | | | Minified JSON output |

πŸ“‹ Tips & Best Practices

  • No API key required; scrapes the public GitHub Trending page
  • Rate limit: reasonable use only; avoid rapid repeated calls
  • Some repos (e.g. sponsors/username) may show 0 stars/forks due to GitHub page structure

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    TERMINAL
    clawhub install github-trending-scraper

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