Github Trending

GitHub Trending

Fetch trending repositories from GitHub with project names, URLs, descriptions, and statistics.

Usage

Run the scraping script:

python3 scripts/scrape_trending.py [options]

Options:

• --lang <language> - Filter by language (e.g., python, javascript, go)
• --since <daily|weekly|monthly> - Time range (default: daily)
• --format <markdown|json> - Output format (default: markdown)
• --readme - Include README summary for each repo (slower, fetches detailed info)
• --limit <n> - Limit number of repos to fetch (0 = all, default: 0)

Examples

Get daily trending:

python3 scripts/scrape_trending.py

Get weekly trending Python projects:

python3 scripts/scrape_trending.py --lang python --since weekly

Get top 5 repos with README details:

python3 scripts/scrape_trending.py --readme --limit 5

Get JSON output for processing:

python3 scripts/scrape_trending.py --format json

Output Fields

Each repository includes:

• path - Owner/repo name (e.g., facebook/react)
• url - Full GitHub URL
• description - Project description
• language - Primary programming language
• stars - Total star count
• forks - Total fork count
• stars_today - Stars gained today