Github Profile Scraper
by saswave
GitHub User Profile Scraper. Extracts data from GitHub profiles, including followers, following, LinkedIn, Twitter, achievements and much more. Ideal ...
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About Github Profile Scraper
GitHub User Profile Scraper. Extracts data from GitHub profiles, including followers, following, LinkedIn, Twitter, achievements and much more. Ideal for developers, researchers, and marketers. From a list of Github profile or a repository stargazers link
What does this actor do?
Github Profile Scraper is a web scraping and automation tool available on the Apify platform. It's designed to help you extract data and automate tasks efficiently in the cloud.
Key Features
- Cloud-based execution - no local setup required
- Scalable infrastructure for large-scale operations
- API access for integration with your applications
- Built-in proxy rotation and anti-blocking measures
- Scheduled runs and webhooks for automation
How to Use
- Click "Try This Actor" to open it on Apify
- Create a free Apify account if you don't have one
- Configure the input parameters as needed
- Run the actor and download your results
Documentation
GitHub Profile Scraper Extract public data from GitHub user profiles and repository stargazers at scale. Powerful data collection for developers, researchers, recruiters, and marketers. This actor scrapes detailed GitHub profile information including social links, achievements, activity stats, organizations, pinned repositories, and bio data. ## 🚀 Features ## 🔎 GitHub Profile Scraping Scrape any public GitHub profile and collect: Username Full name Bio description Location Website(s) Email (if public) GitHub achievements Followers & following Contribution statistics Sponsorship history Pinned repositories README profile content Highlight badges First commit year ## ⭐ Repository Stargazers Extraction Pass a GitHub repository URL and automatically extract all stargazer profiles. Use this for: Identifying project supporters Competitor audience analysis Developer lead generation Influencer discovery Community building ## 🔗 Social Profiles Detection Automatically extracts external profiles if available: LinkedIn X (Twitter) Personal website or blog ## ⚡ Built for Automation Supports: Batch processing Apify schedules Webhook deliveries Integration-ready JSON output ## How to extract cookies from your browser - install EditThisCookie chrome extension - login to your account and go to your linkedin feed page - Use the extension and click "export" - Paste the cookies in the input "cookies" from the actor The apify documentation has a tutorial on how to do it with screenshots, https://docs.apify.com/tutorials/log-in-by-transferring-cookies#export-your-cookies go to the export your cookies section ## WHY PROVIDE COOKIE Some profile have private email, only visible when logged in Providing cookie session will help you extract more contact informations ## Outputs json { "user": "https://github.com/rasbt", "name": "Sebastian Raschka", "username": "rasbt", "followers": "19.9k", "following": "39", "bio": "Machine Learning and AI researcher & currently research engineer at a startup", "location": "Madison, WI", "emails": [], "organization": "@Lightning-AI", "websites": [ "https://magazine.sebastianraschka.com" ], "other_socials":[], "achievements": [ "Mars 2020 Contributor", "Public Sponsor", "YOLO", "Starstruck", "Pull Shark", "Pair Extraordinaire", "Galaxy Brain", "Arctic Code Vault Contributor", "Quickdraw" ], "sponsoring": [], "last_year_contribution_number": "1444", "X": "https://twitter.com/rasbt", "LinkedIn": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebastianraschka/", "highlights": [ "Pro" ], "organization_followed": [ "https://github.com/conda-forge", "https://github.com/psa-lab", "https://github.com/iPRoBe-lab", "https://github.com/Raschka-research-group", "https://github.com/BioPandas" ], "first_year_commit": "2013", "pinned_repos": [ { "name": "LLMs-from-scratch", "url": "https://github.com/rasbt/LLMs-from-scratch", "description": "Implementing a ChatGPT-like LLM from scratch, step by step", "languages": [ "Jupyter Notebook" ], "stars": "11.3k", "forks": "904" } ], "readme": [ "Hi there, I am Sebastian 👋", "and I am a machine learning and AI researcher with a strong passion for education!", "⚡️ As Staff Research Engineer at", "Lightning AI", ", I am working on the intersection of AI research, software development, and large language models (LLMs).", "🎓 Previously, I was an Assistant Professor of Statistics at the", "University of Wisconsin-Madison", "(tenure track 2018-2025) until 2022, focusing on deep learning and machine learning research.", "🎮 But most of all, I am a passionate coder who loves open-source software!", "📖 I also love writing and authored several books!", "(Links and more info", "here", ".)", "If you are interested in more details, check out", "my website", "!", "Socials", "I am also more active on social platforms than I should be!", "📝 Substack Blog", "Ahead of AI", "👨💻 Twitter", "(@rasbt)", "🖇️ LinkedIn", "in/sebastianraschka" ] } ## 🎯 Use Cases Ideal for: Developer recruitment Lead intelligence Marketing segmentation Open-source intelligence (OSINT) Community analytics Influencer research Startup scouting Sales automation ## ✅ Benefits ✅ No GitHub API key required ✅ No login needed ✅ Works on public profiles ✅ Automation ready ✅ High data completeness ✅ Easy to scale ## 🛟 SUPPORT Share your runs with the developer team and create issues on error to help us improve actor quality. You might discover edge case we didn't test yet We stay available anytime
Categories
Common Use Cases
Market Research
Gather competitive intelligence and market data
Lead Generation
Extract contact information for sales outreach
Price Monitoring
Track competitor pricing and product changes
Content Aggregation
Collect and organize content from multiple sources
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- Developer
- saswave
- Pricing
- Paid
- Total Runs
- 1,485
- Active Users
- 132
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