# GitHub Profile Scraper (`gio21/github-profile-scraper`) Actor

Scrape public GitHub user profile pages: name, bio, company, location, website, followers/following, public repo count, and pinned repos.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/gio21/github-profile-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Gio](https://apify.com/gio21) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$3.00 / 1,000 profile scrapeds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## GitHub Profile Scraper

Scrape **public GitHub user profiles** — no login, no API token, no rate-limit headaches from the GitHub REST API. Returns name, bio, company, location, website, Twitter/X handle, followers/following counts, public repo count, and pinned repo names.

### Input

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `username` | string | A single GitHub username, e.g. `torvalds` |
| `usernames` | array | Optional: several usernames at once |
| `maxItems` | integer | Max profiles to scrape (default 20) |

Example:

```json
{
    "usernames": ["torvalds", "gaearon", "sindresorhus"],
    "maxItems": 20
}
```

### Output

```json
{
    "username": "torvalds",
    "name": "Linus Torvalds",
    "bio": null,
    "company": "Linux Foundation",
    "location": "Portland, OR",
    "websiteUrl": null,
    "twitterHandle": null,
    "followers": 235000,
    "following": 0,
    "publicRepos": 9,
    "pinnedRepos": ["linux", "subsurface-for-dirk", "test-tlb"],
    "profileUrl": "https://github.com/torvalds",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-07-17T00:00:00.000Z"
}
```

### Common uses

- Sourcing/recruiting research on developers
- Enriching a list of GitHub usernames with profile metadata
- Tracking follower growth or pinned-repo changes over time
- Open-source contributor and maintainer research

### Notes

If a username doesn't exist, the output row for it will contain `error: "not-found"` instead of profile fields. Follower/following/repo counts are read from GitHub's exact `title` attribute when available, falling back to parsing abbreviated display text (e.g. "1.2k") otherwise.

### Pricing

$3.00 per 1,000 results (pay-per-event, $0.003/profile). Comparable actors in this niche range $2-9 per 1,000 results (github-profile-finder $2/1k, github-profile-scraper $5/1k, github-profile-reverse-lookup-scraper $9/1k).

# Actor input Schema

## `username` (type: `string`):

A single GitHub username, e.g. "torvalds".

## `usernames` (type: `array`):

Optional: several GitHub usernames at once.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of profiles to scrape.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "username": "torvalds",
  "maxItems": 20
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "username": "torvalds",
    "maxItems": 20
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("gio21/github-profile-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "username": "torvalds",
    "maxItems": 20,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("gio21/github-profile-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "username": "torvalds",
  "maxItems": 20
}' |
apify call gio21/github-profile-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,gio21/github-profile-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/L0mL0HFfDdrWI1act/builds/qHePgLLfwFTMKmd53/openapi.json