NuGet Scraper - .NET Packages & Downloads

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Search NuGet or look up .NET packages by id and get clean rows: total downloads, latest version, authors, owners, tags, verified flag, package types, version count and project / license / icon URLs. Built on the official NuGet search API - no API key, no browser, no proxy. Run one search or import a file of package ids.

What you get per package

Field	Meaning
id / version / title	Package id, latest version and display title
description / summary	Full description and (legacy) summary
totalDownloads / verified	Total downloads and the verified-owner flag
authors / owners	Author and owner lists
tags / packageTypes	Search tags and package types (Dependency, Template, ...)
projectUrl / licenseUrl / iconUrl	Project, license and icon URLs
versionCount / registrationUrl / packageUrl	Number of versions, registration index and the nuget.org page

Input

{ "searchQueries": ["logging", "json"], "maxItemsPerQuery": 50 }

• Search terms - one per line (e.g. json, logging, orm).
• Package ids - fetch exact packages (e.g. Newtonsoft.Json, Serilog).
• Include prerelease - set prerelease to include beta / rc packages.
• Import from a file - paste a list, or link a public .txt/.csv, a Google Sheet/Drive link, or an Apify key-value-store record.
• Output fields - trim every record to exactly the columns you need.

Leave everything empty and the run returns a small free sample so you can see the shape first.

Reliability

Reads the official NuGet SearchQueryService with automatic failover between its two hosts - no key, no proxy, no anti-bot. A search that returns nothing, an unknown package id, or an import that cannot be read bills $0 and says why.

Honest limits

• summary is a legacy field - modern packages fill description and leave summary empty; an honest null/empty when the publisher set none (probed 2026-08-15). description is populated on essentially every package.
• totalDownloads is NuGet's own aggregate across all versions of the package.
• Results are relevance-ranked by NuGet - the search service orders by its own relevance, not a caller-chosen sort.

Pricing

$0.001 per package on the FREE tier (tiered pricing lowers it with volume). Only packages actually saved are billed; empty searches, unknown ids and unreadable imports cost nothing.

Output views

• Packages - id, version, description, total downloads, verified flag and project URL.

Use with AI assistants (MCP)

Available through the Apify MCP server - an agent can find the most-downloaded .NET library for a task, check whether a package is owner-verified, or enrich a list of package ids with versions and project links in one call.

Agent-ready: autonomous payments (x402 & Skyfire)

This actor is agent-ready - AI agents can discover it, run it, and pay for it autonomously, with no Apify account and no human in the loop. It uses pay-per-event pricing and limited permissions, so it qualifies for Apify's agentic-payment standards:

• x402 - an open, HTTP-native payment protocol. Agents pay per run in USDC on the Base network directly through the Apify MCP server - no account, no API key.
• Skyfire - agent-to-service payments for fully autonomous AI-agent workflows.

Building an AI agent, MCP tool, or autonomous data pipeline? This scraper is ready to plug in and pay as it goes.

Automate & schedule

Run this Actor on autopilot and pull results into your own stack:

• Apify API - start runs, fetch datasets and manage schedules over REST.
• apify-client for JavaScript and apify-client for Python - official SDKs.
• Schedules - run it hourly, daily or weekly and keep your dataset current.
• Webhooks - trigger downstream actions (CRM import, Slack alert, email sequence) the moment a run finishes.

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'MY_APIFY_TOKEN' });

const run = await client.actor('scrapesage/nuget-scraper').call({
    "searchQueries": [
        "json"
    ],
    "maxItemsPerQuery": 10
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(`Got ${items.length} records`);

Integrate with any app

Connect the dataset to thousands of apps - no code required:

• Make - multi-step automation scenarios.
• Zapier - push new records straight into your CRM or spreadsheet.
• Slack - get notified when a scheduled run finds something new.
• Google Drive / Sheets - auto-export every run to a spreadsheet.
• Airbyte - pipe results into your data warehouse.
• GitHub - trigger runs from commits or releases.

FAQ

How is this Actor billed? Pay-per-event: you pay only for the results it delivers, with no monthly rental and no start fee. The per-event price is shown on the Pricing tab.

Can I schedule it and get results automatically? Yes - create a Schedule and add a webhook or an integration (Google Sheets, Slack, Make, Zapier) to push each run's dataset wherever you need it.

Which export formats are available? Every run's dataset can be downloaded as JSON, CSV, Excel (XLSX), XML, HTML or RSS from the Apify Console or the API.

Can I run it from code or an AI agent? Yes - through the Apify API and client libraries, or from Claude, ChatGPT and other assistants via the Apify MCP server.

Is it legal to scrape NuGet? This Actor collects publicly available data only. You are responsible for using the output in compliance with applicable laws (including data-protection law where personal data is involved) and the source's terms. See the Disclaimer below.

Is this an official NuGet tool? No. It is an independent, third-party Actor with no affiliation to, endorsement by or sponsorship from Microsoft Corporation. See the Disclaimer below.

Disclaimer

This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Microsoft Corporation or any of its subsidiaries. All trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.

"NuGet" and any related marks are the property of their respective owners and are used here only in a descriptive, nominative sense - to identify the publicly accessible website from which this Actor collects data. This Actor is not an official NuGet product, is not authorised or certified by Microsoft Corporation, and does not distribute NuGet software. It collects only publicly available information; you are responsible for ensuring your use of that data complies with applicable laws, regulations and the terms of the source website.

Need help?

Open an issue on the Actor's Issues tab, or visit the Apify help center. Feature requests are welcome - this Actor is actively maintained.