Social Fetch
GitHub

List trending GitHub repositories

List trending GitHub repositories for a language and time window.

Use `since` (`daily`, `weekly`, `monthly`) and optional `language` / `spokenLanguageCode` to narrow results. For trending developers instead of repositories, use the trending developers endpoint.

An empty `data.repositories` array means GitHub returned no trending repositories for the selected filters.

GET/v1/github/trending/repositories
1credit
x-api-key*stringheader

API key (`sfk_...`)

Parameters
3
languagestringquery

Optional coding language filter.

min 1 chars

sincestringquery

Trending time window. Defaults to daily when omitted.

one of: daily, weekly, monthly

spokenLanguageCodestringquery

Optional spoken language code filter.

min 1 chars

Response fields
25

Endpoint-specific response payload.

datasince
string

Trending time window applied to this response.

one of: daily, weekly, monthly

datalanguage
stringnullable

Coding language filter applied to this response, or null when unfiltered.

dataspokenLanguageCode
stringnullable

Spoken language filter applied to this response, or null when unfiltered.

Trending GitHub repositories for the selected filters, in rank order.

datarepositories[]rank
integer

Position on the trending repositories page.

≥ 0

datarepositories[]owner
string

Repository owner login.

datarepositories[]repo
string

Repository name without the owner prefix.

datarepositories[]fullName
string

Full repository name in `owner/repo` form.

datarepositories[]url
string

Canonical public repository URL.

min 1 chars

datarepositories[]description
stringnullable

Repository description when available.

datarepositories[]language
stringnullable

Primary language label when available.

datarepositories[]languageColor
stringnullable

Hex color for the language badge when available.

datarepositories[]starsCount
integernullable

Total star count when available.

≥ 0

datarepositories[]forksCount
integernullable

Total fork count when available.

≥ 0

datarepositories[]starsToday
integernullable

Stars gained in the selected trending window.

≥ 0

datarepositories[]starsTodayText
stringnullable

Human-readable stars-gained label when available.

Users credited as built-by contributors when shown.

datarepositories[]builtBy[]username
string

GitHub username shown in built-by avatars.

datarepositories[]builtBy[]avatarUrl
stringnullable

Avatar image URL for the contributor.

datatotalResults
integer

Number of repositories in data.repositories for this response.

≥ 0

Metadata describing the request and billing outcome.

metarequestId
string

Unique request identifier for tracing this API call.

min 1 chars

metacreditsCharged
integer

Credits charged for this request.

≥ 0

metaversion
string

Public API version that served the response.

one of: v1

Code example

curl "https://api.socialfetch.dev/v1/github/trending/repositories?language=value&since=daily" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Responses

Trending GitHub repositories for this request.

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