GitHub Has a Free API — Search Repos, List Issues, and Automate Your Workflow Without Paying

GitHub's REST API is free for everyone — authenticated or not. You can search repositories, read issues, list commits, explore users, and automate your entire Git workflow. The free tier gives you 5,000 requests per hour with a token. Here's how to use it. Authentication (Optional but Recommended) Without a token: 60 requests/hour. With a free personal access token: 5,000 requests/hour. Create a token at github.com/settings/tokens → "Generate new token (classic)" → select scopes you need. 1. Search Repositories Find the most popular repos for any topic. # Top Python web scraping repos curl -s "https://api.github.com/search/repositories?q=web+scraping+language:python&sort=stars&per_page=5" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer ghp_YOUR_TOKEN" Response includes: name, description, stars, forks, language, last updated, and more. 2. List Issues # Open issues for any public repo curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/facebook/react/issues?state=open&per_page=5" 3. Get User Profile and Repos # User inf