---
title: "GitHub Trending Developers API"
method: GET
path: "/v1/github/trending-developers"
tags: ["GitHub"]
---

# GitHub Trending Developers API

`GET /v1/github/trending-developers`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.captapi.com`
- URL: `https://api.captapi.com/v1/github/trending-developers`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer
  - API key in header `X-API-Key`

github.com/trending/developers — windowed ranks with popularRepo + followers (2 credits).

Scrapes github.com/trending/developers (source: "github.com/trending/developers") for developers ranked in a since=daily|weekly|monthly window — not REST /search/users with followers:>1000 (all-time most-followed). Each row: rank, login, name, url, avatar, popularRepo/popularRepoUrl/popularRepoDescription, plus followers, following, bio, company, location, publicRepos, ownerType hydrated from GET /users/{login}. No Search relevance score field. Flat 2 credits. Page usually ≤25 rows (no cursor).

Docs: https://captapi.com/apis/github-trending-developers

## Query parameters

- `since` string
- `language` string
- `limit` integer
- `cache` boolean

## Response `200`

Success. The data object for this endpoint.

- object
  - `success` unknown, required
  - `data` object, required
    - `since` string: Trending window echoed from the request: daily | weekly | monthly.
    - `totalReturned` integer: Number of items returned in this response.
    - `developers` object[]
      - `platform` string: Platform identifier for this response (matches the endpoint's platform).
      - `type` string: Content type of the item.
      - `rank` integer: 1-based position on the trending developers page.
      - `login` string: Account login name.
      - `name` string: Name of this developers item.
      - `url` string: Canonical URL of the item.
      - `avatar` string: Avatar / profile picture URL. Canonical across profile endpoints.
      - `popularRepo` string: owner/name of the popular repo shown on the trending card.
      - `popularRepoUrl` string: Popular repo url URL.
      - `popularRepoDescription` string: Popular repo description. Example: "A book series on JS".
      - `since` string: Trending window echoed from the request: daily | weekly | monthly.
      - `followers` integer: Follower count hydrated from GET /users/{login} (the ranking signal you can sort on).
      - `publicRepos` integer: Public repository count from the hydrated profile.
      - `bio` string: Public profile bio when set.
      - `location` string: Location shown on the profile or item.
      - `ownerType` string: Owner type. Example: "User".
    - `source` unknown

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad request: wrong platform URL, unknown endpoint, or an invalid parameter value. Not billed.
- `401`: Missing, invalid or revoked API key. Not billed.
- `402`: Not enough credits for this request. Not billed.
- `404`: The resource does not exist or is not public. Not billed.
- `422`: A required parameter is missing or has the wrong type. Not billed.
- `429`: Rate limit reached. Wait for Retry-After seconds. Not billed.
- `502`: The platform could not be reached or returned nothing usable. Retryable, not billed. 503 and 504 use the same envelope.

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