---
title: "Explore public repositories"
method: GET
path: "/api/explore/repos"
tags: ["Repositories"]
---

# Explore public repositories

`GET /api/explore/repos`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://git.cafe`
- URL: `https://git.cafe/api/explore/repos`
- Auth: none required

Returns a paginated public repository listing. At least one of owner or topic is required; supplying neither returns 400, even when limit or after is supplied. Supply both to intersect the filters. This endpoint uses anonymous authority even when credentials are supplied; signing in does not expand its results.

## Query parameters

- `topic` string
- `owner` string
- `after` string
- `limit` integer

## Response `200`

Response for status 200

- RepoCollectionPage
  - `items` object[], required
    - `id` string, required
    - `owner` string, required
    - `name` string, required
    - `description` string, nullable, required
    - `homepage` string, nullable, required
    - `topics` string[], required
    - `visibility` 'public' | 'private', required
    - `defaultBranch` string, required
    - `archivedAt` string, date-time, nullable, required
    - `updatedAt` string, date-time, required
  - `next` string, nullable, required

## Other responses

- `400`: The request is invalid.
- `401`: Authentication is required, or the supplied credential is invalid.
- `403`: The credential does not permit this operation. A `code`, when present, names the refusal.
- `404`: The resource does not exist or is not visible to the caller.
- `409`: The request conflicts with the current state. A `code`, when present, names the refusal; `retryable` says whether the same request can succeed later, and `operationId` names the operation in the way.
- `429`: A rate limit is exhausted. Wait Retry-After seconds; the value is a hint, so back off on a repeat 429.
- `503`: A required service is temporarily unavailable; retry later.

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/gitcafe/apis/git-cafe-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/gitcafe/apis/git-cafe-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/gitcafe/apis/git-cafe-api/revisions/9fa233d2986d?raw)