git-miner 0.2.1

A tool for mining GitHub repository metadata and activity data

Git Miner

Search GitHub repositories and export their data to CSV, JSON, or Parquet.

Installation

pip install git-miner

Quick Start

Search and export repositories:

git-miner search "python web framework" --language python --min-stars 1000

Add your GitHub token for higher rate limits:

Option 1: Using the auth command (recommended)

git-miner auth add --token your_token

Your token is stored locally in ~/.cache/git-miner/tokens.db and automatically used.

Option 2: Environment variable

export GITHUB_TOKEN=your_token
git-miner search "data science" --format json

Option 3: Command line flag

git-miner search "data science" --token your_token

Manage cached tokens

# List stored tokens
git-miner auth list

# Remove a token
git-miner auth remove

# Show a specific token
git-miner auth show --name default

Use Cases

• Research: Study open-source trends, language adoption, repository patterns
• Data Science: Build datasets for ML model training on code repositories
• Academic: Analyze collaboration patterns, project lifecycles
• Analytics: Track repository growth, contributor engagement
• Tooling: Find repositories matching specific criteria for automation
• Market Research: Identify popular libraries and frameworks

Commands

Auth

Manage GitHub tokens locally:

git-miner auth list|add|remove|show [OPTIONS]

Actions:

• list: Show all cached tokens
• add: Store a new token
• remove: Delete a token
• show: Display a token value

Options:

• --name, -n: Token name (default: "default")
• --token, -t: Token value (required for add)

Search

git-miner search QUERY [OPTIONS]

Filters:

• --language, -l: Programming language
• --min-stars / --max-stars: Star count range
• --min-forks / --max-forks: Fork count range
• --license: License type (e.g., mit, apache-2.0)
• --topics: Topics to include (comma-separated)
• --fork / --no-fork: Include or exclude forks
• --archived / --no-archived: Include or exclude archived repos
• --sort: Sort by stars, forks, or updated
• --max-results: Limit number of results

Output:

• --format, -f: csv, json, or parquet
• --output-dir, -o: Output directory

Examples:

# Python repos with 1000+ stars
git-miner search "web framework" --language python --min-stars 1000

# MIT-licensed repos
git-miner search "data science" --license mit

# Exclude forks and archived
git-miner search "api" --no-fork --no-archived

# Top 50 by stars, export to Parquet
git-miner search "machine learning" --sort stars --max-results 50 --format parquet

Extract

Get detailed stats for repositories:

git-miner extract owner/repo

Options:

• --activity / --no-activity: Include commit/issue/PR stats
• --contributors / --no-contributors: Include contributor stats

Output Formats

Format	Best For
CSV	Excel, traditional tools
JSON	Web apps, APIs
Parquet	Big data, analytics

Configuration

Create gitminer.toml:

[output]
dir = "./datasets"
format = "parquet"

[api]
max_retries = 3
timeout = 30.0

Use it:

git-miner --config gitminer.toml search "web framework"

Note: GitHub tokens are now managed via the auth command and stored in a local SQLite cache.

Rate Limits

• No token: 60 requests/hour
• With token: 5,000 requests/hour

The tool respects rate limits automatically.

Dataset Fields

Repository Metadata:

• repository_id, name, owner, description
• primary_language, stars, forks, open_issues
• license, created_at, updated_at, pushed_at
• size_kb, url, is_fork, is_archived, topics

Activity Statistics:

• commit_total, commit_additions, commit_deletions
• issues_open, issues_closed, prs_open, prs_closed, prs_merged

Coming Soon

• Direct code extraction from repositories into datasets
• GraphQL API support
• Incremental dataset updates
• Pre-built public datasets
• Plugin-based extractor system
• Cloud storage outputs (S3, GCS)

Development

# Install dev dependencies
pip install -e ".[dev]"

# Run tests
pytest

# Lint and format
make lint
make format

License

Apache License 2.0