GitHub Data Mining: Extract Repos, Stars, and Contributors with Python
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Why Mine GitHub Data? GitHub hosts over 200 million repositories and 100 million developers. Mining this data enables powerful use cases: Developer analytics — Track trending technologies and skill demand Competitive intelligence — Monitor competitor open-source activity Talent sourcing — Find developers by contribution patterns Technology trends — Identify rising frameworks and tools Open source health — Evaluate project sustainability This guide covers both GitHub's API and