List public repositories

GET

/repositories

Lists all public repositories in the order that they were created.

Note:

For GitHub Enterprise Server, this endpoint will only list repositories available to all users on the enterprise.
Pagination is powered exclusively by the since parameter. Use the Link header to get the URL for the next page of repositories.

API method documentation

Parameters

Query Parameters

since

integer

A repository ID. Only return repositories with an ID greater than this ID.

Responses

200

Response

application/json

Array<object>

Minimal Repository

Minimal Repository

object

required

integer format: int64

node_id

required

string

name

required

string

full_name

required

string

owner

required

Simple User

A GitHub user.

object

name

string

nullable

email

string

nullable

login

required

string

required

integer format: int64

node_id

required

string

avatar_url

required

string format: uri

gravatar_id

required

string

nullable

url

required

string format: uri

html_url

required

string format: uri

followers_url

required

string format: uri

following_url

required

string

gists_url

required

string

starred_url

required

string

subscriptions_url

required

string format: uri

organizations_url

required

string format: uri

repos_url

required

string format: uri

events_url

required

string

received_events_url

required

string format: uri

type

required

string

site_admin

required

boolean

starred_at

string

user_view_type

string

private

required

boolean

html_url

required

string format: uri

description

required

string

nullable

fork

required

boolean

url

required

string format: uri

archive_url

required

string

assignees_url

required

string

blobs_url

required

string

branches_url

required

string

collaborators_url

required

string

comments_url

required

string

commits_url

required

string

compare_url

required

string

contents_url

required

string

contributors_url

required

string format: uri

deployments_url

required

string format: uri

downloads_url

required

string format: uri

events_url

required

string format: uri

forks_url

required

string format: uri

git_commits_url

required

string

git_refs_url

required

string

git_tags_url

required

string

git_url

string

issue_comment_url

required

string

issue_events_url

required

string

issues_url

required

string

keys_url

required

string

labels_url

required

string

languages_url

required

string format: uri

merges_url

required

string format: uri

milestones_url

required

string

notifications_url

required

string

pulls_url

required

string

releases_url

required

string

ssh_url

string

stargazers_url

required

string format: uri

statuses_url

required

string

subscribers_url

required

string format: uri

subscription_url

required

string format: uri

tags_url

required

string format: uri

teams_url

required

string format: uri

trees_url

required

string

clone_url

string

mirror_url

string

nullable

hooks_url

required

string format: uri

svn_url

string

homepage

string

nullable

language

string

nullable

forks_count

integer

stargazers_count

integer

watchers_count

integer

size

The size of the repository, in kilobytes. Size is calculated hourly. When a repository is initially created, the size is 0.

integer

default_branch

string

open_issues_count

integer

is_template

boolean

topics

Array<string>

has_issues

boolean

has_projects

boolean

has_wiki

boolean

has_pages

boolean

has_downloads

boolean

has_discussions

boolean

has_pull_requests

boolean

pull_request_creation_policy

The policy controlling who can create pull requests: all or collaborators_only.

string

Allowed values: all collaborators_only

archived

boolean

disabled

boolean

visibility

string

pushed_at

string format: date-time

nullable

created_at

string format: date-time

nullable

updated_at

string format: date-time

nullable

permissions

object

admin

boolean

maintain

boolean

push

boolean

triage

boolean

pull

boolean

role_name

string

temp_clone_token

string

delete_branch_on_merge

boolean

subscribers_count

integer

network_count

integer

code_of_conduct

Code Of Conduct

Code Of Conduct

object

key

required

string

name

required

string

url

required

string format: uri

body

string

html_url

required

string format: uri

nullable

license

object

key

string

name

string

spdx_id

string

url

string

nullable

node_id

string

forks

integer

open_issues

integer

watchers

integer

allow_forking

boolean

web_commit_signoff_required

boolean

security_and_analysis

object

advanced_security

Enable or disable GitHub Advanced Security for the repository.

For standalone Code Scanning or Secret Protection products, this parameter cannot be used.

object

status

string

Allowed values: enabled disabled

code_security

object

status

string

Allowed values: enabled disabled

dependabot_security_updates

Enable or disable Dependabot security updates for the repository.

object

status

The enablement status of Dependabot security updates for the repository.

string

Allowed values: enabled disabled

secret_scanning

object

status

string

Allowed values: enabled disabled

secret_scanning_push_protection

object

status

string

Allowed values: enabled disabled

secret_scanning_non_provider_patterns

object

status

string

Allowed values: enabled disabled

secret_scanning_ai_detection

object

status

string

Allowed values: enabled disabled

secret_scanning_delegated_alert_dismissal

object

status

string

Allowed values: enabled disabled

secret_scanning_delegated_bypass

object

status

string

Allowed values: enabled disabled

secret_scanning_delegated_bypass_options

object

reviewers

The bypass reviewers for secret scanning delegated bypass

Array<object>

object

reviewer_id

required

The ID of the team or role selected as a bypass reviewer

integer

reviewer_type

required

The type of the bypass reviewer

string

Allowed values: TEAM ROLE

mode

The bypass mode for the reviewer

string

default: ALWAYS

Allowed values: ALWAYS EXEMPT

custom_properties

The custom properties that were defined for the repository. The keys are the custom property names, and the values are the corresponding custom property values.

object

key

additional properties

any

Examples

default

[
  {
    "id": 1296269,
    "node_id": "MDEwOlJlcG9zaXRvcnkxMjk2MjY5",
    "name": "Hello-World",
    "full_name": "octocat/Hello-World",
    "owner": {
      "login": "octocat",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": false
    },
    "private": false,
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
    "description": "This your first repo!",
    "fork": false,
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World",
    "archive_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/{archive_format}{/ref}",
    "assignees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/assignees{/user}",
    "blobs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/blobs{/sha}",
    "branches_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches{/branch}",
    "collaborators_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/collaborators{/collaborator}",
    "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/comments{/number}",
    "commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits{/sha}",
    "compare_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/compare/{base}...{head}",
    "contents_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contents/{+path}",
    "contributors_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contributors",
    "deployments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/deployments",
    "downloads_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/downloads",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/events",
    "forks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/forks",
    "git_commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits{/sha}",
    "git_refs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/refs{/sha}",
    "git_tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/tags{/sha}",
    "git_url": "git:github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
    "issue_comment_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/comments{/number}",
    "issue_events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/events{/number}",
    "issues_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues{/number}",
    "keys_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/keys{/key_id}",
    "labels_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels{/name}",
    "languages_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/languages",
    "merges_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/merges",
    "milestones_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones{/number}",
    "notifications_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/notifications{?since,all,participating}",
    "pulls_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls{/number}",
    "releases_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases{/id}",
    "ssh_url": "git@github.com:octocat/Hello-World.git",
    "stargazers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/stargazers",
    "statuses_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/statuses/{sha}",
    "subscribers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscribers",
    "subscription_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscription",
    "tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tags",
    "teams_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/teams",
    "trees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/trees{/sha}",
    "hooks_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks"
  }
]

Headers

Link

string

Example

<https://api.github.com/repositories?since=364>; rel="next"

304

Not modified

422

Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.

application/json

Validation Error

Validation Error

object

message

required

string

documentation_url

required

string

errors

Array<object>

object

resource

string

field

string

message

string

code

required

string

index

integer

value

One of:

string

nullable

Example ^generated

{
  "message": "example",
  "documentation_url": "example",
  "errors": [
    {
      "resource": "example",
      "field": "example",
      "message": "example",
      "code": "example",
      "index": 1,
      "value": [
        "example"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

List public repositories

Parameters

Query Parameters

Responses

200

Examples

Headers

Example

304

422

Example generated

Example ^generated