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Track GitHub trending repositories with ScrapeOps & Google Sheets

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by Ian Kerins ✓ · 83 views · created 2025-12-11 · Market Research

Unknown. This template uses community nodes we can't verify statically. Uses community nodes that can't be verified statically (unverified community packages are off by default in 3.0). Static check, last run 2026-10-19.

What this workflow does

This workflow has 12 nodes and runs on a schedule (every day). Along the way it connects Google Sheets and Scrapeops (community).

How it runs

Trigger: On a schedule (every day).

  1. Set Inputs (Edit Fields (Set)): sets or maps fields
  2. Build URLs (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  3. Read raw (for weekly) (Google Sheets): uses Google Sheets
  4. Split URLs (loop) (Loop Over Items (Split in Batches)): loops over the items in batches
  5. Generate Weekly (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  6. Scrape Ops: uses Scrape Ops
  7. Write to Google Sheets (weekly tab) (Google Sheets): append
  8. Polite Delay (Wait): waits 2 seconds
  9. Extract Trending Repos (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  10. Normalize + Enrich-from-page (Code): runs custom JavaScript code

…plus 1 more step. See the full node list below.

Services it uses

Google SheetsScrapeops (community)

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Before you upgrade to n8n 3.0

We can't fully verify this one: it relies on 1 community package, and n8n 3.0 turns unverified community packages off by default (N8N_UNVERIFIED_PACKAGES_ENABLED=false).

  • Check that @scrapeops/n8n-nodes-scrapeops is verified or supports 3.0 (used in ScrapeOps: Fetch HTML).

Nodes used (7)

From the author

Overview This n8n template tracks GitHub Trending repositories (daily/weekly/monthly), parses the trending page into structured data (rank, repo name, stars, language, etc.), and stores results in Google Sheets with automatic deduping. It’s designed for teams…

Excerpt from Ian Kerins's description on n8n.io.

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