Docker Hub Repositories Scraper

Docker Hub Repositories Scraper helps teams turn public container image pages into clean datasets. Use it to compare popular base images, audit release cadence, inventory tag digests, and monitor public repository metadata without manual copying.

Who is this for

• DevOps and platform teams tracking base image popularity, pulls, and tag freshness.
• Security and supply-chain teams exporting image digests, architectures, and timestamps for public dependencies.
• Product and market researchers comparing public container repository adoption across vendors.

What data can it export

• Public repository identity, namespace, Docker Hub URL, descriptions, type, status, and trust flags.
• Pull counts, star counts, registration and update timestamps.
• Bounded tag metadata including tag names, IDs, digests, architecture, OS, image size, and push/pull timestamps.
• Namespace inventories for public Docker Hub organizations.

Example input

{
  "repositories": ["library/postgres", "library/redis"],
  "includeTags": true,
  "maxRepositories": 10,
  "maxTagsPerRepository": 5,
  "outputMode": "repositories"
}

Example output

{
  "type": "repository",
  "repository": "library/postgres",
  "namespace": "library",
  "name": "postgres",
  "hubUrl": "https://hub.docker.com/r/library/postgres",
  "shortDescription": "The PostgreSQL object-relational database system...",
  "starCount": 14962,
  "pullCount": 10980699991,
  "isOfficial": true,
  "tagCount": 1379,
  "tagLimitReached": true,
  "tags": [
    {
      "tagName": "latest",
      "imageDigest": "sha256:...",
      "architecture": "amd64",
      "os": "linux",
      "lastPushed": "2026-07-01T00:00:00Z"
    }
  ],
  "scrapedAt": "2026-07-14T00:00:00.000Z"
}

Input settings

Input recipes

Search popular database images

{"queries":["postgres","mysql","redis"],"includeTags":true,"maxRepositories":30,"maxTagsPerRepository":3,"outputMode":"repositories"}

Export tag digest inventory

{"repositories":["library/postgres"],"includeTags":true,"maxRepositories":5,"maxTagsPerRepository":25,"outputMode":"tags"}

Enumerate a vendor namespace

{"namespaces":["bitnami"],"includeTags":false,"maxRepositories":50,"outputMode":"repositories"}

Tips and limits

• Keep maxTagsPerRepository bounded for official images with thousands of tags.
• Use outputMode: "tags" when you need a flat export of tag digests and architecture metadata.
• Use repository mode when you want one row per image with a compact nested tag sample.
• The Actor only exports public Docker Hub metadata and does not access private repositories or vulnerability scan data.
• Every repository is saved progressively. If the run approaches its time limit, PENDING_REPOSITORIES records the unprocessed work and RUN_SUMMARY explains what completed and why.
• Use maxRuntimeSeconds when you need a predictable bounded run. The pending-work record lists canonical repository names so you can run those names again in a later job; it never silently changes your search or namespace filters.

API usage

Node.js

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: process.env.APIFY_TOKEN });
const run = await client.actor('fetch_cat/docker-hub-repositories-scraper').call({
  repositories: ['library/postgres'],
  includeTags: true,
  maxTagsPerRepository: 10,
});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient('YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN')
run = client.actor('fetch_cat/docker-hub-repositories-scraper').call(run_input={
    'repositories': ['library/postgres'],
    'includeTags': True,
    'maxTagsPerRepository': 10,
})
items = client.dataset(run['defaultDatasetId']).list_items().items
print(items)

cURL

curl -X POST 'https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/fetch_cat~docker-hub-repositories-scraper/runs?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"repositories":["library/postgres"],"includeTags":true,"maxTagsPerRepository":10}'

MCP and agents

Use this Actor from AI agents through Apify MCP:

claude mcp add apify https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch_cat/docker-hub-repositories-scraper

JSON config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch_cat/docker-hub-repositories-scraper"
    }
  }
}

Example prompts:

• "Export the latest public tags for library/postgres from Docker Hub."
• "Find Docker Hub repositories matching redis and summarize pull counts."
• "Create a CSV of image digests and architectures for library/nginx."

Support

Questions or issues? Open the Issues tab on the Actor page and include:

• The input JSON you used.
• The expected output.
• The actual output or error message.
• A reproducible public URL from Docker Hub, such as a repository or namespace page.
• Your Apify run ID.