# facundoolano/google-play-scraper

Node.js scraper to get data from Google Play

Repository: https://github.com/facundoolano/google-play-scraper
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/google-play-scraper
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: google-play, scraper, crawler, api, nodejs
Last push: 2026-08-10T23:12:55+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 66/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4166, "days_push": 23, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2949, forks 725 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:31.900305+00:00)

## What it is
A Node.js library that scrapes application data from the Google Play store, exposing methods for app details, search, reviews, permissions, and more. It is no longer actively maintained beyond community PR reviews, so it may break when Google Play's layout changes.

## Use cases
- scrape app details from google play
- get app reviews and ratings data
- search google play for apps by keyword
- list apps by a developer
- check android app permissions and data safety info
- find similar apps to a given app

## When to choose
- you need programmatic access to Google Play app metadata, reviews, or rankings in Node.js
- you're building app store optimization or market research tooling
- you want a lightweight scraper without an official API key

## When to avoid
- you need a guaranteed-stable API, since Google layout changes can break the parser
- you need active maintenance or timely bug fixes
- you need iTunes/App Store data (use the related app-store-scraper instead)

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: web-scraping, http-client, parser
- domain: crawlers, developer-tools, mobile-development, analytics
- platform: -
- tags: google-play, app-store-data, app-store-optimization, npm-package, nodejs, javascript

## Member repositories
- facundoolano/google-play-scraper (main) score 66

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:31.900305+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:32:44.464784+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/facundoolano/google-play-scraper (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:31.900305+00:00, sha a6844acd1a3a)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/google-play-scraper (fetched 2026-08-29T09:48:12.643396+00:00, sha 7ff1fca695bb)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.