Scrape Product Hunt trending products using Apify

Product hunt scraper

by gooseworks-ai · MIT license · ★ 1,220 on GitHub · updated Sep 21

Scrape Product Hunt trending products using Apify. Use when you need to discover new product launches, track competitors on Product Hunt, or monitor the startup ecosystem for relevant launches.

---
name: product-hunt-scraper
description: >
  Scrape Product Hunt trending products using Apify. Use when you need to discover
  new product launches, track competitors on Product Hunt, or monitor the startup
  ecosystem for relevant launches.
---

# Product Hunt Scraper

Scrape trending products from Product Hunt using the Apify `maximedupre/product-hunt-scraper` actor.

**Output fields:** Each product has `name`, `tagline`, `description`, `url` (Product Hunt URL), and additional fields depending on the actor's output.

## Quick Start

Requires `APIFY_API_TOKEN` env var (or `--token` flag).

Overview

Scrape trending products from Product Hunt using the Apify maximedupre/product-hunt-scraper actor.

Manual install (npx, ZIP)

Claude Codenpx skills add gooseworks-ai/goose-skills --skill product-hunt-scraper -g -a claude-code

Claude Code (manual)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && curl -sL https://codeload.github.com/gooseworks-ai/goose-skills/tar.gz/615c685f34f8 \
  | tar -xz -C ~/.claude/skills --strip-components=4 goose-skills-615c685f34f8/skills/monitoring/capabilities/product-hunt-scraper

Windows (PowerShell)

New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force "$HOME\.claude\skills" | Out-Null; Invoke-WebRequest "https://m.agentalley.io/zip/5c4327d7dbcc6405be2e/product-hunt-scraper.zip" -OutFile "$env:TEMP\product-hunt-scraper.zip"; Expand-Archive "$env:TEMP\product-hunt-scraper.zip" -DestinationPath "$HOME\.claude\skills" -Force

Claude.ai / desktopDownload the ZIP and upload it under Settings → Capabilities → Skills.

Codex, Cursor, other agentsPoint them at SKILL.md. The other files are plain text.

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Product Hunt Scraper

Scrape trending products from Product Hunt using the Apify maximedupre/product-hunt-scraper actor.

Output fields: Each product has name, tagline, description, url (Product Hunt URL), and additional fields depending on the actor's output.

Quick Start

Requires APIFY_API_TOKEN env var (or --token flag).

# Today's top products
python3 skills/product-hunt-scraper/scripts/scrape_producthunt.py \
  --time-period daily --max-products 10 --output summary

# This week's products filtered by keyword
python3 skills/product-hunt-scraper/scripts/scrape_producthunt.py \
  --time-period weekly --keywords "AI,marketing" --output summary

# Monthly top products as JSON
python3 skills/product-hunt-scraper/scripts/scrape_producthunt.py \
  --time-period monthly --max-products 50

CLI Reference

Flag	Default	Description
`--time-period`	weekly	`daily`, `weekly`, or `monthly`
`--max-products`	50	Max products to scrape
`--keywords`	none	Keywords to filter (comma-separated, OR logic)
`--output`	json	Output format: `json` or `summary`
`--token`	env var	Apify token (prefer `APIFY_API_TOKEN` env var)
`--timeout`	300	Max seconds to wait for the Apify run

Notes

Keyword filtering is client-side on product name + tagline + description
Results are sorted by upvote count (descending)

1	---
2	name: product-hunt-scraper
3	description: >
4	Scrape Product Hunt trending products using Apify. Use when you need to discover
5	new product launches, track competitors on Product Hunt, or monitor the startup
6	ecosystem for relevant launches.
7	---
8
9	# Product Hunt Scraper
10
11	Scrape trending products from Product Hunt using the Apify `maximedupre/product-hunt-scraper` actor.
12
13	Output fields: Each product has `name`, `tagline`, `description`, `url` (Product Hunt URL), and additional fields depending on the actor's output.
14
15	## Quick Start
16
17	Requires `APIFY_API_TOKEN` env var (or `--token` flag).
18
19	```bash
20	# Today's top products
21	python3 skills/product-hunt-scraper/scripts/scrape_producthunt.py \
22	--time-period daily --max-products 10 --output summary
23
24	# This week's products filtered by keyword
25	python3 skills/product-hunt-scraper/scripts/scrape_producthunt.py \
26	--time-period weekly --keywords "AI,marketing" --output summary
27
28	# Monthly top products as JSON
29	python3 skills/product-hunt-scraper/scripts/scrape_producthunt.py \
30	--time-period monthly --max-products 50
31	```
32
33	## CLI Reference
34
35	\| Flag \| Default \| Description \|
36	\|------\|---------\|-------------\|
37	\| `--time-period` \| weekly \| `daily`, `weekly`, or `monthly` \|
38	\| `--max-products` \| 50 \| Max products to scrape \|
39	\| `--keywords` \| none \| Keywords to filter (comma-separated, OR logic) \|
40	\| `--output` \| json \| Output format: `json` or `summary` \|
41	\| `--token` \| env var \| Apify token (prefer `APIFY_API_TOKEN` env var) \|
42	\| `--timeout` \| 300 \| Max seconds to wait for the Apify run \|
43
44	## Notes
45
46	- Keyword filtering is client-side on product name + tagline + description
47	- Results are sorted by upvote count (descending)
48