Best GitHub repos for Datasets, Analytics & Visualization
| Repo | Description | Stars | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|
| public-apis/public-apis | Master list of all free public APIs | 417k+ | Varies |
| awesomedata/awesome-public-datasets | Curated list of public datasets | 60k+ | None |
| jakevdp/PythonDataScienceHandbook | Free data science handbook | 42k+ | None |
| apache/superset | Open source data visualization platform | 62k+ | None |
| metabase/metabase | Open source analytics & BI tool | 38k+ | None |
| API | Free Tier | Link |
|---|---|---|
| REST Countries | Completely free | restcountries.com |
| Open Disease Data | Completely free | disease.sh |
| World Bank API | Completely free | api.worldbank.org |
| NASA APIs | Free with key | api.nasa.gov |
| data.gov | Completely free | api.data.gov |
// REST Countries — No key needed!
const response = await fetch("https://restcountries.com/v3.1/name/india");
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data[0].population); // India's population
// NASA APOD — Astronomy Picture of the Day
const nasa = await fetch(
`https://api.nasa.gov/planetary/apod?api_key=${process.env.NASA_API_KEY}`
);
const apod = await nasa.json();
console.log(apod.title, apod.url);