TIOBE Scraper

A simple web scraper to fetch the latest programming language rankings from the TIOBE Index. The data is extracted using Bun, TypeScript, and Regular Expressions, then saved as JSON and YAML.

Features

• Fetches the latest programming language rankings from TIOBE
• Extracts rank, name, percentage, and change in ranking
• Saves results in JSON and YAML formats
• Uses Bun for fast execution

Installation

Ensure you have Bun installed on your system:

curl -fsSL https://bun.sh/install | bash

Then, clone the repository and install dependencies:

git clone https://github.com/BaseMax/tiobe-scraper.git
cd tiobe-scraper
bun install

Usage

Run the scraper with:

bun run start
or
bun run scraper.ts

Output

The results will be saved as:

• tiobe.json (structured JSON format)
• tiobe.yaml (YAML format for easy readability)

Example output:

[
  {
    "rank": 1,
    "name": "Python",
    "percentage": 23.88,
    "change": "+8.72%"
  },
  {
    "rank": 2,
    "name": "C++",
    "percentage": 11.37,
    "change": "+0.84%"
  }
]

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

Idea

The idea of this scraper comes from thecompez/tiobe-scraper project.

Author

Max Base (c) 2025