Github repos in Jekyll

github_projects.rb

require 'octokit'

module Jekyll
  class ProjectsIndex < Page
    def initialize(site, base, projects_dir)
      @site = site
      @base = base
      @dir = projects_dir
      @name = 'index.html'

      self.process(@name)
      self.read_yaml(File.join(base, '_layouts'), 'projects.html')

      projects = self.data['projects'].split(" ")

      self.data['projects'] = []
      projects.each { |p| self.data['projects'] << Octokit.repo(p) }
    end
  end

  class ProjectsGenerator < Generator
    safe true

    def generate(site)
      dir = site.config['projects_dir'] || 'projects'
      write_projects_index(site, dir)
    end

    def write_projects_index(site, dir)
      index = ProjectsIndex.new(site, site.source, dir)
      index.render(site.layouts, site.site_payload)
      index.write(site.dest)
      site.pages << index
    end
  end
end

projects.html

---
layout: default
projects: grk/polish grk/devmail
---
<div id="title">
	<h1>Open Source Projects</h1>
</div>

<div id="projects">
  {% for project in page.projects %}
  <div id="project">
    <h2 id="project_name">
      <a href="{{ project.url }}">
        {{ project.name }}
      </a>
    </h2>

    <div id="project_description">{{ project.description }}</div>

    <div id="project_stats">
      <a href="{{ project.url }}/watchers">{{ project.watchers }} 
        {% if project.watchers == 1 %} watcher{% else %} watchers{% endif %}</a>,
      <a href="{{ project.url }}/network">{{ project.forks }}
        {% if project.forks == 1 %} fork {% else %} forks {% endif %}
      </a>
    </div>

    <div id="project_links">
      {% if project.has_issues %}
      <a href="{{ project.url }}/issues">issues ({{ project.open_issues }})</a>,
      {% endif %}
      {% if project.has_wiki %}
      <a href="{{ project.url }}/wiki">wiki</a>
      {% endif %}
    </div>
  </div>
  {% endfor %}
</div>