Queries for the Languages on GitHub by Popularity

top_github_lang.rb

#!/usr/bin/ruby

require 'rubygems'
require 'mechanize'

mechanize = Mechanize.new
rankings = {}

# Retrieve language list
mechanize.get("https://github.com/languages") do |page|
  page.parser.css('div.all_languages li a').each do |a|
    lang_name = a.text.strip
    next if lang_name == 'Max/MSP'
    print '.'

    # Retrieve ranking
    mechanize.get("https://github.com#{a['href']}") do |page|
      match = page.parser.at_css('div.pagehead h1').text.match(/#(\d+)/)
      rank = match.nil? ? 1 : match[1].to_i
      rankings[rank] = lang_name
    end
  end
end

puts
puts
rankings.keys.sort.each do |rank|
  puts "#{rank}. #{rankings[rank]}"
end