To get started, checkout buttons.github.io!

• Unlimited Button Types
  Our github:button generator provides 6 basic button types including follow, watch, star, fork, issue and download, each at normal or large size, with or without a dynamic count. In addition, almost everything including the API for dynamic count is customizable via simple HTML markup.
• Pixel Perfect
  Octicons based vector icons always look sharp on every display. The automatically sized iframe solves the big headache of iframe sizing. Plus, its high precision sizing algorithm works the best for HiDPI displays.
• Fast
  Hosted on GitHub Pages, this service delivers high performance and availability, using asynchronous code that never blocks the page loading.
• Stable
  High test coverage for the main library and automated tests on Circle CI assure the service quality.
• Backward Compatible
  As you may still need this, outdated browsers like IE 6 are supported.
• Accessibility
  ARIA label support enables accessibility for screen reader users.

Add as many <a class="github-button"> as you like, then put the <script> after the last button.

<a class="github-button"
   href="{{ link }}"
   data-icon="{{ octicon }}"
   data-count-href="{{ count_link }}"
   data-count-api="{{ count_api }}"
   data-count-aria-label="{{ count_aria_label }}"
   data-style="{{ style }}"
   data-text="{{ button_text }}"
   aria-label="{{ button_aria_label }}"
   >{{ text }}</a>

<script async defer id="github-bjs" src="https://buttons.github.io/buttons.js"></script>

You can use any GitHub API endpoint that supports GET request.

You must append a #hash to the endpoint to extract a value for the count from the JSON response.
e.g. /users/octocat#followers will extract followers from the JSON.

You can also access specific subnode in the JSON.
e.g. /repos/octocat/hello-world#owner.login will extract owner.login.
e.g. /users/octocat/repos#[0].open_issues_count will extract open_issues_count from the first enrty in the array.

See GitHub Developer for API references.

git clone --recursive https://github.com/ntkme/github-buttons.git

cd github-buttons && npm install

cake build

cake test

• mdo/github-buttons

See LICENSE.md.