Git Stats for Kirby

Single-method helper for Kirby that exposes GitHub stats through any text field. Provide owner/repo or a full URL to receive stars, forks, watchers, open issues and other metadata, cached efficiently for repeated use.

Installation

Composer

composer require lemmon/kirby-gitstats

Git Submodule

git submodule add https://github.com/lemmon/kirby-plugin-gitstats.git site/plugins/gitstats

Manual

Download the plugin and extract it to /site/plugins/gitstats.

Usage

Add a text field to your blueprint and call the field method to fetch stats:

fields:
    repository:
        label: Repository
        type: text
        placeholder: lemmon/validator-php

<?php if ($stats = $page->repository()->toGitStats()): ?>
  <dl>
    <dt>Stars</dt><dd><?= $stats['stars'] ?></dd>
    <dt>Forks</dt><dd><?= $stats['forks'] ?></dd>
    <dt>Watchers</dt><dd><?= $stats['watchers'] ?></dd>
    <dt>Open issues</dt><dd><?= $stats['open_issues'] ?></dd>
    <dt>URL</dt><dd><a href="<?= $stats['url'] ?>"><?= $stats['url'] ?></a></dd>
  </dl>
<?php endif; ?>

Accepted field values:

• GitHub shorthand: lemmon/validator-php
• Full URL: https://github.com/lemmon/validator-php

The first release defaults to GitHub. Other providers may follow later.

Returned fields

Each successful call returns an associative array similar to:

[
  'provider' => 'github',
  'slug' => 'lemmon/validator-php',
  'owner' => 'lemmon',
  'name' => 'validator-php',
  'full_name' => 'lemmon/validator-php',
  'description' => 'Lightweight validator',
  'url' => 'https://github.com/lemmon/validator-php',
  'homepage' => null,
  'stars' => 123,
  'forks' => 4,
  'watchers' => 8,
  'open_issues' => 2,
  'language' => 'PHP',
  'default_branch' => 'main',
  'updated_at' => '2024-05-01T17:42:08Z',
]

Null is returned when the value cannot be parsed or the repository is not reachable.

Configuration

Option	Default	Purpose
lemmon.gitstats.cacheTtlLower	1440 (24h)	Preferred refresh interval in minutes; cached data newer than this is returned without refresh.
lemmon.gitstats.cacheTtlUpper	10080 (7d)	Hard cache lifetime in minutes; entries older than this are refreshed and persisted again.
lemmon.gitstats.cacheRetryDelay	60 (1h)	Retry/backoff window in minutes used when GitHub refresh fails; cached data is reused until it passes.

Example Kirby config override:

return [
  'lemmon.gitstats.cacheTtlLower' => 1440,  // refresh roughly daily
  'lemmon.gitstats.cacheTtlUpper' => 20160, // keep entries up to 14 days
  'lemmon.gitstats.cacheRetryDelay' => 30,  // backoff for 30 minutes after a failed refresh
];

Retry and provider backoff

• When cached data is older than cacheTtlLower, a refresh is attempted.
• If GitHub responds or times out with an error, the plugin reuses cached data, sets next_refresh_at for that repository, and marks GitHub as temporarily down for cacheRetryDelay minutes.
• While GitHub is marked down, other repositories served from cache skip refresh attempts; they resume after the backoff window.

Roadmap

• Add support for other common Git providers (GitLab, Bitbucket, Gitea).
• Introduce a CLI helper to refresh cached stats in the background.
• When refresh attempts fail after cacheTtlLower is met, reuse cached data and delay the next refresh (e.g., 1h or the next cacheTtlLower window).

License

MIT License. See LICENSE for details.