Awesome Pinned Gists

Brand: GitHub
Category: Themed Directories
Tags: github, developer-tools, awesome-lists

Description

Awesome Pinned Gists is a curated GitHub directory of open source tools and resources for creating dynamic, auto-updating pinned gists on GitHub profiles. It focuses on showcasing projects, activity, and other data-driven content inside pinned gists.

Source: https://github.com/matchai/awesome-pinned-gists#readme

Features

• Curated awesome list

  • Catalog of open source projects specifically for dynamic pinned gists.
  • Follows the "Awesome" list conventions and is listed on awesome.re.

• Organized by data source / use case

  • External Services
    • Tools to display data from external services in a pinned gist (e.g., third-party APIs, external activity feeds).
  • GitHub
    • Tools for displaying enriched GitHub-related data in pinned gists (e.g., stats, activity, repositories information).
  • User Defined
    • Tools that render user-defined content configured via GitHub Actions or input parameters.
    • Example entries:
      • date-box – Updates a pinned gist to show anniversaries and countdowns (days or hours).
      • image2grid – Generates grid-like images/GIFs suitable for embedding in a GitHub README (and, by extension, related profile visuals).

• Resources for automation

  • "Resources" section listing tools and references to keep pinned gists automatically updated (commonly via GitHub Actions or scheduled jobs).

• Open collaboration

  • Clear contribution guidelines for adding new tools and improving the list (via contributing.md).
  • Code of Conduct defined in code-of-conduct.md.

• License

  • Published under CC0 (public domain dedication), allowing broad reuse and adaptation of the list content.

Pricing

• Not applicable – this is an open source, CC0-licensed curated list with no pricing or plans.