This is a WordPress Widget forked from the Github Badges project by 
<a href="http://github.com/drnic/github-badges/tree" rel="nofollow ugc">drnic</a>
<h3>Website</h3>
<a href="http://www.ralree.com" rel="nofollow ugc">My blog</a>
<h3>Author</h3>
Erik Gregg, ralree@gmail.com 
Derived from work by: Dr Nic Williams, drnicwilliams@gmail.com

Github Widget

Puts a list of your repositories on the sidebar.  May be more configurable than other GitHub widgets.

vilmosioo

Use the custom GitHub Commit widget to display a list of the latest updates from a repository. Additionally, you can use shortcodes to add commit lists or embed any gist. 
The plugin will cache the GitHub response for a certain time period. You can change this value to any wordpress schedules you have isntalled (default: hourly, half-day, daily). To get more time frames you will need an additional plugin that extends the cron schedules.
<h4>Shortcodes</h4>
[gist id=’gist_id‘ ]
Embeds a gist in your post. Parameters:
<ul>
<li>id (required) The id of the gist you want to embed. </li>
</ul>
[commits repository=’your-repository’ count=’max-count’ title=’your-title’]
Displays the latest commits from your repository. Parameters:
<ul>
<li>repository (required) The name of the repository you wish to get. </li>
<li>count (optional) The number of commits to retrieve (order by date). Default: 5</li>
<li>title (optional) A title to display before the list (h2). Default: none</li>
</ul>
[releases repository=’your-repository’ count=’max-count’ title=’your-title’]
Displays the latest releases from your repository. Parameters:
<ul>
<li>repository (required) The name of the repository you wish to get. </li>
<li>count (optional) The number of releases to retrieve (order by date). Default: 5</li>
<li>title (optional) A title to display before the list (h2). Default: none</li>
</ul>
[chart repository=’your-repository’ width=’chart-width’ height=’chart-height’ class=’additional-css-classes’ color=’bar-color’ background=’chart-background’ count=’commit-count’ title=’your-title’]
Displays an activity chart for the given repository. Parameters:
<ul>
<li>repository (required) The name of the repository you wish to get. </li>
<li>width (optional) The width of the chart. Default: auto</li>
<li>height (optional) The height of the chart. Default: auto</li>
<li>class (optional) Additional CSS classes to add to the chart element. Default: ”</li>
<li>color (optional) The chart bar colors. Must be a valid color string (rgb, hex or name). Default: ‘#f17f49’</li>
<li>background (optional) The chart background color. Must be a valid color string (rgb, hex or name). Default: ‘transparent’</li>
<li>count (optional) The number of commits to retrieve (order by date). Default: 30</li>
<li>title (optional) A title to display before the list (h2). Default: none</li>
</ul>
<h4>PHP functions</h4>
Feel free to use the Gihub helper class in your theme or plugin development.
<pre><code><?php WP_Github_Tools_API::get_repos($user, $access_token); ?>

<?php WP_Github_Tools_API::get_user($user, $access_token); ?>

<?php WP_Github_Tools_API::get_commits($repo, $user, $access_token); ?>

<?php WP_Github_Tools_API::get_releases($repo, $user, $access_token); ?>

<?php WP_Github_Tools_API::get_gists($user, $access_token); ?>
</code></pre>
<h4>Contribute!</h4>
If you have suggestions for a new add-on, feel free to contact me on <a href="http://twitter.com/vilmosioo" rel="nofollow ugc">Twitter</a>. Alternatively, you can fork the plugin from <a href="https://github.com/vilmosioo/Github-Tools-for-WordPress" rel="nofollow ugc">Gihub</a>

WP GitHub Tools

A plugin that inserts dynamic updates for any GitHub repository.

Github Widget vs WP GitHub Tools