Github stars, image thumbnails and last commit date are generated at build time when this site is deployed to Netlify. Basically the Netlify site runs npm run deploy

This site is built on Hugo

Development Server

hugo serve

Build Site

hugo

Generate Github stars, image screenshots etc

npm install
export GITHUB_TOKEN=XXX
npm run deploy

Generating github data requires a Github Token. You can generate this token in your Github account at settings > developer settings > personal access tokens https://github.com/settings/tokens