var app = angular.module('plunker', ['ngSanitize', 'ui.select']);

app.controller('MainCtrl', function($scope, $http) {
   var _this = this;
   _this.repo = {};
  _this.getRepos = function(keyword){
   
     return $http.get(
      ' https://api.github.com/search/repositories',
      {params: {q: keyword}}
    ).then(function(response) {
      _this.repos = response.data.items
    });
   
  } 
});
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html ng-app="plunker">

<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8" />
  <title>AngularJS Plunker</title>
  <script>
    document.write('<base href="' + document.location + '" />');
  </script>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/angular-ui-select/0.13.2/select.css" />
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/select2/3.4.5/select2.css" />
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.5.0/css/font-awesome.min.css" />
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
  
  <script data-require="angular.js@1.4.x" src="https://code.angularjs.org/1.4.8/angular.js" data-semver="1.4.8"></script>
  <script data-require="angular.js@1.4.x" src="https://code.angularjs.org/1.4.8/angular-sanitize.js" data-semver="1.4.8"></script>
  <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/angular-ui-select/0.13.2/select.js"></script>
  <script src="app.js"></script>
</head>

<body ng-controller="MainCtrl as vm">
  <ui-select ng-model="vm.repo.selected" theme="select2" reset-search-input="false" style="width: 300px;">
    <ui-select-match placeholder="Search repos...">
       <span class="selected_icon" ng-style="{'background-image':'url(' + vm.repo.selected.owner.avatar_url + ')'}">
      
        </span>
      <span class="selected_title">{{vm.repo.selected.full_name}}</span>
    </ui-select-match>
    <ui-select-choices repeat="repo in vm.repos" refresh="vm.getRepos($select.search)" refresh-delay="500">
      <div class="select2-result-repository clearfix">
        <div class="select2-result-repository__avatar">
          <img ng-src="{{repo.owner.avatar_url}}"></div>
        <div class="select2-result-repository__meta">
          <div class="select2-result-repository__title">{{repo.full_name}}</div>
          <div class="select2-result-repository__description">{{repo.description}}</div>
          <div class="select2-result-repository__statistics">
            <div class="select2-result-repository__forks">
              <i class="fa fa-flash"></i> {{repo.forks}} Forks</div>
            <div class="select2-result-repository__stargazers"><i class="fa fa-star"></i> {{repo.starts}} Stars</div>
            <div class="select2-result-repository__watchers"><i class="fa fa-eye"></i> {{repo.watchers}} Watchers</div>
          </div>
        </div>
      </div>
    </ui-select-choices>
  </ui-select>
</body>

</html>
.selected_icon {
  height: 25px;
  width: 30px;
  display: inline-block;
  background-size:contain;
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
}

.selected_title {
   height: 25px;
  padding-left: 10px;
   display: inline-block;
   line-height: 28px;
}

.select2-result-repository {
  padding-top: 4px;
  padding-bottom: 3px;
}

.select2-result-repository__avatar {
  float: left;
  width: 60px;
  margin-right: 10px;
}

.select2-result-repository__avatar img {
  width: 100%;
  height: auto;
  border-radius: 2px;
}

.select2-result-repository__meta {
  margin-left: 70px;
}

.select2-result-repository__title {
  color: black;
  font-weight: bold;
  word-wrap: break-word;
  line-height: 1.1;
  margin-bottom: 4px;
}

.select2-result-repository__forks,
.select2-result-repository__stargazers {
  margin-right: 1em;
}

.select2-result-repository__forks,
.select2-result-repository__stargazers,
.select2-result-repository__watchers {
  display: inline-block;
  color: #aaa;
  font-size: 11px;
}

.select2-result-repository__description {
  font-size: 13px;
  color: #777;
  margin-top: 4px;
}

.select2-results__option--highlighted .select2-result-repository__title {
  color: white;
}

.select2-results__option--highlighted .select2-result-repository__forks,
.select2-results__option--highlighted .select2-result-repository__stargazers,
.select2-results__option--highlighted .select2-result-repository__description,
.select2-results__option--highlighted .select2-result-repository__watchers {
  color: #c6dcef;
}

.clearfix {
  clear: both;
}