diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/dashboard.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/dashboard.js.coffee
deleted file mode 100644
index 62143e66cfe..00000000000
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/dashboard.js.coffee
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-@Dashboard =
-  init: ->
-    $(".projects-list-filter").off('keyup')
-    this.initSearch()
-
-  initSearch: ->
-    @timer = null
-    $(".projects-list-filter").on('keyup', ->
-      clearTimeout(@timer)
-      @timer = setTimeout(Dashboard.filterResults, 500)
-    )
-
-  filterResults: =>
-    $('.projects-list-holder').fadeTo(250, 0.5)
-
-    form = null
-    form = $("form#project-filter-form")
-    search = $(".projects-list-filter").val()
-    project_filter_url = form.attr('action') + '?' + form.serialize()
-
-    $.ajax
-      type: "GET"
-      url: form.attr('action')
-      data: form.serialize()
-      complete: ->
-        $('.projects-list-holder').fadeTo(250, 1)
-      success: (data) ->
-        $('.projects-list-holder').replaceWith(data.html)
-        # Change url so if user reload a page - search results are saved
-        history.replaceState {page: project_filter_url}, document.title, project_filter_url
-      dataType: "json"
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/dispatcher.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/dispatcher.js.coffee
index fe65ea8b14a..d7feb5d5c87 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/dispatcher.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/dispatcher.js.coffee
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ class Dispatcher
     shortcut_handler = null
 
     switch page
-      when 'explore:projects:index', 'explore:projects:starred', 'explore:projects:trending'
-        Dashboard.init()
       when 'projects:issues:index'
         Issues.init()
         shortcut_handler = new ShortcutsNavigation()
@@ -59,8 +57,6 @@ class Dispatcher
       when 'projects:merge_requests:index'
         shortcut_handler = new ShortcutsNavigation()
         MergeRequests.init()
-      when 'dashboard:show', 'root:show'
-        Dashboard.init()
       when 'dashboard:activity'
         new Activities()
       when 'dashboard:projects:starred'
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/projects_list.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/projects_list.js.coffee
index eab34be652a..ed5206368ce 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/projects_list.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/projects_list.js.coffee
@@ -1,26 +1,31 @@
-class @ProjectsList
-  constructor: ->
-    $(".projects-list .js-expand").on 'click', (e) ->
-      e.preventDefault()
-      list = $(this).closest('.projects-list')
+@ProjectsList =
+  init: ->
+    $(".projects-list-filter").off('keyup')
+    this.initSearch()
 
-    $("#filter_projects").on 'keyup', ->
-      ProjectsList.filter_results($("#filter_projects"))
+  initSearch: ->
+    @timer = null
+    $(".projects-list-filter").on('keyup', ->
+      clearTimeout(@timer)
+      @timer = setTimeout(ProjectsList.filterResults, 500)
+    )
 
-  @filter_results: ($element) ->
-    terms = $element.val()
-    filterSelector = $element.data('filter-selector') || 'span.filter-title'
+  filterResults: =>
+    $('.projects-list-holder').fadeTo(250, 0.5)
 
-    if not terms
-      $(".projects-list li").show()
-      $('.gl-pagination').show()
-    else
-      $(".projects-list li").each (index) ->
-        $this = $(this)
-        name = $this.find(filterSelector).text()
+    form = null
+    form = $("form#project-filter-form")
+    search = $(".projects-list-filter").val()
+    project_filter_url = form.attr('action') + '?' + form.serialize()
 
-        if name.toLowerCase().indexOf(terms.toLowerCase()) == -1
-          $this.hide()
-        else
-          $this.show()
-      $('.gl-pagination').hide()
+    $.ajax
+      type: "GET"
+      url: form.attr('action')
+      data: form.serialize()
+      complete: ->
+        $('.projects-list-holder').fadeTo(250, 1)
+      success: (data) ->
+        $('.projects-list-holder').replaceWith(data.html)
+        # Change url so if user reload a page - search results are saved
+        history.replaceState {page: project_filter_url}, document.title, project_filter_url
+      dataType: "json"
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/user.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/user.js.coffee
index 10ac064f9fc..2882a90d118 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/user.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/user.js.coffee
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 class @User
   constructor: (@opts) ->
     $('.profile-groups-avatars').tooltip("placement": "top")
-    new ProjectsList()
 
     @initTabs()
 
diff --git a/app/controllers/projects/forks_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects/forks_controller.rb
index c71b83c89b7..7b202f3862f 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects/forks_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects/forks_controller.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,18 @@ class Projects::ForksController < Projects::ApplicationController
     @public_forks_count  = @total_forks_count - @private_forks_count
 
     @sort  = params[:sort] || 'id_desc'
+    @forks = @forks.search(params[:filter_projects]) if params[:filter_projects].present?
     @forks = @forks.order_by(@sort).page(params[:page]).per(PER_PAGE)
+
+    respond_to do |format|
+      format.html
+
+      format.json do
+        render json: {
+          html: view_to_html_string("projects/forks/_projects", projects: @forks)
+        }
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   def new
diff --git a/app/views/dashboard/projects/_projects.html.haml b/app/views/dashboard/projects/_projects.html.haml
index 933a3edd0f0..0ebd7c01bab 100644
--- a/app/views/dashboard/projects/_projects.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/dashboard/projects/_projects.html.haml
@@ -1,6 +1 @@
-.projects-list-holder
-
-  = render 'shared/projects/list', projects: @projects, ci: true
-
-  :javascript
-    Dashboard.init()
+= render 'shared/projects/list', projects: @projects, ci: true
diff --git a/app/views/explore/projects/_projects.html.haml b/app/views/explore/projects/_projects.html.haml
index 999a933390b..708fbc27f55 100644
--- a/app/views/explore/projects/_projects.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/explore/projects/_projects.html.haml
@@ -1,6 +1 @@
-- if projects.any?
-  .projects-list-holder
-    = render 'shared/projects/list', projects: projects
-- else
-  .nothing-here-block
-    No such projects
+= render 'shared/projects/list', projects: projects
diff --git a/app/views/groups/_projects.html.haml b/app/views/groups/_projects.html.haml
index 209729dc7ee..794aa57b55a 100644
--- a/app/views/groups/_projects.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/groups/_projects.html.haml
@@ -8,5 +8,4 @@
           = icon('plus')
           New Project
 
-.projects-list-holder
-  = render 'shared/projects/list', projects: @projects, projects_limit: 20, stars: false, skip_namespace: true
+= render 'shared/projects/list', projects: @projects, stars: false, skip_namespace: true
diff --git a/app/views/projects/forks/_projects.html.haml b/app/views/projects/forks/_projects.html.haml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2946e6dcbd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/projects/forks/_projects.html.haml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+= render 'shared/projects/list', projects: projects, use_creator_avatar: true,
+  forks: true, show_last_commit_as_description: true
diff --git a/app/views/projects/forks/index.html.haml b/app/views/projects/forks/index.html.haml
index ace22625d1d..4bcf2d9d533 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/forks/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/forks/index.html.haml
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@
     == #{pluralize(@total_forks_count, 'fork')}: #{full_count_title}
 
   .nav-controls
-    = search_field_tag :filter_projects, nil, placeholder: 'Search forks', class: 'projects-list-filter project-filter-form-field form-control input-short',
-      spellcheck: false, data: { 'filter-selector' => 'span.namespace-name' }
+    = form_tag request.original_url, method: :get, class: 'project-filter-form', id: 'project-filter-form' do |f|
+      = search_field_tag :filter_projects, nil, placeholder: 'Search forks', class: 'projects-list-filter project-filter-form-field form-control input-short',
+        spellcheck: false, data: { 'filter-selector' => 'span.namespace-name' }
 
     .dropdown
       %button.dropdown-toggle.btn.sort-forks{type: 'button', 'data-toggle' => 'dropdown'}
@@ -38,18 +39,10 @@
           Fork
 
 
-.projects-list-holder
-  - if @forks.blank?
-    %ul.content-list
-      %li
-        .nothing-here-block No forks to show
-  - else
-    = render 'shared/projects/list', projects: @forks, use_creator_avatar: true,
-      forks: true, show_last_commit_as_description: true
+= render 'projects', projects: @forks
 
-    - if @private_forks_count > 0
-      %ul.projects-list.private-forks-notice
-        %li.project-row
-          = icon('lock fw', base: 'circle', class: 'fa-lg private-fork-icon')
-          %strong= pluralize(@private_forks_count, 'private fork')
-          %span you have no access to.
+- if @private_forks_count > 0
+  .private-forks-notice
+    = icon('lock fw', base: 'circle', class: 'fa-lg private-fork-icon')
+    %strong= pluralize(@private_forks_count, 'private fork')
+    %span you have no access to.
diff --git a/app/views/shared/projects/_list.html.haml b/app/views/shared/projects/_list.html.haml
index e4bc9998163..2e08bb2ac08 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/projects/_list.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/projects/_list.html.haml
@@ -8,24 +8,17 @@
 - show_last_commit_as_description = false unless local_assigns[:show_last_commit_as_description] == true
 - remote = false unless local_assigns[:remote] == true
 
-%ul.projects-list.content-list
+.projects-list-holder
   - if projects.any?
-    - projects.each_with_index do |project, i|
-      - css_class = (i >= projects_limit) ? 'hide' : nil
-      = render "shared/projects/project", project: project, skip_namespace: skip_namespace,
-        avatar: avatar, stars: stars, css_class: css_class, ci: ci, use_creator_avatar: use_creator_avatar,
-        forks: forks, show_last_commit_as_description: show_last_commit_as_description
-
-    - if projects.size > projects_limit && projects.kind_of?(Array)
-      %li.bottom.center
-        .light
-          #{projects_limit} of #{pluralize(projects.count, 'project')} displayed.
-          = link_to '#', class: 'js-expand' do
-            Show all
+    %ul.projects-list.content-list
+      - projects.each_with_index do |project, i|
+        - css_class = (i >= projects_limit) ? 'hide' : nil
+        = render "shared/projects/project", project: project, skip_namespace: skip_namespace,
+          avatar: avatar, stars: stars, css_class: css_class, ci: ci, use_creator_avatar: use_creator_avatar,
+          forks: forks, show_last_commit_as_description: show_last_commit_as_description
     = paginate(projects, remote: remote, theme: "gitlab") if projects.respond_to? :total_pages
   - else
     .nothing-here-block No projects found
 
 :javascript
-  new ProjectsList();
-  Dashboard.init();
+  ProjectsList.init();