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How To Create A GitHub Profile README

Monica Powell on July 11, 2020

GitHub recently released a feature that allows users to create a profile-level README to display prominently on their GitHub profile. This article ...
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Sarah Price

I saw someone post theirs the other day with a fun animation. I hadn't realized this was a new feature so I thought they were just joking around. But this is great! I'm going to have to do some brainstorming on mine. Maybe I'll see how much of my design skills I can use in it as well!

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coderjojo

I have created Developer Profile repository with a bunch of GitHub profiles so that others will get inspiration to create their own. Do consider to contribute with your profile also.

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ItsASine (Kayla)

Only downside I can see to this is that the README seems meant to be a living document. Mine is a bunch of gifs now, but later I could update it to actually be professional or something and less awesome.

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coderjojo

You may update it later in the repo also.

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ItsASine (Kayla)

I see screenshots got added recently, nice! :)

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Ayush Kumar • Edited


My Github.
For more cool templates.

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Jacques Blom • Edited

I've set mine up to automatically pull in my latest uploads from YouTube, using a Netlify Serverless function:
github.com/jacques-blom
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Rahul Jain

Tired of updating GitHub profle README with latest features again & again?

If yes, then I have developed a tool to do the same for you in just 1 click 🤓

🚀 Try the tool: live tool

If you find the tool useful, show some love by giving a ⭐ on github repo

GitHub logo rahuldkjain / github-profile-readme-generator

🚀 Generate GitHub profile README easily with the latest add-ons like visitors count, GitHub stats, etc using minimal UI.

GitHub Profile Readme Generator

GitHub Profile README Generator

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Tired of editing GitHub Profile README with new features?

This tool provides an easy way to create a GitHub profile readme with the latest add-ons such as visitors count, github stats, etc.

🚀 Demo

Try the tool: GitHub Profile README Generator

🧐 Features

Just fill in the details such as Name, Tagline, Dev Platforms Username, Current Work, Portfolio, Blog, etc. with a minimal UI.

  • Uniform Dev Icons

  • Uniform Social Icons

  • Visitors Counter Badge

  • GitHub Profile Stats Card

  • GitHub Top Skills

  • GitHub Streak Stats

  • Dynamic Dev(.)to Blogs (GitHub Action)

  • Dynamic Medium Blogs (GitHub Action)

  • Dynamic Personal Blogs from RSS Feed (GitHub Action)

  • Wakatime Stats contribute

  • Buy Me A Coffee button

Click on Generate README to get your README in markdown

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Sanchit Bajaj

It's great and easy to use

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Alen Abraham

hey, I tried out this.
It's an awesome tool. Nice one mate.

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Vadorequest • Edited

Just built mine in 2h time really quickly, with github stats, trophies, SO feed, medium feed, etc.

github.com/Vadorequest

Thanks to github.com/rahuldkjain/github-prof... which helped me bootstrap real quick!

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Joem Elias Sanez

Great piece. Newbie, but took a friendly first pass at this — bonus CV frontier!
mine

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Harshal Jadhav • Edited

Here's mine which shows your latest medium blogs.
harshalrj25

checkout my repo github.com/harshalrj25/mediumblog-... to add medium blogs to your profile.

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Elango Sundar

I have created a repository for awesome github profile aims to collect the all awesome beautiful READMEs profile and make your Profile look good & Inspire other's.

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odalet

Hi! Do you know if this is also available to organizations?

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Punitkumar Y Harsoor • Edited

I did my own have a look:
Github Profile /punitkmryh

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Shravan Kumar B

Hi, do check this project, to beautify your profile readme. Star it, if you like it.

GitHub Dynamic Animated Quote Generator

GitHub logo shravan20 / github-readme-quotes

Dynamic quote generator for your GitHub readmes

github-readme-quotes

Dynamic quote generator for your GitHub readmes

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alt PRs Welcome Open Source? Yes! GitHub contributors Pull Request Counts last commit deployment-status community chat

Github Readme Quotes

Copy and paste the following markdown content to display the quote.

![Quote](https://github-readme-quotes.herokuapp.com/quote)
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Themes

You can display your quote in different themes without any manual customization.

Use ?theme=THEME_NAME parameter as shown below.

![Quote](https://github-readme-quotes.herokuapp.com/quote?theme=dark)
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Available Themes

dark, radical, merko, gruvbox, tokyonight, onedark, cobalt, synthwave, highcontrast, dracula

Gotham

Quote

Dark

Quote

Light Theme

Quote

You can explore different themes here.

Feel free to contribute different themes.

Layouts

You can also change the layout of your templates.

Use ?layout=LAYOUT parameter as shown below

![Quote](https://github-readme-quotes.herokuapp.com/quote?theme=dark&layout=socrates)
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Layout 1 (Default)

Quote

Layout 2 (Socrates)

Quote

You can explore different layouts here.

Feel free to contribute different layouts.

Animations

You can also add animations to your templates.

Use ?animation=ANIMATION paramater as shown below

![Quote](https://github-readme-quotes.herokuapp.com/quote?theme=dark&animation=grow_out_in)
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Animation 1

Quote

You can explore different animations…

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Arturs Smirnovs

You inspired me to make my own readme and make this open source project #justforfun that allows you to generate github readme files: arturssmirnovs.github.io/github-pr...

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Ileriayo Adebiyi

This feature may be that solution for

  • a website (sort of); a win-win for you if you
  • write your blogs in markdown, push to GitHub and publish on dev.to,,
  • one more thing, custom domain.

Thanks for sharing Monica!

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Lakshya Singh

I made mine after seeing this post thanks a lot.

My Readme : Profile

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James George

I've built a GitHub Action that updates README with the recent activity of a user.

GitHub logo jamesgeorge007 / github-activity-readme

Updates README with the recent GitHub activity of a user

GitHub Activity in Readme

Updates README.md with the recent GitHub activity of a user.

profile-repo


Instructions

  • Add the comment <!--START_SECTION:activity--> (entry point) within README.md. You can find an example here.

  • It's the time to create a workflow file.

.github/workflows/update-readme.yml

name: Update README

on:
  schedule:
    - cron: '*/30 * * * *'
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    name: Update this repo's README with recent activity

    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - uses: jamesgeorge007/github-activity-readme@master
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
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The above job runs every half an hour, you can change it as you wish based on the cron syntax.

Please note that only those public events that belong to the following list show up:-

  • IssueEvent
  • IssueCommentEvent
  • PullRequestEvent

You can find an example here.

Override defaults

Use the following input params to customize it for…

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Puneet Gopinath

Hey James George, you no longer maintain it. So here is a fork of it to use instead:

GitHub logo Readme-Workflows / recent-activity

Add your recent activity to your profile readme!

Recent Activity

GitHub stars GitHub forks GitHub issues GitHub repo size Lines of code Discord Chat Contributor Covenant

This GitHub Action is a Fork of the original GitHub Activity Readme Action by jamesgeorge007.
Its our goal is to improve the original GitHub Action while also providing new features for the users.

Live Preview

This is an example live preview that is updated every time a commit is pushed using github actions.

Last Updated: Thursday, May 20th, 2021, 3:17:39 PM (GMT)

  1. ❗️ Closed issue #5 in Readme-Workflows/recent-activity
  2. 🎉 Merged PR #6 in Readme-Workflows/recent-activity
  3. 🗣 Commented on #3 in Readme-Workflows/recent-activity
  4. ❗️ Closed issue #4 in Readme-Workflows/recent-activity
  5. 💪 Opened PR #6 in Readme-Workflows/recent-activity

Settings

The Action currently has the following Settings that you can set through the with option.

Option Description Default Supported Placeholder
GH_USERNAME The User to get latest activity from Repository Owner
COMMIT_MSG The Commit Message to use when updating the README ⚡ Update README with the recent activity
MAX_LINES How many activities to display 5
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Vincenzo Di Vico

After reading this article i've created my readme. it's a work in progress and i'll update it, but i'm happy of the result. i've used an animation of me in my real office in flat style and with this avatar. next time i'll "upgrade" the animation with more element

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Rodrigo Graça 👨🏻‍💻🐛

Not wanting to plug my self but I think my profile also looks pretty nice and has a few easter eggs:
github.com/rodrigograca31

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Aayushi Sharma

Hi there 👋

I am aayushi Sharma. I Love ❤️ programming and currently working as Machine learning engineer.

Language & Skills

  • Python
  • C++
  • JavaScipt
  • Web Development
  • Machine Learning
  • Deep learning
  • Natural language processing
  • App Development

Things got bugs, gonna smash them one by one

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Rafael Duarte

What a nice feature!

This is going to my to-do for future build!

Thanks 👍

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Kunal Kumar Verma

This inspired me to make my own Github readme profile.
Thx for the same :)
Here's the link : Github

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Dan

Is there any way in markdown to do a responsive image (ie. different images for different widths)?

You can use an img tag in GitHub markdown, but it doesn't support srcset.

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Annie Taylor Chen

Haha how can I not follow this trend, here is mine. :) Made with animated svg!

annie taylor chen github readme profile

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Sanchit Bajaj • Edited

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My Github Profile.
If you like my work, do give a ⭐

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Cesar Melchor

Thanks for this! I had no idea 🤯. I have to think about how creative to make mine!

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Anita Joseph

Thanks for the steps to be followed ans also the exemples.

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DaNeil C

This is such an underused feature. Thanks for sharing it!

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dennislwm

My profile: yourls.fxgit.work/a005

Learn to use GitHub for Python and send Actions to Telegram Bot.

yourls.fxgit.work/a001

python #telegram

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Hemant Joshi

Have a look at mine😁👋.

GitHub logo 8bithemant / 8bithemant

Github README.md. Consists of Lot of Badges, git, png, and a lot of Love, Live Github Stats. Add this to your profile and help me with contributing to this stuff. Github Profile README.md

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Yunwei Xiao • Edited

Have a look at mine ✨

I use a fancy fonts style

github.com/xiaoluoboding

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Dash Reyes

Great Article!

Just want to share this to add some details for the Github README profile 😄

dev.to/lorddashme/the-github-contr...

Thanks!

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Deepak Raj

Here is mine. How's It.
If anyone needs source code, fork it.

Hi 👋, I'm Codeperfectplus

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fiaz

thanks! because of this article i also create github.com/hifiaz

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Ankit Kumar

Gave it a shot.

GitHub logo Ankit512 / Ankit512

This is the personal profile readme for...well me!

Hi there, I'm Ankit 👋👨‍💻

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Hi, I'm Ankit Kumar, final year CSE undergrad from SRM Institute of Science and Technology, KTR 🏫. I'm also an indie game developer 🎮 snekaing my way into Data Science and Analytics 🤫.

Beside's developing stuff, I enjoy watching and playing sports , listening to music 🎧 and eating food 🍕. Apart from that, I'm also a pundit when it comes to sports like Football, Basketball and F1 🧐.

I'm also a die-hard supporter of Manchester United Football Club .

Uncomfortable thought: Warm Soda 😣.

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Talking about Personal Stuffs:

  • 🌱 Game-Dev domain lead at Think-Digital
  • 🎮 Indie Game Developer
  • 📈 Data Analyst
  • 📊 Data Science and Data Analytics Enthusiast
  • 👦 Student Ambassador at Foxmula
  • Github's Arctic Code Vault Contributor batch holder
  • 💼 Currently looking for new job opportunities
  • 💬 Ask me about anything, I am…
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Waylon Walker

Such a cool feature!!!

I had quite a few good ones submitted, you should add yours as well.

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Girish Mahajan

dillinger.io/ give it a shot. Quiet handy tool

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Ketan Rajpal

Ketan Rajpal Github Profile Readme

My Github Profile Readme