Customize your Readme to attract more viewers and stand out from the rest.
Use the following and change the URL/terms with respect to your account.
Checkout My Readme
▶ Displaying our header picture
Either you can use Reheader to generate a header for you, or you can use Photoshop to create your own. You can even ping me if you want me to do it for you!
▶ Portfolio Badge
▶ About Yourself
Example:
Currently, I am a web development intern at Promenant Innovation Labs
- 🔭 I’m currently working on React.JS
- 🚀 I’m looking to collaborate with other developers
- 🥅 2020 Goals: Expertise in web development, contribute to Open Source projects, and survive this pandemic!
- ⚡Facts about me: I listen to alternative and progressive rock; I like to draw and doodle anime and binge-watch movies, series, and read comics!
▶ Your Resume
- Adding a gif is more attractive, but you can even add a text with a link.
Example:
▶ Adding your Skill Set
- You can find SVG/PNG/GIF files online.
You can also add a technology/stack logo by simply searching it on GitHub and opening the image in a new tab.
Here, you can replace "javascript" with "html" and you'll get the logo for HTML.
▶ Adding GitHub Stats
•Visit this repository
Follow the instructions, and add the stats!
▶ Adding your Spotify Updates
•Visit this repository
Follow the instructions, and add your dynamically generated Spotify Updates!
▶ Adding social media icons
Example:
Connect with me:
Top comments (3)
Curious what people think of the readme as a portfolio. From personal experience, I enjoyed GitHub far more before all this self-branding: Pin your best work, the end.
Your contributions are there to see without adding half the MySpace UI elements. The auto-stats & badges have been confusing to those unfamiliar with the site, and a pissing contest for a lot of new devs.
Microsoft owns LinkedIn and GitHub. Ideally they’d replace the used car dealership experience of LinkedIn with actively updated information, not curated by individual developers but by stats alone. I have work and personal accounts, some repos & accounts simply shouldn’t be analyzed by third parties for privacy & security reasons. //end rant
Opinions differ. A cool Readme with dynamic features feels great. Also, it's fun to customise.
Absolutely! Plain is boring