If you have ever used GitHub, you must have come across some impressive-looking profiles and thought "Damn! I want my profile to look like that." Well, this article will help you with precisely that.
1. Add a ReadMe
This is simply the easiest way to boost the visual appeal of your profile many folds. To create a ReadMe for your GitHub profile, create a new repository with your username.
Initialize the repository with a ReadMe.md file and anything you write in the file will be shown in your GitHub Profile.
The ReadMe is the perfect place to describe yourself, list out your achievements and skills. You can also add badges like these to make your profile look even more attractive.
To create the badge the syntax is:
So the Github badge would look like:
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You can browse through the list of available icons on Simple Icons
2. Manage your Repositories
Github allows you to pin Repositories and Gists in your profile. This is a remarkable feature that enables you to display the things you want to showcase.
It's also a good idea to add details, tags and emojis to make the repository more engaging.
As you can see, the one with details is way more engaging than the one without any.
3. Contribute, Contribute and Contribute some more!
This is simply the most important step to make your GitHub look awesome! I get it, getting started is scary, so if you need help, check out this article on how to get started with Open Source Development. You don't have to start with huge features or projects; begin with documentation fixes, then move on to tiny bug fixes and features.
Open Source Development can boost your profile regardless if you are going for a job interview or freelancing. After a few good contributions, you will start getting job offers from various companies.
One essential thing to keep in mind is: DO NOT TRY TO CHEAT THE PROCESS. Every one of your contributions is listed on GitHub. There are a lot of people who create fake issues to get a green dot for contribution. This only creates negative impression on the person viewing your profile. If you keep making tiny incremental improvements, you will make it; if you try to use a shortcut, you will likely crash and burn. As the saying goes, "Slow and steady wins the race."
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I used this README generator
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Generate READMEto get your README inmarkdownβ¦See how it looks on my profile ==> github.com/jmfayard/
My takeaway from your third paragraph is that this GitHub graph is stupid and toxic, I wish they remove it. It's perfectly fine to take vacations and take a complete break from programming. It is fine to use GitLab for a while and have nothing to show on the graph. It is fine to be sick and take some rest
Wow thanks mate this is pretty handy ha
π I appreciate your thoughts.
I meant "don't make fake contributions". It's highly NOT advisable to keep working till you burn out
Nice readme btw :)
Nice!
I just uploaded my cv on Claude AI and asked it to generate readme.md file
cool!
Done π
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Hi, I'm Kaiz Khatriπ
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By the way, check out my GitHub :) github.com/ra1nbow1
Cool dude!
Its pretty cool. Keep it up π
Hi ,
please do check this as well
dev.to/saleemmalikraja/dynamic-git...
Check out my profile π.. I tried to do something different.
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Hi, I am Nishant π. Internet calls me Dr DEV π. I am a passionate Open Source Developer, who commits code at night and merges it in day. - heydrdev
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How I make my GitHub Profile Interactive
Dr DEV γ» Jul 3 γ» 3 min read
Hi. It's nice article.
I followed it and made my readme.md file.
github.com/httvhutceoscop
Any feedback?
Thanks.
Your readme is quite nice. There is1 issue though, the link icons you are using are black, it's hard to see them in the dark mode
Thank for responding.
I should update these to run in dark model well. ;)
I want to create my repository like Your profie!
can you help me?
github.com/Chiki1601
Beauty is a relative parameter !! As some said it correctly...
Some beautiful things are more beautiful than other beautiful things - someone
Check it out my profile π github.com/heydrdev
rahuldkjain.github.io/gh-profile-r...
I want to my profile like You...Can you teach me?
Sure Pooja, It's my pleasure to help you out π.
Check out my this blog post ππ
How I make my GitHub Profile Interactive
Dr DEV γ» Jul 3 γ» 3 min read
If you want to show off your social articles in github profile, I created a tool to help you achieve it easily github.com/tonynguyenit18/github-r...
Thanks very good content to follow every programmer should use GitHub to showcase their work in a Professional way