Your Github tells a story, and if you want to control that story, you’ll need to take action! If you’re reading this, it’s pretty likely that your Github doesn’t look like mine above. It’s probably highlighting some popular repositories, and showing your contribution graph, and not much else. So how do you level up your Github? Don’t worry, it’s actually very easy, plus you’ll get a whole fist-full of free commits for those nice dark green squares!
All you really have to do is create a Github repository with your username as the title and initialize it with a Readme! This will make a Readme file that acts as your profile on the front page of your Github! Now you’re ready to start beautifying, and the best part is that you can really do whatever you’d like!
Of course a simple introductory paragraph is a good place to start, but from there the skies the limit! You can include links to some key project repos like I have! This Readme follows all the same formatting rules as a typical Readme, and a list of Github friendly emojis can be found here: https://gist.github.com/rxaviers/7360908
You can also add in some tech badges to show everybody what you know! Mine are from: https://devicon.dev/.
Folks in the developer community have also made some pretty neat add-ons. You can add a report card with this add-on: https://github.com/anuraghazra/github-readme-stats
Social media badges wouldn’t be a bad idea either! You can get a few here: https://github.com/badges/shields
Really your creativity is the only limit here, and your Github Readme profile can be as minimalistic or elaborate as you desire. I’ve listed just a few of the add-ons too, there are hundreds more out there ready to spruce up your profile! Given that it’s so easy, theres no reason not to, really! So get out there and get noticed!
