How to make your GitHub profile stand out?
There are innumerable GitHub accounts but how does one make theirs extraordinary? This article provides the full list of cool GitHub features and tweaks to make your profile look amazing.
1. Profile README:
You can share important stuff about yourself on your profile readme. It will appear at the top of your profile.
A profile README is a special type of readme. To create it follow the steps below:
Create a new repository with the same name as your username and make sure all the underlined options are fulfilled (see the image below for reference)
If you don't know how to create a repository, follow this link:
You can be as creative with your repository as you want by using Markdown styling, badges, images, etc.
Make edits to this readme that will show on your profile.
Here are some repositories to take inspiration from:
1.1 Pro tip: Make sure to add the following on your profile to look cool:
Learn more:
2. About Section:
Use GitHub’s “Edit Profile” option under your profile picture and fill in the spaces to introduce yourself to the community.
3. Unlocking Achievements:
Once you start using GitHub, the organization provides you with certain achievements, once you have met the required criterion for one. You can choose to display these on your profile (they will be displayed by default).
Follow the link below to view the available achievements and their criteria.
4. Highlights:
When you participate in certain programs, GitHub automatically displays a badge on your profile.
This is how highlights are displayed:
5. Activity Overview:
Scroll down to the very bottom of your profile overview page and turn on “Activity overview”. Open the “Contribution settings” dropdown and select both “Private contributions” and “Activity overview”.
6. Contribute:
Contribute to open-source organizations. A list of them will be shown under your contributions graph. You can start with first-contributions project.
