How to add achievements on your GitHub profile
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Published: 2023-12-31 18:01:49


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# GitHub Profile Achievements 🏆

This is my last article in 2023 inspired by two people shout out to @schweinepriester and @Thinkright20 so the massive credit goes to them. These include format of the tables, information about each budge, images for each badge and labels.

The purpose of this article is to show you how to collect every single badge on GitHub, some of them are obtainable, others are not obtainable, and some are in beta testing. 


I hope you enjoy 😊😊


GitHub badge section was introduced after the launch of the first Mars Helicopter [Ingenuity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingenuity_(helicopter))

> We are also using this opportunity to introduce a new Achievements section to the GitHub profile. Right now, Achievements include the Mars 2020 Helicopter Mission badge, the Arctic Code Vault badge, and a badge for sponsoring open-source work via GitHub Sponsors.


Today we have around 11 badges on GitHub, and some have different tiers or let's just say levels, so we will start looking at unobtainable badges, Beta badges and obtainable badges where we will divide them into different categories from `Very easy` - `Easy` - `Medium` - and finally `Hard`



# Unobtainable Badges 
They used to be obtainable but now are not.

| Name | Badge Image | Earnable? | Earned By | Difficulty |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
Arctic Code Vault Contributor | <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Schweinepriester/github-profile-achievements/main/images/arctic-code-vault-contributor-default.png" width="175px"> | `❌ No` | Previously obtainable by contributing code to repositories in the [2020 Archive Program](https://archiveprogram.github.com/) | Very Easy
Mars 2020 Contributor | <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Schweinepriester/github-profile-achievements/main/images/mars-2020-contributor-default.png" width="175px"> | `❌ No` | Given if a user contributed code to repositories in the [Mars 2020 Mission](https://github.com/readme/nasa-ingenuity-helicopter) | Easy


# Beta badges

| Name | Badge Image | Earnable? | Earned By | Difficulty |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
Heart On Your Sleeve | <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Schweinepriester/github-profile-achievements/main/images/heart-on-your-sleeve-default.png" width="120px"> | `🔜 Beta Mode` | User cans obtain this badge by reacting to something on GitHub with a ❤️ emoji | Very Easy
Open Sourcerer | <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Schweinepriester/github-profile-achievements/main/images/open-sourcerer-default.png" width="120px"> | `🔜 Beta Mode` | Can be obtained if a user had Pull Requests merged in more than 1 public repository | Medium


# Earnable badges
The following are earnable badge that you can get if you do what is required.

# Easy category

| Name | Badge Image | Earnable? | Earned By |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
Quickdraw | <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Schweinepriester/github-profile-achievements/main/images/quickdraw-default.png" width="175px"> | `✅ Yes` | Obtainable by closing a Pull Request or Issue in 5 mins of it being opened. (You can close your own issues) |
Public Sponsor | <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Schweinepriester/github-profile-achievements/main/images/public-sponsor-default.png" width="175px"> | `✅ Yes` | This badge can be earned by sponsoring a repository/organization/user. 

# Medium 

| Name | Badge Image | Earnable? | Earned By | 
| --- | --- | --- | --- | 
Pull Shark | <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Schweinepriester/github-profile-achievements/main/images/pull-shark-default.png" width="175px"> | `✅ Yes` | You can get this badge by merging 2 pull requests. | Medium
YOLO | <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Schweinepriester/github-profile-achievements/main/images/yolo-default.png" width="175px"> | `✅ Yes` | A user can obtain this badge by merging a pull request without a review (This requires 1 user and 1 reviewer) 
Galaxy Brain | <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Schweinepriester/github-profile-achievements/main/images/galaxy-brain-default.png" width="175px"> | `✅ Yes` | A user can get this badge by getting 2 of their answers accepted on the [Community Discussions](https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/) forum. 

# Hard

| Name | Badge Image | Earnable? | Earned By | 
| --- | --- | --- | --- | 
Pair Extraordinaire | <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Schweinepriester/github-profile-achievements/main/images/pair-extraordinaire-default.png" width="175px"> | `✅ Yes` | The user can obtain this badge by [Coauthoring](https://docs.github.com/pull-requests/committing-changes-to-your-project/creating-and-editing-commits/creating-a-commit-with-multiple-authors) in a merged pull request. (Requires GitHub Desktop App) | Hard
Starstruck | <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Schweinepriester/github-profile-achievements/main/images/starstruck-default.png" width="175px"> | `✅ Yes` | This badge is given to someone when one of their repository's gets 16 stars. | Hard

# Levels or Tiers

Some Achievements not only have the base version, but also tiers. The following are the only badges that have tiers right now:

 <table>  <thead>  <tr>  <th>DEFAULT</th> <th>BRONZE</th>  <th>SILVER</th>  <th>GOLD</th>  </tr>  </thead>  <tbody>  <tr> <td align="center"><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/drknzz/GitHub-Achievements/main/Media/Badges/Star-Struck/PNG/Skin-Tones/StarStruck_SkinTone1.png" width="60px"></td>   <td><img src="https://github.com/drknzz/GitHub-Achievements/raw/main/Media/Badges/Star-Struck/PNG/StarStruck_Bronze.png" width="60px" align="center"></td>  <td><img src="https://github.com/drknzz/GitHub-Achievements/raw/main/Media/Badges/Star-Struck/PNG/StarStruck_Silver.png" width="60px"></td>  <td><img src="https://github.com/drknzz/GitHub-Achievements/raw/main/Media/Badges/Star-Struck/PNG/StarStruck_Gold.png" width="60px"></td>  </tr>  <tr>  <td align="center">Created a repository that has 16 stars</td>  <td align="center">Created a repository that has 128 stars</td>  <td align="center">Created a repository that has 512 stars</td>  <td align="center">Created a repository that has 4096 stars</td>  </tr>   </tbody>  </table>      
 <table>  <thead>  <tr>  <th>DEFAULT</th> <th>BRONZE</th>  <th>SILVER</th>  <th>GOLD</th>  </tr>  </thead>  <tbody>  <tr>  <td align="center"><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/drknzz/GitHub-Achievements/main/Media/Badges/Pair-Extraordinaire/PNG/PairExtraordinaire.png" width="60px"></td>   <td><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/drknzz/GitHub-Achievements/main/Media/Badges/Pair-Extraordinaire/PNG/PairExtraordinaire_Bronze.png" width="60px" align="center"></td>  <td><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/drknzz/GitHub-Achievements/main/Media/Badges/Pair-Extraordinaire/PNG/PairExtraordinaire_Silver.png" width="60px">
</td>  <td><img src="https://github.com/drknzz/GitHub-Achievements/raw/main/Media/Badges/Pair-Extraordinaire/PNG/PairExtraordinaire_Gold.png" width="60px"></td>  </tr>  <tr>  <td align="center">1 merged pull request</td>  <td align="center">Coauthored in 10 merged pull requests</td>  <td align="center">Coauthored in 24 merged pull requests</td>  <td align="center">Coauthored in 48 merged pull requests</td>  </tr>   </tbody>  </table>    
<table>  <thead>  <tr>  <th>DEFAULT</th> <th>BRONZE</th>  <th>SILVER</th>  <th>GOLD</th>  </tr>  </thead>  <tbody>  <tr>  <td align="center"><img src="https://github.com/drknzz/GitHub-Achievements/raw/main/Media/Badges/Pull-Shark/PNG/PullShark.png" width="60px"></td>   <td><img src="https://github.com/drknzz/GitHub-Achievements/raw/main/Media/Badges/Pull-Shark/PNG/PullShark_Bronze.png" width="60px" align="center"></td>  <td><img src="https://github.com/drknzz/GitHub-Achievements/raw/main/Media/Badges/Pull-Shark/PNG/PullShark_Silver.png" width="60px"></td>  <td><img src="https://github.com/drknzz/GitHub-Achievements/raw/main/Media/Badges/Pull-Shark/PNG/PullShark_Gold.png" width="60px"></td>  </tr>  <tr>  <td align="center">2 pull requests merged</td>  <td align="center">16 pull requests merged</td>  <td align="center">128 pull requests merged</td>  <td align="center">1024 pull requests merged</td>  </tr>   </tbody>  </table>     
<table>  <thead>  <tr>  <th>DEFAULT</th> <th>BRONZE</th>  <th>SILVER</th>  <th>GOLD</th>  </tr>  </thead>  <tbody>  <tr>  <td><img src="https://github.com/drknzz/GitHub-Achievements/raw/main/Media/Badges/Galaxy-Brain/PNG/GalaxyBrain.png" width="60px"></td>  <td><img src="https://github.com/drknzz/GitHub-Achievements/raw/main/Media/Badges/Galaxy-Brain/PNG/GalaxyBrain_Bronze.png" width="60px" align="center"></td>  <td><img src="https://github.com/drknzz/GitHub-Achievements/raw/main/Media/Badges/Galaxy-Brain/PNG/GalaxyBrain_Silver.png" width="60px"></td>  <td><img src="https://github.com/drknzz/GitHub-Achievements/raw/main/Media/Badges/Galaxy-Brain/PNG/GalaxyBrain_Gold.png" width="60px"></td>  </tr>  <tr>  <td align="center">2 accepted answers</td> <td align="center">8 accepted answers</td>  <td align="center">16 accepted answers</td>  <td align="center">32 accepted answers</td>  </tr>   </tbody>  </table>

# Colors & Labels

Every tier has either an x2, x3, or x4 label with it that also includes color. Here is the information about each one below:

| Tier | Label | Sample | Hex | Visual |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
🥉 Bronze | `x2` | ![x2](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Schweinepriester/github-profile-achievements/2cc68fe868f104a77b53a353a2931d6e648e06b2/images/custom/tier-label/tier-label-bronze.svg) | `#F9BFA7` | ![#F9BFA7](https://img.shields.io/badge/-%F0%9F%8E%A8%EF%B8%8E%20%23F9BFA7-yellow?style=flat-square&color=F9BFA7)
🥈 Silver | `x3` | ![x3](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Schweinepriester/github-profile-achievements/2cc68fe868f104a77b53a353a2931d6e648e06b2/images/custom/tier-label/tier-label-silver.svg) | `#E1E4E4` | ![#E1E4E4](https://img.shields.io/badge/-%F0%9F%8E%A8%EF%B8%8E%20%23E1E4E4-yellow?style=flat-square&color=E1E4E4)
🥇 Gold | `x4` | ![x4](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Schweinepriester/github-profile-achievements/2cc68fe868f104a77b53a353a2931d6e648e06b2/images/custom/tier-label/tier-label-gold.svg) | `#FAE57E` | ![#FAE57E](https://img.shields.io/badge/-%F0%9F%8E%A8%EF%B8%8E%20%23FAE57E-yellow?style=flat-square&color=FAE57E)

#  Achievement Skin Tone

Some of the achievements on GitHub appear with a different skin color depending on your Emoji Skin Tone Preference.

You can change your preferred Skin Tone by going to the [appearance settings](https://github.com/settings/appearance).

<br>

| Badge | Name | Skin Tone Versions | 
| :-: | :-: | :-: |
| ![Starstruck](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/drknzz/GitHub-Achievements/main/Media/Badges/Star-Struck/PNG/Skin-Tones/StarStruck_SkinTone1.png)                 | Starstruck         | <table>  <tbody>  <tr>  <td align="center"><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/drknzz/GitHub-Achievements/main/Media/Badges/Star-Struck/PNG/Skin-Tones/StarStruck_SkinTone1.png" width="60px"></td>   <td align="center"><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/drknzz/GitHub-Achievements/main/Media/Badges/Star-Struck/PNG/Skin-Tones/StarStruck_SkinTone2.png" width="60px"></td>  <td align="center"><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/drknzz/GitHub-Achievements/main/Media/Badges/Star-Struck/PNG/Skin-Tones/StarStruck_SkinTone3.png" width="60px"></td>  <td align="center"><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/drknzz/GitHub-Achievements/main/Media/Badges/Star-Struck/PNG/Skin-Tones/StarStruck_SkinTone4.png" width="60px"></td>  <td align="center"><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/drknzz/GitHub-Achievements/main/Media/Badges/Star-Struck/PNG/Skin-Tones/StarStruck_SkinTone5.png" width="60px"></td>   <td align="center"><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/drknzz/GitHub-Achievements/main/Media/Badges/Star-Struck/PNG/Skin-Tones/StarStruck_SkinTone6.png" width="60px"></td>   </tr>   <tr>  <td align="center">👋</td> <td align="center">👋🏻</td>  <td align="center">👋🏼</td>  <td align="center">👋🏽</td>  <td align="center">👋🏾</td>  <td align="center">👋🏿</td>  </tr>  </tbody>  </table>      |
| ![Quickdraw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/drknzz/GitHub-Achievements/main/Media/Badges/Quick-Draw/PNG/Skin-Tones/QuickDraw_SkinTone1.png)                 | Quickdraw         | <table><tbody>  <tr>  <td align="center"><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/drknzz/GitHub-Achievements/main/Media/Badges/Quick-Draw/PNG/Skin-Tones/QuickDraw_SkinTone1.png" width="60px"></td>   <td align="center"><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/drknzz/GitHub-Achievements/main/Media/Badges/Quick-Draw/PNG/Skin-Tones/QuickDraw_SkinTone2.png" width="60px"></td>  <td align="center"><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/drknzz/GitHub-Achievements/main/Media/Badges/Quick-Draw/PNG/Skin-Tones/QuickDraw_SkinTone3.png" width="60px"></td>  <td align="center"><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/drknzz/GitHub-Achievements/main/Media/Badges/Quick-Draw/PNG/Skin-Tones/QuickDraw_SkinTone4.png" width="60px"></td>  <td align="center"><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/drknzz/GitHub-Achievements/main/Media/Badges/Quick-Draw/PNG/Skin-Tones/QuickDraw_SkinTone5.png" width="60px"></td>   <td align="center"><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/drknzz/GitHub-Achievements/main/Media/Badges/Quick-Draw/PNG/Skin-Tones/QuickDraw_SkinTone6.png" width="60px"></td>   </tr>   <tr>  <td align="center">👋</td> <td align="center">👋🏻</td>  <td align="center">👋🏼</td>  <td align="center">👋🏽</td>  <td align="center">👋🏾</td>  <td align="center">👋🏿</td>  </tr>  </tbody>  </table>      |

#  Previous Names

Only 2 achievements have had their name altered in all of GitHub's History. These 2 achievements are the Public Sponsor and Mars 2020 Contributor as follows:

```diff
- GitHub Sponsor
+ Public Sponsor

- Mars 2020 Helicopter Contributor
+ Mars 2020 Contributor
```
# Resources
- [Incredible video by thinkright20](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJWFfp3sGYA&t=9s)
- [Github of schweinerpriester](https://github.com/Schweinepriester/github-profile-achievements)

#  Credits
- Massive credit goes to @Schweinepriester and @Thinkright20 for the high-quality images for each badge, labels, information for each badge, and the inspiration to make this article.


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