How To Create A GitHub Profile README 📝
Tags: github, profile, readme
Published: 2020-08-02 19:35:18


GitHub recently released a feature that allows users to create a profile-level README to display prominently on their GitHub profile. This article walks through how to access this new feature.

**Check out My GitHub Profile README 📝 [Here](https://github.com/Arunkumarvallal)**

### Why READMEs📝?

   The GitHub profile-level README feature allows more content than the bio profile, supports markdown, which means that you can play around with content more visually (Did someone say GIFs!?) and the README is significantly more visible as it is placed above-pinned repositories and takes up as much space above the fold of the webpage as you like.

> In my view, the README profile level tends to be a great extension of the standard that many GitHub users are already familiar with.
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### How do I create a profile README?

The README profile is created by creating a new repository with the same name as your user name.

> For example, my GitHub username is Arunkumarvallal so I created a new repository with the name Arunkumarvallal.

1. Create a new repository with the same name (including casing) as your GitHub username: https://github.com/new

2. Create a README.md file inside the new repo with content. README files can contain many elements like the following: Images (SVG, png, etc…), Gifs, Texts, Emojis. You can also display
```
GitHub Profile Stats Card
Visitors Count Badge
Latest dev.to blogs dynamically (Github Action)
Latest medium blogs dynamically (Github Action)
```
Commit your cushy new README!

![Alt Text](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/hhu6emsctodbb8tmfpjw.png)

> If you're on GitHub's web interface you can choose to commit directly to the repository main branch (i.e., master or main) which will make it immediately visible on your profile)

#### Already have a repo-named username/username?

If you are interested in setting up a profile-level README then you can [rename the repository](https://docs.github.com/en/github/administering-a-repository/renaming-a-repository) or repurpose its existing README based on what makes the most sense in your particular situation.
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![Alt Text](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/4j2ihw93j866v9pwf4y6.png)

> Check the cache message that ✨Special ✨repository "You have found a secret"
> NOTE: As I have already created the repo hence it's showing
"The repo already exists"

![Alt Text](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/csvps11vx7aqcpm1hs2o.png)


#### GitHub Profile README 📝 Generator

If you are new to GitHub and do not know how to do a Profile README. Here is a solution for you.

##### _Click [here](https://rahuldkjain.github.io/gh-profile-readme-generator/) to find the solution._


#### Check the below link for Innovative GitHub Profile README📝

There are many people who are done there profile README in innovative ways. They used their skills in their ReadMe. There are a bunch of people I think they did their README in an innovative way and I have listed them down in a link.


##### _Click [here](https://github.com/Arunkumarvallal/innovative-github-profile-readme) to check those people.Contribute Your ideas also._