Make Your GitHub Profile Great Again!
Tags: github, career, tutorial, beginners
Published: 2020-08-16 15:24:11

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title: Make Your GitHub Profile Great Again!
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description: Learn how to create a nice readme for your GitHub profile page, to stand out among the community.
tags: GitHub, Career, Tutorial, Beginners
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Last Month (July 2020) GitHub released a feature to allow users to create profile-level README to display an interesting view of their profiles.

You may want to add personal information about yourself in your bio, like previous projects you've contributed to, or interests you have that other person may like to know about.

If you want to get access to the README template go to my profile -> [here](https://github.com/pedes)

## :nerd_face: **How to Create a GitHub Profile's README?**

You have to add a README file to the root of a public repository with the same name as your username, then that README will automatically appear on your profile page.

You will see a nice banner indicating that you have found a secret on GitHub

![GitHub Profile README](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/lexwdk7gc5rx6srgz6ou.png)

Is that it? Yes, as simple as that you will have now a landing README for your profile.

> **Note:** The naming convention is case-sensitive, so make sure the names of your repo and profile match.

## :computer: **What am I going to get?**

As soon as you create your repo, a README file with the following template will be created:

```
**pedes/pedes** is a ✨ _special_ ✨ repository because of its README.md (this file) appears on your GitHub profile.`

Here are some ideas to get you started:

- 🔭 I’m currently working on ...`
- 🌱 I’m currently learning ...
- 👯 I’m looking to collaborate on ...
- 🤔 I’m looking for help with ...
- 💬 Ask me about ...
- 📫 How to reach me: ...
- 😄 Pronouns: ...
- ⚡ Fun fact: ...
```

Github Profile Template 
![GitHub Profile README Example](https://docs.github.com/assets/images/help/repository/profile-with-readme.png)


## :sun_with_face: **How to make it shine?**

Here comes the most exciting and fun side of this. Markdown supports different elements, like emojis, GIFs, images, tables, etc, that allows you to come up with an astonishing design.

I've collected a list of resources that will help you and guide you through the process of crafting an exceptional GitHub profile.

Click on the titles to access to the resources.

- [Markdown Cheat Sheet](https://www.markdownguide.org/cheat-sheet/)

![Markdown Cheat Sheet Sample](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/ivasoqwzyf6xl8kku0ml.png)

Get to know the fundamentals of Markdown, and how to leverage its features on your README.

- [Simple Icons](https://simpleicons.org/)

![Simple Icons Sample](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/gsk65ee0f2hik7oxsguf.png)

Include icons from the most "iconic" software projects and tools used in your day-to-day job.

- [GitHub README Profile Creator](https://github.com/rajk3770/Github-Profile-Readme-Creator)

![GitHub README Profile Creator Sample](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rajk3770/Github-Profile-Readme-Creator/master/screenshots/Profile.png)

Easy and simple way to create your profile README with an open-source tool.

- [Markdown Icons](https://gist.github.com/rxaviers/7360908)

![Alt Text](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/u6h57wrwu12ew9gp68qb.png)

- [GitHub Profile Views Counter](https://github.com/arturssmirnovs/github-profile-views-counter)

![profile-views-counter-banner](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arturssmirnovs/github-profile-views-counter/master/banner.png)

- [GitHub README Profile Generator](https://github.com/arturssmirnovs/github-profile-readme-generator)

![GitHub README Profile Generator GIF](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/34607ef851813101484b49c3a391faf3653cd143/68747470733a2f2f617274757273736d69726e6f76732e6769746875622e696f2f6769746875622d70726f66696c652d726561646d652d67656e657261746f722f696d616765732f6769662e6769663f763d313233)

- [GitHub Readme Stats](https://github.com/anuraghazra/github-readme-stats)

![GitHub Readme Stats Sample](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/5bfcb715afe67fc2e0174b0275ed2fe1a5ce1f32/68747470733a2f2f7265732e636c6f7564696e6172792e636f6d2f616e7572616768617a72612f696d6167652f75706c6f61642f76313539353137343533362f6772732d7468656d65735f6c34796e6a612e706e67)

- [Social Badges | Shields ](https://shields.io/)

![Shields.io Home Page](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/bfx0ni1rzjqb3k819jh6.png)

## :dizzy: **Looking for some inspiration?**

Here is a quick dose of inspiration for creating your own profile:

- [Kat Fukui](https://github.com/katmeister)
![Kat Fukui Face](https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--M-TxY9Vf--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/3mholgldn3lloxjmu4r4.jpeg)

- [Monica Powell](https://www.aboutmonica.com/blog/how-to-create-a-github-profile-readme) 
![Monica Powell Github Profile](https://www.aboutmonica.com/media/monica-github-readme-edit.gif)

- [Martin Heinz](https://github.com/MartinHeinz)
![Martin Heinz Github Profile](https://miro.medium.com/max/2426/1*NBUfL7eDm8ednodVwWbFDw.png)

- [Thomas Guibert](https://github.com/thmsgbrt)
![Thomas Github Profile](https://miro.medium.com/max/2556/1*ZggRWyvgxX417fUi7goosQ.png)

##  :runner: **Where to go from here?**

Perhaps, do you want to share your ideas and craft with the world? 

Post your profile in the comments below, bookmark this post or share it with your friends to find and see what they can come up with.

Thanks for reading.  :v: