Pimp Your GitHub Profile
Tags: github, git
Published: 2020-08-05 06:56:55

I find my [GitHub profile](https://github.com/rebelchris) pretty important when it comes to being an active developer. Unfortunately, most of my projects are private due to business requirements. But still, it's a showcase of who you are.

So let's dive into pimping your profile, but adding a custom readme!

![Chris Bongers GitHub](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/0m95ygs8wn910ltwvgy4.png)

## Adding a Readme

Let's start by adding a .readme; this will allows us to create our own little teaser of who we are.

To add this readme visit the following URL and create a new repository.

[GitHub New Repo](https://github.com/new), The name should be the same as your username. (Rebelchris/rebelchris for me).

You will now see an 8-bit giggling GitHub octocat and the notice you found the special repository. Make sure to add the .readme here!

## Styling your Readme

Of course, it's now up to you to style your readme page; there are some amazing examples out there!

You can use markdown to style it, and of course, we can use the repo to store images!

For example, I created an asset folder and uploader my header in it for my header. Then I'm using the following to add it to the .readme.

```html
[![Rebelchris
header](https://github.com/rebelchris/rebelchris/blob/master/assets/github-header.png)](https://daily-dev-tips.com)
```

Another cool thing to add is the [GitHub Readme Stats](https://github.com/anuraghazra/github-readme-stats). Follow instructions on the repo to get something like this:

```html
<img
  align="center"
  src="https://github-readme-stats.vercel.app/api/?username=rebelchris&theme=dracula"
/>
```

Mine is still very basic at this point, but I'm planning on making it more bespoke.

## Some Great Examples

To give you an idea of some great GitHub profiles take a look at these:

- [Martin Heinz](https://github.com/MartinHeinz)
- [Jhey Tompkins](https://github.com/jh3y)
- [Waylon Walker](https://github.com/WaylonWalker)
- [Anurag Hazra](https://github.com/anuraghazra)
- [CyrisXD](https://github.com/cyrisxd)
- [Jason Lengstorf](https://github.com/jlengstorf)
- [Gautam Krishna](https://github.com/gautamkrishnar)
- [Monica Powell](https://github.com/M0nica)
- [Swastik Baranwal](https://github.com/Delta456)
- [James George](https://github.com/jamesgeorge007)
- [Akash Bijwe](https://github.com/akashbijwe)
- [Victor de la Fouchardière](https://github.com/viclafouch)
- [Rahul Jain](https://github.com/rahuldkjain)
- [Dave Parr](https://github.com/DaveParr)
- [Hemant Joshi](https://github.com/8bithemant)
- [Prince Kaizen Namwali](https://github.com/33nanoseconds)

## GitHub Profile Tools

Other people have made some awesome tools!

- [A Full List of Tools and Profiles](https://github.com/abhisheknaiidu/awesome-github-profile-readme)
- [Profile Generator](https://rahuldkjain.github.io/gh-profile-readme-generator/)
- [Awesome Templates](https://github.com/elangosundar/awesome-README-templates)
- [GitHub Activity](https://github.com/jamesgeorge007/github-activity-readme)

## What's Yours?

Please send me a message/mail/comment with your readme, and let's build an awesome collection!

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