My open-source project Github profile README generator reached 1000+ βοΈ in less than 45 days π₯³.
It was trending on Github under javascript categoryπ
I was scrolling the twitter feed and listening to Blinding Lights when I got the idea of this tool. Never thought that so many developers will find it useful.
The open-source community is amazing. The project on GitHub received two pull requests without even opening an issue.
- Nat Friedman CEO of GitHub followed me on twitter.
- Thorsten LΓΌnborg, a member of the Vuejs core team even starred the repositoryπ.
How I achieved it?
Now the question is How I did it. The strategy I followed is a mix of a few steps which are as follows
1. Cool project README
Project README on Github puts the first impression of the project. To win the battle i.e to gain attention I designed a visually interesting README using gifs, badges, and emojis. It looks like this
2. Post about project on Dev.to using #showdev
I am quite active on dev.to and understands the power of it. So I wrote this article for the same

Github profile README generator with addons like visitors-count, github-stats etc
Rahul Jain γ» Jul 16 '20 γ» 1 min read
Guess what, it got 1400+ views. Organic reach is pretty amazing on dev.to.
You blog post must display the capabilities and uniqueness about the project.
3. Promote the project on other platforms(LinkedIn/Reddit/Discord/Twitter)
I am quite active on LinkedIn too. So I took advantage of this and wrote a post regarding the tool. Organic reach of LinkedIn is amazing too and the post was reaching 1000+ people per hour for the first 12 hours. The post became a hit and reached 24000+ people on LinkedIn.
That's it! Dev.to and LinkedIn proved out to be a super awesome platform to reach the targetted audience organically.
PS: If you haven't checked out the tool yet, go check it out
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π Generate GitHub profile README easily with the latest add-ons like visitors count, GitHub stats, etc using minimal UI.
GitHub Profile README Generator
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Tired of editing GitHub Profile README with new features?
This tool provides an easy way to create a GitHub profile readme with the latest add-ons such as visitors count
, github stats
, etc.
π Demo
Try the tool: GitHub Profile README Generator
π§ Features
Just fill in the details such as Name
, Tagline
, Dev Platforms Username
, Current Work
, Portfolio
, Blog
, etc. with a minimal UI.
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Uniform Dev Icons
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Uniform Social Icons
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Visitors Counter Badge
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GitHub Profile Stats Card
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GitHub Top Skills
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GitHub Streak Stats
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Dynamic Dev(.)to Blogs (GitHub Action)
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Dynamic Medium Blogs (GitHub Action)
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Dynamic Personal Blogs from RSS Feed (GitHub Action)
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Wakatime Stats contribute
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Buy Me A Coffee button
Click on Generate README
to get your README in markdown
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Top comments (2)
Funny that you made another advertisement for it...
LinkedIn post for reference: linkedin.com/posts/rahuldkjain_ope...