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Make Your Github Profile Stand Out

Sarit Chaet Hudis on February 19, 2022

Github is awesome, that's known. But, did you ever think how to make yours more attractive for potential employers or other visitors? Even non-tec...
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Braydon Coyer

Very nice! Hereโ€™s mine!

github.com/braydoncoyer

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Allen Helton

This is really impressive! Nice work!

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Braydon Coyer

Thank you!

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Sarit Chaet Hudis

Very cool profile!! Thanks for sharing!

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tinhnguyentrung

Awesome ^^

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Ariel Barboza

Followed! Amazing

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Neel Devani

Nice Work Man !!

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Randy L

Dude, very sharp and professional.

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George WL

Also seen a lot of folks, especially in frontend technologies, instead of using a photograph for their avatar, drawing or commissioning a cartoon version of their own face as the avatar, to give it a bit of originality.

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webdevterri

That's what I do. (It's a good option for people with stalkers who still need to promote themselves safely online.)

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Ismael Ramos ๐Ÿš€
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George WL

I wouldn't say that bitmoji count

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Ararat2

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Ararat2

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James Turner

I did mine up recently with some colourful repository banners to extend/augment the GitHub pinned repository section. They are generated in a separate repository and deployed to Netlify every hour to keep them loading fast and also update the stars and download counts of my projects. The colours are (mostly) determined from the icons in the projects. Really happy with how it turned out: github.com/Turnerj

After seeing a few others in the comments thread, I think there are a few more things I might do to make mine more interesting - probably a main banner at the top of some sort.

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Sarit Chaet Hudis

Wow, looks really good!!!

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Matt Curcio

@james Pretty cool!

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Brian Austin

"get over yourself and do it" General advice, including Github profiles.

I've hired dozens of developers, and Github gets a passing glance. It's aspirational, usually passion projects. Great context of the sort of technology you are into in your spare time.

What hiring managers are looking for:

  • Are you willing/able to learn
  • Are you a good teammate?
  • Can you understand WHY customers use our software and how we add value to the product.

All that said, if you are a student, or entry level, by all means build a Github portfolio of projects. Build something useful and functional. Don't stress over squashing commits and looking like a genius in your git history. Software development is messy, and fun.

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Dr Nilo Stolte

Hi Brian! I am on the other side of the spectrum, definitely not a student but a lifetime learner (well, if one is not a lifetime learner one is cooked after some age), definitely very experienced, but looking for collaboration to port my current GUI techniques on the web. I would appreciate if you could give me some feedback on mine: github.com/nilostolte

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Sarvesh Prajapati

Agreed with all point. recently I also customized my github profile too...
Could you verify, it is better ?
github.com/sarveshprajapati

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Sarit Chaet Hudis

hey Sarvesh! thanks for the comment. Your profile looks really good!!!
I didn't understand the first line though (Lerning=Learning?)

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Sarvesh Prajapati

Oh man... that minor mistake. Thanks to point out... I will update it :)

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Dhruv Anand

Amazing post!
Have a look at mine
github.com/iDCoded

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Sarit Chaet Hudis

Very cool interactive banner!

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Dhruv Anand

Thanks!
I'm glad you liked it.
Btw it has my name in binary ;)

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Gabriel Chammas

Thanks for sharing these important points.

Here's my github profile for you guys to check: github.com/gchammas23

Let me know what you guys think! I'll take all your comments into consideration

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Sagar Barapatre

Hi Sarit, This blog is beautifully written. I have my GitHub repo - github.com/sagar-barapatre.
Any helpful advice would be extremely appreciated.

Thanks!

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Sarit Chaet Hudis

Your github profile looks good!! And your portfolio site looks great as well!! Maybe you can display the link to it first?

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Alex Hernandez

I like this alot! It's such an easy way to look a project look complete on github.
No more next.js default readme's, thank you!

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Sarit Chaet Hudis

Agreed. It really makes it somehow more "real" and finished :) and easier to start and browse

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Alex Hernandez

That's a good term for it, 'real'.
The times I've come across skeleton readmes, it just registers in my head that I'm looking at some weekend throw-away project.

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Thomas Burleson • Edited

I even add pictures and cool visualizations with highlighted blog posts, client engagements, and more @see gitHub.com/thomasburleson

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Sarit Chaet Hudis

Very cool!! Love all the visulaizations!

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Oluwafikayo Ajayi

Well put together @saritchaethudis

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Dhanush N

Nice post, Here's myne

github.com/DhanushNehru

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Sarit Chaet Hudis

Thank you! Your profile looks really nice!

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Hassan Tahir • Edited

Awesome!
Do check mine!๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป
github.com/thehassantahir

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Liftoff Studios

Cool article
Here's mine: github.com/Liftoff-Studios

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Sabir Khan

I also did with my GitHub Profile.
github.com/simplysabir

do lemme know how its

also i have created a guide on how to customize, feel free to check if intrested

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Ethan

Bookmarking for when I get time to try it. :)
Thanks!

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Lynn Langit

great tips - thanks! - Here's mine --> github.com/lynnlangit

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Rohith V

Project readme looks great

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Ankit Zore

Recently updated my github profile, can you review it?
github.com/ZoreAnkit

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MD. Mizanur Rahman

yup, very nice, here is mine. github.com/SohanR

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Anand Dasani

Here is mine github.com/ananddasani

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Sahesh

nice article !

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Vic

Thank you for this. I'm just starting out on my journey as a developer and this is the kind of help I need. ๐Ÿ™

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Sarit Chaet Hudis

Thank you for commenting! You are in good company :)

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ZigRazor

Good Article!!

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Ronald Rowe

Thank you for such a great resource of informative tips! ๐Ÿ‘ Got to love another place to hone my markdown skills.

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Noble Enyinnaya

Great and helpful article

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Yongchang He

Cool! Thank you for your article! I will do it then.

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Sarit Chaet Hudis

Great to hear that :)

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Dont Pay Host

good GitHub profile design it's best post thanks

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Vitor Silva • Edited

Lovely!
I'm sharing mine too ๐Ÿ™‚
github.com/VitorCodes

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Tahsin Ahmed
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Moran Katz

Wow, I learned a lot!
Thank you!

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Tunmise Adegoke

Nice blogโค๏ธ
Check out my github github.com/Tunmise-Adegoke

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Avalea-netizen

Is it still true one can create a static webpage using the Pelican framework on your GitHub profile?

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Sarit Chaet Hudis

I don't know, heard good things about git pages though

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Pratyush Gupta

Just made it public. Give it a try ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜
Any thoughts?

github.com/pratyushgguptaa

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Todd H • Edited

Thanks for and for otherโ€™s sharing their links. Iโ€™m starting my training and wasnโ€™t familiar with all of Gitโ€™s features. Mine is vanilla right now.

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Sarit Chaet Hudis

Great to hear! Good luck with your training.

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Dhananjay Warade

Very nice! Hereโ€™s mine!
github.com/Dhananjaywarade

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Sarit Chaet Hudis

Very nice!! Thanks for sharing

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codewander

Ditch closed source GitHub, use codeberg or gitlab

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tiff

Why can't we just use whatever works for us and our orgs?

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codewander

That's a good point. I also hope my wording didn't come across as commanding. I want to keep raising awareness, but I do end up having to use github wherever I work and its definitely the highest quality product. I am hoping to eventually get a chance to convince one of my workplaces to use gitea/codeberg or gitlab, if the timing is right.

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Christian Thone

Ive just started getting more serious with software development. So I started putting some of my projects up for people to see. Let me know what you guys think of my GitHub and such.

Profile: github.com/christian-thone

Best Project: github.com/christian-thone/py-alias

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๐’ŽWii ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€โšง๏ธ

Anybody who doesn't have an anime profile picture on github automatically loses 5 respect points from me :D

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Daniele Scasciafratte • Edited

Mine is here github.com/mte90/ :-D

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Yash Datir • Edited

I have given my profile a look of an OS, just trying something creative. Here it is: yashdatir.github.io/profile-os/
Although have the git one: github.com/yashdatir

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Kevin Josรฉ Hernรกndez Gonzรกlez

Great ideas! here is mine: github.com/kevteg

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Akshat Mittal

Nice! Check out my profile

github.com/akshatmittal61

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Juni Yadi

how about mine? >_<

github.com/JuniYadi

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Alex Kotov

Wow, very good, thanks
What do you think about my profile?:
github.com/mur4ik18

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Sarit Chaet Hudis

Looks very inviting! Loved the gif :)

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Martin Klestil

Thanks, that's amazing.

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AmanZrx4

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OllieObrien

Thanks for your help also decent and interesting article. powerful separation spells

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Vukani Gcabashe

Hey guys, how can i fix up my github profile?

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Seth T.T • Edited

Tried something a little minimal and artsy:
github.com/stickyfingies

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Pragati Kumari

Very insightful โœจ
Can you review my profile?
github.com/Pragati1419

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KimDavilla

I found this resource utmost beneficial for me. Thanks a lot for hard work. dua to get married to a specific person

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Nadine Amanda

I just updated my GitHub read me.
GitHub.com/nadin3amanda
Not so proud of my contribution graph๐Ÿ˜ฌ