GitHub

Badges for GitHub repositories — stars, forks, releases, CI, issues, PRs, and more.

Display live stats from any public GitHub repository.

URL formats

All GitHub badges support both URL formats:

/github/{topic}/{owner}/{repo}.svg
/github/{owner}/{repo}/{topic}.svg

Available badges

CategoryTopicsDescription
StarsstarsRepository star count
ForksforksRepository fork count
LicenselicenseRepository license
Releaserelease, releases, tags, tag, assets-dlReleases, tags, and downloads
CI Statusci, checksGitHub Actions workflow status
Issuesissues, open-issues, closed-issues, label-issuesIssue counts by state or label
Pull Requestsprs, open-prs, closed-prs, merged-prsPR counts by state
Commitscommits, last-commitCommit count and recency
Repositorywatchers, branches, contributors, dependabot, milestonesOther repo metadata

Quick examples

![stars](https://shieldcn.dev/github/stars/vercel/next.js.svg)
![release](https://shieldcn.dev/github/release/vercel/next.js.svg)
![ci](https://shieldcn.dev/github/ci/vercel/next.js.svg)
![license](https://shieldcn.dev/github/license/vercel/next.js.svg)

Data source

All data from the GitHub REST API. Uses the token pool for distributed rate limiting. Most badges cached 1 hour, CI/checks cached 10 minutes.