Public badges are free forever — that's the part that never changes. Paid plans add identity, control, and insight around your badges, and keep shieldcn sustainable. And shieldcn is, and always will be, self-hostable — run the whole engine yourself, no plan required.
Everything you need to ship great badges.
For maintainers who live in their READMEs.
For teams managing a brand across many repos.
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