Glitz Up Your GitHub

How to Personalize Your GitHub Profile Page

3 min readOct 14, 2020

I very recently discovered a pretty great GitHub easter egg that completely changes up the GitHub profile game. In the words of the GitHub Docs:

“If you add a README file to the root of a public repository with the same name as your username, that README will automatically appear on your profile page”

Yes, you heard it. Just follow these steps.

⓵ Create a new GitHub repository

⓶ Give the repo the same exact name as your username

⓷ Make sure it’s public, initialize it with a README, hit ‘Create repository’

OKAY. Now it’s time to edit that README.

Here’s the part where you can: ❶ Feel free to stop reading and do whatever you want to your new blank profile… OR ❷ Stick around for some neat things you can put on that profile.

Some neat things you can put on your README profile:

◆ Basic About Info

Include some information about yourself and things you’re currently working on.

◆ Your GitHub Stats

[![YOUR NAME's github stats](https://github-readme-stats.vercel.app/api?username=YourUsername)](https://github.com/YourUsername/github-readme-stats)

These can be changed up as well with different URL parameters.

For example, you can choose to show icons, or change the color theme:

[![YOUR NAME's github stats](https://github-readme-stats.vercel.app/api?username=YourUsername&show_icons=true&theme=gotham)](https://github.com/YourUsername/github-readme-stats)

Stats card with icons, and the Gotham theme.

There are many ways to customize your GitHub Stats card — check out this guide on GitHub by anuraghazra.

◆ Your socials, or platforms where people can connect with you

### Let’s Connect:[<img align=”left” alt=”YourWebsite.com” width=”22px” src=”https://raw.githubusercontent.com/iconic/open-iconic/master/svg/globe.svg" />](https://YourWebsite.com/)[<img align=”left” alt=”Your Name LinkedIn” width=”22px” src=”https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/simple-icons@v3/icons/linkedin.svg" />](https://www.linkedin.com/in/YourLinkedInName/)[<img align=”left” alt=”Your Name Medium” width=”22px” src=”https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/simple-icons@v3/icons/medium.svg" />](https://medium.com/@YourMediumUsername)[<img align=”left” alt=”Your Name YouTube” width=”22px” src=”https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/simple-icons@v3/icons/youtube.svg" />](https://www.YourYouTubeChannelLink.com)

Or for a different style:

### Let’s Connect:[<img align=”left” alt=”Your Name LinkedIn” src=”https://img.shields.io/badge/linkedin-%230077B5.svg?&style=for-the-badge&logo=linkedin&logoColor=white" />](https://www.linkedin.com/in/YourLinkedInName/)[<img align=”left” alt=”Your Name Medium” src=”https://img.shields.io/badge/medium-%2312100E.svg?&style=for-the-badge&logo=medium&logoColor=white" />](https://medium.com/@YourMediumUsername)[<img align=”left” alt=”Your Name YouTube” src=”https://img.shields.io/badge/youtube-%23FF0000.svg?&style=for-the-badge&logo=youtube&logoColor=white" />](https://www.YourYouTubeChannelLink.com)

*Find more badges here.

◆ More Pins!

No more 6 pin limit- pin as many repos as you wish!

## Pinned:[![ReadMe Card](https://github-readme-stats.vercel.app/api/pin/?username=YourUsername&repo=the-repo-you-want-to-pin)](https://github.com/YourUsername/the-repo-you-want-to-pin)

You can customize pins as well (using mostly the same URL parameters as the stats card):

## Pinned:[![ReadMe Card](https://github-readme-stats.vercel.app/api/pin/?username=YourUsername&repo=the-repo-you-want-to-pin&theme=gotham)](https://github.com/YourUsername/the-repo-you-want-to-pin)