# badgen/badgen.net

Fast badge service

Repository: https://github.com/badgen/badgen.net
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/badgennet
Homepage: https://badgen.net
Language: TypeScript
License: ISC
License Family: permissive
Topics: badgen, badge, badge-generator, service, svg, live-badges
Last push: 2026-08-12T04:33:34+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 66/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2990, "days_push": 21, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1557, forks 140 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:03.393082+00:00)

## What it is
Badgen is a fast badge generating service that produces SVG badges for READMEs and websites, hosted at badgen.net. It is built on the badgen TypeScript library and deployed on Vercel's edge network for globally cached, low-latency badge delivery.

## Use cases
- generate svg badges for github readme
- show live version or build status badge in docs
- faster alternative to shields.io badges
- create static badges with custom text and color
- display npm download or dependency badges
- embed live service status badges in a website

## When to choose
- you need fast, reliable, globally cached svg badges
- you want live badges for github, npm, docker hub and many other services
- you prefer a simple url-based badge generator over heavy alternatives

## When to avoid
- you need fully offline or self-hosted badge generation without external requests
- you need highly custom badge layouts beyond what the url api supports

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: active
- function: http-server, templating, image-processing
- domain: web-development, developer-tools, apis
- platform: cloud
- tags: badges, svg, badge-generator, live-badges, readme, vercel, nodejs, web-server

## Member repositories
- badgen/badgen.net (main) score 66

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:03.393082+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:29:56.165640+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/badgen/badgen.net (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:03.393082+00:00, sha 6abf76a4b0e0)
  - homepage: https://badgen.net (fetched 2026-08-29T11:30:07.041771+00:00, sha 68599cfbb396)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.