# andrewsbarbaro/for-the-badge

It all started because of an obsession with two words: “build passing”. It all ended with this: badges, for badges’ sake.

Repository: https://github.com/andrewsbarbaro/for-the-badge
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/for-the-badge
Homepage: https://forthebadge.com
Language: Vue
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: badges, badges-generator, badges-github, forthebadge, svg
Last push: 2026-08-07T11:04:11+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 75/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 96, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4398, "days_push": 26, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1815, forks 144 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:39.885943+00:00)

## What it is
For the Badge is a web application for creating and sharing custom SVG badges with custom text, colors, and icons, famous for its 'badges for badges' sake' README badges. It is built with Nuxt 4 and deployed on Cloudflare Workers with D1/KV storage.

## Use cases
- generate custom github readme badges
- create svg badges with custom text and colors
- browse a library of pre-made badges
- host a badge generator service
- make fun badges for open source projects

## When to choose
- you want playful or custom SVG badges for READMEs
- you need a self-hostable badge generator API
- you want to browse ready-made badge designs

## When to avoid
- you need CI status badges with live build data
- you need shields.io-style metadata-driven badges

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: image-processing, web-framework, auth, orm, self-hosted
- domain: web-development, developer-tools, frontend
- platform: cloud
- tags: badges, svg-generator, nuxt, vue, cloudflare-workers, forthebadge, web-server, nodejs, docker

## Member repositories
- andrewsbarbaro/for-the-badge (main) score 75

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:39.885943+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 2026-08-30T03:20:38.298771+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/andrewsbarbaro/for-the-badge (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:39.885943+00:00, sha 59d7f6be5f8b)
  - homepage: https://forthebadge.com (fetched 2026-08-29T10:59:36.052095+00:00, sha cb5e58c9d4a1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.