badges/shields

Health v2 · maintenance only

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27120 stars · 5620 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Shields.io is a service that generates concise, consistent, and legible project badges in SVG and raster formats for inclusion in GitHub readmes and web pages, supporting hundreds of services like CI systems, package registries, and code coverage tools. The repo also includes a badge-maker NPM library and a Docker image for self-hosting the badge service.

Use cases

• add version and build status badges to a github readme
• show code coverage percentage badge in my project docs
• generate svg badges for npm package downloads
• self-host a badge service behind a firewall
• generate badges programmatically in node with an npm library
• create custom static badges with custom colors and labels

When to choose

• you want polished, consistent status badges for open-source project readmes
• you need badges for many services (CI, coverage, registries, social) from one provider
• you want to render badges in your own app via the badge-maker npm package
• you need a self-hosted badge server via Docker

When to avoid

• you need rich data visualizations or charts rather than small status badges
• you want fully offline badge generation without any library or service
• you need animated or highly interactive graphics

Facets

service · maturity stable

image-processing developer-tools documentation sdk developer-tools web-development documentation self-hosted self-hosted cli badges svg shields-io readme github status-indicators badge-maker nodejs web-server docker

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