Shields.io

Original home of the badges, launched in 2014.

Badgen.net

Fast badge generating service launched in 2018.

NodeICO

Large-format status badges for Node.js projects – which were once very popular!

PlayBadges

Show off your Play Store™ app's downloads and ratings in your repo

AwesomeTime

Zero-dependency SVG generator for year-progress bars and date countdowns, with a live-ticking seconds digit, 3 styles, custom colors/fonts, and English/Korean locales.

badge.fury.io

Service for version badges of packages like PyPI, npm, RubyGems, etc.

dependents.info

Showcase GitHub repository's network dependents with a badge and image.

BadgeSize.com

Display the size of any file accessible on GitHub, npm, a CDN service, or hosted elsewhere.

shieldcn

Shields.io alternative that renders badges as shadcn/ui Button components via Satori. Supports npm, GitHub, Discord, Reddit, and more with dark/light mode, multiple variants, and 40k+ icons.

PolicyChecks

Badges for GitHub repository settings that public APIs can't see, such as whether signed commits, SHA pinning, or pull requests are required on the default branch.

Badgetizr

Automatically adds customizable badges to your GitHub and GitLab pull/merge requests.

Badgie

Scans the contents of your repository and adds badges based on what it finds.

Badges

Node.js/Deno/Browser npm package for rendering the HTML of various badges

Projectz

Render Badges into your README based on your package.json configuration

shields.io Raycast extension

A more convenient UI for creating shields.io badges

shields-badge

RubyGem for generating shields.io badge URLs and Markdown

Badge3D

Turn a Shields.io badge into a model you can print

Badge Beadgrid

Turn a Shields.io badge into a bead grid pattern you can craft

svg-to-image-proxy

Rasterizing proxy based on Node and Puppeteer which can be hosted on Vercel. (Since 2019 this code has been used to run raster.shields.io, however it's about to be deprecated in favor of squint.)

squint

Rasterizing proxy based on Rust and libcairo.

For The Badge

Provides static badges using a flat and boxy badge design which has become a classic. (This badge format is available as ?style=for-the-badge on Shields.io.)

Badges 4 README.md Profile

Catalog of Shields.io Badges for readme profiles

Project Types

Static badges for four types of open-source project, as classified in Nadia Eghbal's Working in Public.

Simple Badges

Catalog of Shields.io Badges with Simple Icons

Absurd badges

Collection of absurd, humorous, static badges

Made by Human

SVG badges for transparency about human-AI collaboration: Made by Human, Co-created with AI, Crafted by Human, and Human in the Loop

Markdown Badges

Awesome site to copy markdown badges for your readmes and other markdown files

Shields' Endpoint badge

Badgen's https badge

Badgen's RunKit endpoint badge

Cell Shield

a service that allows backing a shields.io badge with a cell from a public Google Spreadsheet.

TYPO3 Badges

API that provides JSON endpoints to render badges of TYPO3 CMS extensions via Shields or Badgen.

Dynamic Badge Formatter

Allows users to apply formatters for metrics, versions, dates, and more to dynamic shields.io badges to make them look consistent.

badge-maker

JavaScript; supports plastic, flat, flat-square, for-the-badge, and social styles. Powers Shields.io.

badgen

TypeScript; supports classic and flat. Powers Badgen.

gradient-badge

JavaScript; generates gradient badges in classic and flat.

poser

PHP.

pybadges

Python.

browser-support-badge

JavaScript; generates browser version compatibility badges.

badge4j

Java.

luabadges

Lua.

Simple Icons

Home of the bulk of the icons used by both Shields and Badgen.

Custom Icon Badges

Allows users to more easily use Octicons and their own icons and logos on shields.io badges.

Simple Badges

Website for finding and previewing Simple Icons on shields.io badges.

Badges on npm packages

Data-driven assessment based on signaling theory applied to how badges are used in npm. Published in ICSE 2018.

On the Usage of Badges in Open Source Packages on GitHub

Data-driven study of how status badges are used in Cargo and Packagist projects.

An Open Source Rage Diamond

(Jun. 5, 2014) – An article about the motivation for the Shields project by one of its creators.

badge-maker

JavaScript; supports plastic, flat, flat-square, for-the-badge, and social styles. Powers Shields.io.

Shields.io by Nicco Kunzmann

A talk given by Nicco Kunzmann for I Love Free Software Day in Berlin, Feb. 14, 2019.

Cool badges for your project by Marcin Mielnicki

(photos) – A talk given by Shields core team member Marcin Mielnicki for Hacktoberfest Poznań 2018.

badge-maker

JavaScript; supports plastic, flat, flat-square, for-the-badge, and social styles. Powers Shields.io.

Badgen self-hosting

Host your own copy of Badgen on Vercel.

ChostPulse

Self-hosted Cloudflare Worker to generate real-time status badges for game servers.

Parchment Award Digital Badges

A service for creating verifiable achievement badges, based on the Open Badges specification.