GitHub Readme Stats is an open-source tool that generates dynamic, visually customizable SVG cards showcasing GitHub metrics such as stars, commits, languages, and contributions, which can be embedded into profile README files. With inbuilt themes, you can customize the look of the card without doing any manual customization. You can specify a year and fetch only the commits that were made in that year by passing &commits_year=YYYY to the parameter. You can look at a preview for all available themes or checkout the theme config file. Please note that we paused the addition of new themes to decrease maintenance efforts; all pull requests related to new themes will be closed.

Features

  • Generates SVG stat cards for GitHub activity: stars, PRs, issues, etc.
  • Provides themed visuals including dark, radical, merko, gruvbox, synthwave, and more
  • Customization via URL parameters for layout, icons, background, transparency
  • Client-side theme toggling support (light/dark) and responsive cards
  • Caching and rate-limit handling for Vercel-hosted API, with self-hosting options
  • Simplifies README enhancement for developer profiles with live metrics

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License

MIT License

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Programming Language

JavaScript

Related Categories

JavaScript Documentation Software

Registered

2025-08-08