Badges#
Who doesn’t like badges? Glance at any reasonable repository out there and chances are that you’ll see a collection of tiny, colored badges at the very top of the README file, displaying all sort of information. By the way, here is a nice badge:
Badges are a great way to show the status of your project at a glance, add color to your repo, and allow to convey important information quickly: which license is your project using? Which version(s) of Python are you actively supporting? Is your continuous integration up and running? What is the latest tag?
For one thing, github provides badges for your workflows in the form of
[](https://github.com/USER/REPO/actions/workflows/WORK.yml)
For anything else that you might possibly imagine, shields.io is a great service—reach out and experiment!