This repository includes a collection of every single badge on GitHub, and how to obtain each one of them. Some of them are obtainable, not obtainable, or in beta testing. This repository orders the badges from Very Easy to Easy to Medium and finally Hard.
GitHub Badges were added after the launch of the first Mars Helicopter, Ingenuity.
Now today, there are a total of 11 badges on GitHub, and some with a bronze, silver, and gold tier too.
These achievements are still in testing and will be obtainable soon:
| Name | Badge Image | Earnable? | Earned By | Difficulty |
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| Heart On Your Sleeve |  |
🔜 In testing |
User cans obtain this badge by reacting to something on GitHub with a ❤️ emoji | Very Easy |
| Open Sourcerer |  |
🔜 In testing |
Can be obtained if a user had Pull Requests merged in more than 1 public repository | Medium |
The achievements listed below are ones that you can obtain:
| Name | Badge Image | Earnable? | Earned By | Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pull Shark |  |
✅ Yes |
You can get this badge by merging 2 pull requests. | Medium |
| YOLO |  |
✅ Yes |
A user can obtain this badge by merging a pull request without a review (This requires 1 user and 1 reviewer) | Medium |
| Quickdraw |  |
✅ Yes |
Obtainable by closing a Pull Request or Issue in 5 mins of it being opened. (You can close your own issues) | Very Easy |
| Pair Extraordinaire |  |
✅ Yes |
The user can obtain this badge by Coauthoring in a merged pull request. (Requires GitHub Desktop App) | Hard |
| Galaxy Brain |  |
✅ Yes |
A user can get this badge by getting 2 of their answers accepted on the Community Discussions forum. | Medium |
| Starstruck |  |
✅ Yes |
This badge is given to someone when one of their repository's gets 16 stars. | Hard |
| Public Sponsor |  |
✅ Yes |
This badge can be earned by sponsoring a repository/organization/user. | Very Easy |
The following are badges that used to be obtainable, but now cannot be obtained:
| Name | Badge Image | Earnable? | Earned By | Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arctic Code Vault Contributor |  |
❌ No |
Previously obtainable by contributing code to repositories in the 2020 Archive Program | Very Easy |
| Mars 2020 Contributor |  |
❌ No |
Given if a user contributed code to repositories in the Mars 2020 Mission | Easy |
Some Achievements not only have the base version, but also tiers. The following are the only badges that have tiers right now:
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Every tier has either an x2, x3, or x4 label with it that also includes color. Here is the information about each one below:
| Tier | Label | Sample | Hex | Visual |
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| 🥉 Bronze | x2 |
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#F9BFA7 |
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| 🥈 Silver | x3 |
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#E1E4E4 |
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| 🥇 Gold | x4 |
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#FAE57E |
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Some of the achievements on GitHub appear with a different skin color depending on your Emoji Skin Tone Preference.
You can change your preferred Skin Tone by visiting the appearance settings.
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Starstruck |
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Quickdraw |
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Only 2 achievements have had their name altered in all of GitHub's History. These 2 achievements are the Public Sponsor and Mars 2020 Contributor as follows:
- GitHub Sponsor
+ Public Sponsor
- Mars 2020 Helicopter Contributor
+ Mars 2020 Contributor