✦ Community reference · Independent project

Every badge has
a story.

Explore GitHub profile achievements, program highlights, tier milestones, and retired designs — all in one searchable atlas.

Explore the catalog ↓Official GitHub docs ↗

Inside the atlas

16Tracked entries
4Status categories
7Earnable activity badges*
4Tiered achievements

*Based on the community-maintained catalog snapshot. Criteria can change.

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Unofficial community catalog. GitHub awards official achievements and highlights itself. This website does not grant badges or change your GitHub profile. Some unlock criteria are community-reported; always check GitHub’s own interface and documentation.

Badge catalog

Search, filter, and open any entry for details.

16 entries
No badges match your search. Try another term or filter.

Achievement tiers

Some achievements upgrade in place. GitHub displays the highest tier earned.

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DefaultBase achievement
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BronzeFirst milestone
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SilverSecond milestone
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GoldHighest listed tier

Pull Shark

Merged pull request milestones reported by the community:

  • Base: 2 merged PRs
  • Bronze: 16
  • Silver: 128
  • Gold: 1,024

Pair Extraordinaire

Co-authored commits on merged pull requests:

  • Base: 1 co-authored merged PR
  • Bronze: 10
  • Silver: 24
  • Gold: 48

Starstruck

Stars on a repository you created:

  • Base: 16 stars
  • Bronze: 128
  • Silver: 512
  • Gold: 4,096

Galaxy Brain

Accepted answers in repository Discussions (not GitHub Community):

  • Base: 2 accepted answers
  • Bronze: 8
  • Silver: 16
  • Gold: 32

Profile highlights

Program-related badges shown separately from activity achievements.

Developer Program Member

GitHub says registered Developer Program members building an app with the GitHub API receive this profile badge.

Developer Program ↗

PRO

Displayed while the account uses GitHub Pro.

GitHub plans ↗

Security Bug Bounty Hunter

Recognizes qualifying work helping GitHub identify security vulnerabilities.

GitHub Security Bounty ↗

GitHub Campus Expert

For participants in GitHub’s Campus Experts program.

Campus Experts ↗

Security advisory credit

Granted when a submitted advisory is accepted into the GitHub Advisory Database.

GitHub Advisories ↗

About this project

A compact reference for developers exploring GitHub profile badges.

This independent catalog is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by GitHub. GitHub badge artwork and trademarks belong to their respective owners. Some names, criteria, and tier thresholds are community-maintained and may change without notice. If an official GitHub source conflicts with this catalog, follow GitHub’s official source.

Useful references: GitHub profile reference · Highest-tier display update (Sep 11, 2026) · Community catalog source.