Announcement
Shields.io - Consistent and Legible Status Badges
Generate concise, consistent, and legible status badges in SVG and raster format for your project's README, website, or documentation.
Project Introduction
Summary
Shields.io is a popular web service and community-driven project that provides high-quality, consistent status badges for various online platforms, enabling users to quickly visualize key project metrics.
Problem Solved
Developers and project maintainers need an easy, standardized, and visually appealing way to display dynamic project status and metrics (like build status, version, coverage, downloads) without manually creating and updating images.
Core Features
Wide Service Integration
Supports integration with numerous services (CI systems, package managers, social platforms) to fetch dynamic data.
Customizable Appearance
Offers extensive customization options for badge color, style, text, and logos.
Multiple Formats
Provides badges in modern SVG vector format and traditional raster formats.
Tech Stack
Use Cases
Shields.io badges can be used in numerous scenarios to convey quick information about a project's status or metrics.
Displaying Build Status in README
Details
Embed badges showing the current build status (e.g., passing, failing) directly from continuous integration services like GitHub Actions, Travis CI, Jenkins, etc., into a project's README.
User Value
Provides visitors with an immediate visual cue of the project's health.
Indicating Latest Package Version
Details
Show the latest published version number for packages hosted on platforms like NPM, PyPI, NuGet, Maven Central, etc., on project websites or documentation.
User Value
Helps users quickly identify the most current release without visiting package managers.
Showing Test Coverage Metrics
Details
Visualize code coverage percentage reported by testing services like Codecov, Coveralls, or integrate with custom coverage reports.
User Value
Offers a concise way to communicate the extent of test coverage.
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