Complete list of all GitHub Profile badges and Achievements
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| Badge | Name | How to get |
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Heart On Your Sleeve | React to something on GitHub with a ❤️ emoji (Being tested) |
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Open Sourcerer | User had PRs merged in multiple public repositories (Being tested) |
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Starstruck | Created a repository that has 16 stars or more. |
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Quickdraw | Closed an issue or a pull request within 5 min of opening. |
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Pair Extraordinaire | Coauthored in a two or more merged pull request. |
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Pull Shark | 2 pull requests merged (or more). |
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Galaxy Brain | 2 accepted answers or more. |
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YOLO | Merged at least one pull request without code review . |
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Public Sponsor | Sponsoring open source work via GitHub Sponsors. |
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Mars 2020 Contributor | Contributed code to repositories used in the Mars 2020 Helicopter Mission. Not available for earning. |
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Arctic Code Vault Contributor | Contributed code to a repository in the 2020 GitHub Archive Program. Not available for earning. |
Badge Tiers
Some Achievements not only have the base version, but also tiers.
| Achievement | Default | Bronze | Silver | Gold |
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| Starstruck | |
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| 16 stars | 128 stars | 512 stars | 4096 stars @torvalds |
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| Pair Extraordinaire | |
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| 1 pull requests | 10 pull requests | 24 pull requests | 48 pull requests @the1Riddle |
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| 2 pull requests | 16 pull requests | 128 pull requests | 1024 pull requests @the1Riddle |
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| Galaxy Brain | |
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| 2 answers | 8 answers | 16 answers | 32 answers @the-1Riddle |
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Achievement Skin Tone
Some achievements’ appearance depends on your Emoji Skin Tone Preference.
You can change your preferred Skin Tone by going to appearance settings.
| Badge | 👋 | 👋🏻 | 👋🏼 | 👋🏽 | 👋🏾 | 👋🏿 |
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Highlights Badges
| Badge | Name | How to achieve |
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Pro | Use GitHub Pro |
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Discussion answered | Have your reply to a discussion marked as the answer | not available at the moment |
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Developer Program Member | Be a registered member of the GitHub Developer Program |
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Security Bug Bounty Hunter | Helped out hunting down security vulnerabilities at GitHub Security |
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GitHub Campus Expert | Participate in the GitHub Campus Program |
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Security advisory credit | Have your security advisory submitted to the GitHub Advisory Database accepted |
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