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Awesome GitHub Profile READMEs — 2026

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Yerdaulet Damir GitHub README card
@yerdaulet-damirstartup

Builder · coolreadme.xyz

Cinematic headerPet streakBuild-in-public
Andrej Karpathy GitHub README card
@karpathyml

Founder, Eureka Labs · ex-OpenAI/Tesla

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Yann LeCun GitHub README card
@ylecunml

Chief AI Scientist, Meta

AcademicPublication links
Jeremy Howard GitHub README card
@jeremyphowardml

Co-founder, fast.ai

Course linksAnimated header
Hugging Face GitHub README card
@huggingfaceml

Org · open-source AI

Org headerModel badges
François Chollet GitHub README card
@fcholletml

Creator of Keras

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Ian Goodfellow GitHub README card
@goodfeliml

Inventor of GANs

Research-focused
David Tolnay GitHub README card
@dtolnaybackend

Rust core · serde author

Crate listMinimal
Andrew Gallant GitHub README card
@BurntSushibackend

ripgrep · regex author

Project showcase
Boats GitHub README card
@withoutboatsbackend

Rust async pioneer

Essay linksMinimal
Aleksey Kladov GitHub README card
@matkladbackend

rust-analyzer · TigerBeetle

Blog index
Tokio GitHub README card
@tokio-rsbackend

Async runtime org

Org badges
Simon Willison GitHub README card
@simonwbackend

Datasette · llm CLI

Project tilesLive blog
Armin Ronacher GitHub README card
@mitsuhikobackend

Flask · Sentry founder

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Kenneth Reitz GitHub README card
@kennethreitzbackend

requests author

PhotographyClean
Sebastián Ramírez GitHub README card
@tiangolobackend

FastAPI · Typer creator

Sponsor wallStats
Shawn @swyx Wang GitHub README card
@sw-yxfrontend

AI · ex-Temporal · Latent Space

Now page linkCurated reads
Guillermo Rauch GitHub README card
@rauchgfrontend

CEO, Vercel

Minimal flex
Lee Robinson GitHub README card
@leerobfrontend

VP DevRel, Vercel

Now playingStats badgesProject tiles
Dan Abramov GitHub README card
@gaearonfrontend

React core · Bluesky

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Sindre Sorhus GitHub README card
@sindresorhusfrontend

1000+ npm packages

Sponsor wallTiles
Addy Osmani GitHub README card
@addyosmanifrontend

Chrome · author

Book badgesTalks
Wes Bos GitHub README card
@wesbosfrontend

Syntax podcast · courses

Course tiles
Kent C. Dodds GitHub README card
@kentcdoddsfrontend

EpicReact · TestingLibrary

Course tilesStats
David Heinemeier Hansson GitHub README card
@dhhbackend

Rails creator · 37signals

MinimalManifesto link
Sam Stephenson GitHub README card
@sstephensonbackend

Turbo · Prototype.js

Minimal
Peter Steinberger GitHub README card
@steipetestartup

PSPDFKit founder · Indie

Animated headerProduct tiles
John Sundell GitHub README card
@JohnSundellfrontend

Swift by Sundell

Article cards
Pieter Levels GitHub README card
@levelsiostartup

Nomad List · Indie · #1 IH

Project listRevenue flex
Marc Köhlbrugge GitHub README card
@marcstartup

WIP · BetaList

Build-in-public
Tony Dinh GitHub README card
@tdinh-mestartup

TypingMind · DevUtils

Product tiles
Novatorem GitHub README card
@novatoremdesign

now-playing widget pioneer

Spotify cardAnimated SVG
Jonah Lawrence GitHub README card
@DenverCoder1design

github-readme-streak-stats

Streak statsOpen source
Anurag Hazra GitHub README card
@anuraghazradesign

github-readme-stats creator

Stats cardsOpen source
Tim Burgan GitHub README card
@timburgandesign

Live chess in README

Playable chessGitHub Actions
Anton Komarev GitHub README card
@antonkomarevdesign

Profile views counter

Counter widget
Simon Lecoq GitHub README card
@lowlighterdesign

metrics — most powerful card

Metrics pluginSVG
Mitchell Hashimoto GitHub README card
@mitchellhdevops

HashiCorp co-founder

MinimalProject list
Kelsey Hightower GitHub README card
@kelseyhightowerdevops

K8s · ex-Google

Quote headerTalks
Tianon Gravi GitHub README card
@tianondevops

Docker official images

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Jérôme Petazzoni GitHub README card
@jpetazzodevops

K8s trainer · ex-Docker

Workshops
Rauno Freiberg GitHub README card
@raunodesign

Linear · UI craft

MinimalLab links
shadcn GitHub README card
@shadcndesign

shadcn/ui · Vercel

Project tilesMinimal
Paco Coursey GitHub README card
@pacocourseydesign

cmdk · Vercel design eng

MinimalLab
Franziska Hinkelmann GitHub README card
@fhinkelstudent

V8 · Node

Talks list
Eddie Jaoude GitHub README card
@eddiejaoudestudent

OSS advocate · build-in-public

Stats wallStream
DEV GitHub README card
@thepracticaldevstudent

Community org

Org header
codeSTACKr GitHub README card
@codeSTACKrstudent

YouTube · Web dev

Skill iconsYouTube embed
Florin Pop GitHub README card
@florinpop17student

10kdevs · build-in-public

Challenge list
Mad Devs GitHub README card
@maddevsiostartup

Org · CIS dev shop

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