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| Badge | Name | How to get |
|---|---|---|
| Heart On Your Sleeve | React to something on GitHub with a ❤️ emoji (Being tested - now unable to earn) | |
| Open Sourcerer | User had PRs merged in multiple public repositories (Being tested - now unable to earn) | |
| Starstruck | Created a repository that has 16 stars or more. | |
| Quickdraw | Closed an issue or a pull request within 5 min of opening. | |
| Pair Extraordinaire | Coauthored in one or more merged pull requests. | |
| Pull Shark | 2 pull requests merged (or more). | |
| Galaxy Brain | 2 accepted answers or more. Now unable to earn via Community discussions, for more information see here. |
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| YOLO | Merged at least one pull request without code review. | |
| Public Sponsor | Sponsoring open source work via GitHub Sponsors. | |
| Mars 2020 Contributor | Contributed code to repositories used in the Mars 2020 Helicopter Mission. Now unable to earn. | |
| Arctic Code Vault Contributor | Contributed code to a repository in the 2020 GitHub Archive Program. Now unable to earn. |
Some Achievements not only have the base version, but also tiers.
| Achievement | Default | Bronze | Silver | Gold |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starstruck | ||||
| 16 stars | 128 stars @gomzyakov |
512 stars | 4096 stars @torvalds |
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| Pair Extraordinaire | ||||
| 1 pull request @gomzyakov |
10 pull requests | 24 pull requests | 48 pull requests @Rongronggg9 |
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| Pull Shark | ||||
| 2 pull requests @gomzyakov |
16 pull requests | 128 pull requests | 1024 pull requests @ljharb |
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| Galaxy Brain | ||||
| 2 answers | 8 answers | 16 answers | 32 answers @ljharb |
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| Heart On Your Sleeve | ||||
| ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | |
| Open Sourcerer | ||||
| ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? |
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| Badge | 👋 | 👋🏻 | 👋🏼 | 👋🏽 | 👋🏾 | 👋🏿 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starstruck | ||||||
| Quickdraw |
| Badge | Name | Is it possible to get? | How to achieve |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pro | Yes | Use GitHub Pro | |
| Developer Program Member | Yes | Be a registered member of the GitHub Developer Program | |
| Security Bug Bounty Hunter | Yes | Helped out hunting down security vulnerabilities at GitHub Security | |
| GitHub Campus Expert | Yes | Participate in the GitHub Campus Program (Open in August 2024) | |
| Security Advisory Credit | Yes | Have your security advisory submitted to the GitHub Advisory Database accepted | |
| GitHub Star | Yes | Become a GitHub Star | |
| Discussion answered | No | Have your reply to a discussion marked as the answer |
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