Following is the list of useful badges (shields.io/badgen.net) I found helpful to be used in github readme

I've used Microsoft/Vs-code repo as a reference.

Note:: If you are using any of the below badges, replce microsoft with your username and vscode with your repository name

• Generic Badges (with color)

  

  [![shields.io Generic badge with color](https://img.shields.io/badge/SUBJECT-STATUS-green)](https://shields.io/)
  

  

  [![shields.io Generic for-the-badge with color](https://img.shields.io/badge/SUBJECT-STATUS-green?style=for-the-badge)](https://shields.io/)
  

  

  [![badgen.net Generic badge with color](https://badgen.net/badge/SUBJECT/STATUS/green)](https://badgen.net)
  

• Generic Badges (no color)

  

  [![shields.io Generic badge no color](https://img.shields.io/badge/SUBJECT-STATUS-COLOR)](https://shields.io/)
  

  

  [![shields.io Generic for-the-badge with color](https://img.shields.io/badge/SUBJECT-STATUS-COLOR?style=for-the-badge)](https://shields.io/)
  

  

  [![badgen.net Generic badge no color](https://badgen.net/badge/SUBJECT/STATUS)](https://badgen.net)
  

[![shields.io License](https://img.shields.io/github/license/microsoft/vscode)](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/blob/master/LICENSE)

[![badgen.net License](https://badgen.net/github/license/microsoft/vscode)](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/blob/master/LICENSE)

• Latest Release

  

  [![shields.io Release Latest](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/microsoft/vscode)](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/releases/latest)
  

  

  [![badgen.net Release Latest](https://badgen.net/github/release/microsoft/vscode)](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/releases/latest)
  

• Latest Tag

  

  [![shields.io Tag Latest](https://img.shields.io/github/tag/microsoft/vscode)](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/tag)
  

  

  [![badgen.net Tag Latest](https://badgen.net/github/tag/microsoft/vscode)](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/tag)
  

• Watchers

  

  [![shields.io Watchers with style social](https://img.shields.io/github/watchers/microsoft/vscode?style=social)](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/watchers)
  

  

  [![shields.io Watchers](https://img.shields.io/github/watchers/microsoft/vscode)](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/watchers)
  

  

  [![badgen.net Watchers](https://badgen.net/github/watchers/microsoft/vscode)](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/watchers)
  

• Stars

  

  [![shields.io Stars with style social](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/vscode?style=social)](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/stargazers)
  

  

  [![shields.io Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/vscode)](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/stargazers)
  

  

  [![badgen.net Stars](https://badgen.net/github/stars/microsoft/vscode)](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/watchers)
  

• Forks

  

  [![shields.io Forks with style social](https://img.shields.io/github/forks/microsoft/vscode?style=social)](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/forks)
  

  

  [![shields.io Forks](https://img.shields.io/github/forks/microsoft/vscode)](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/network/members)
  

  

  [![badgen.net Forks](https://badgen.net/github/forks/microsoft/vscode)](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/network/members)
  

• Total Issues

  

  [![shields.io Issues](https://img.shields.io/github/issues/microsoft/vscode)](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues)
  

  

  [![badgen.net Issues](https://badgen.net/github/issues/microsoft/vscode)](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues)
  

• Open Issues

  

  [![shields.io Issues Open](https://img.shields.io/github/issues-raw/microsoft/vscode)](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue)
  

  

  [![badgen.net Issues Open](https://badgen.net/github/open-issues/microsoft/vscode)](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue)
  

• Closed Issues

  

  [![shields.io Issues Closed](https://img.shields.io/github/issues-closed-raw/microsoft/vscode)](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aclosed)
  

  

  [![badgen.net Issues Closed](https://badgen.net/github/closed-issues/microsoft/vscode)](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aclosed)