Complete list of all GitHub Profile badges and Achievements

This document presents a compilation of all Achievements available on the GitHub profile.

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GitHub Profile Achievements

Badge	Name	How to get
	Heart On Your Sleeve	React to something on GitHub with a ❤️ emoji (Being tested)
	Open Sourcerer	User had PRs merged in multiple public repositories (Being tested)
	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.
	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.

Badge Tiers

Some Achievements not only have the base version, but also tiers. Here are the badges that currently offer tiered versions:

Achievement	Default	Bronze 🥉	Silver 🥈	Gold 🥇
Starstruck
	16 stars	128 stars	512 stars	4096 stars
Pair Extraordinaire
	1 pull requests	10 pull requests	24 pull requests	48 pull requests
Pull Shark
	2 pull requests	16 pull requests	128 pull requests	1024 pull requests
Galaxy Brain
	2 answers	8 answers	16 answers	32 answers
Heart On Your Sleeve
Open Sourcerer

Achievement Skin Tone

Some GitHub achievements may display with varying skin tones based on your selected Emoji Skin Tone Preference.

You can change your preferred Skin Tone by going to appearance settings.

Badge	👋	👋🏻	👋🏼	👋🏽	👋🏾	👋🏿
Starstruck
Quickdraw

Highlights Badges

GitHub Highlights Badges showcase key achievements like top contributor, project stars, and more, adding visual appeal and recognition to profiles and repositories.

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	No	Participate in the GitHub Campus Program (will 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

Official list

There is was an official list available in the GitHub Docs at
https://docs.github.com/en/account-and-profile/setting-up-and-managing-your-github-profile/customizing-your-profile/personalizing-your-profile#displaying-badges-on-your-profile (link to the archived version).
There is still a section which includes specifics on how badges were/are awarded, e.g. which repositories and versions qualified for the Mars 2020 Helicopter Contributor.

Tier labels

Each tier has a label associated which includes a color.

Tier	Label	Sample	Hex	Visual
Bronze 🥉	x2		#F9BFA7
Silver 🥈	x3		#E1E4E4
Gold 🥇	x4		#FAE57E

Achievements samples

Here are a few instances of users who have attained the title achievements:

Title	Sample
Pair Extraordinaire	Unlocked sample by @Rongronggg9
Quickdraw	Unlocked sample by @Schweinepriester
Starstruck	Unlocked sample by @torvalds
Galaxy Brain	Unlocked sample by @ljharb
Pull Shark	Unlocked sample by @ljharb
YOLO	Unlocked sample by @Schweinepriester
Arctic Code Vault Contributor	Unlocked sample by @Schweinepriester
Public Sponsor	Unlocked sample by @ljharb
Mars 2020 Contributor	Unlocked sample by @torvalds