GitHub README Badge Generator (Free)

Pick your repo and badges, copy the Markdown, and your README shows live build status in seconds.

Badges make a README scannable: build passing, license, latest release, stars. This generator builds the exact Markdown (or HTML / reStructuredText) for the GitHub Actions and shields.io badges you select, with a live preview so you can see them before you paste.

Badges it generates

• GitHub Actions build status, linked to your workflow runs.
• shields.io badges for license, latest release, last commit, open issues, and stars.
• A coverage placeholder you can wire to your coverage provider later.
• Output as Markdown, HTML, or reStructuredText, with copy-to-clipboard per block.

Live preview, no guesswork

The preview renders the real badge images straight from GitHub and shields.io as you type, so you can confirm the owner, repo, workflow file, and branch resolve correctly before committing the change.

Add a managed-runner badge

Once your build runs on Latchkey managed runners, the same Actions status badge keeps working unchanged, and you can advertise faster, cheaper, self-healing CI right in your README.

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