Create your GitHub profile with Readme.md

3 min readAug 15, 2020

Create your GitHub profile with Readme.md

Github is one of the place to look around for developers profile. Having good GitHub profile gives glance impression for visiter to know you.

In github with Readme.md file we can make our github profile.

To create GitHub readme profile first you should have GitHub account (..which you have i believe 😀)

if not, just sign up one for you

[github] https://github.com/join?ref_cta=Sign+up&ref_loc=header+logged+out&ref_page=%2F&source=header-home

Then login to your github account and follow the following steps:

So I am on my github profile, which currently looks like this:

2. you can see small + plus button at top right. Click that button and select a New repository from the drop down menu.

3. After selecting New repository, you will be directed to page which looks like below:

4. There under Repository name*, write your GitHub profile name as repository name. Once you do you will find a secret 😀. Here I have written by GitHub username and it looks like this:

5. As said on message, make sure the Public option is selected.

6. (Important Step) → Check Initialize this repository with a README check option and Click Create repository button down to ceate readme file.

7. Tap on Edit icon at right side for README.md to edit.

8. You can edit and customize the given template. For that, just add your desired text after 3 dots … with space and then click Commit changes button at bottom of page to commit and save your changes.

Here I have made following changes and saved by clicking Commit changes button

9. Go to your GitHub profile to view your new custom Github profile. 😀

You can see my profile as below:

You can find many custom template code for making your github profile. Just copy the code to your readme.md file and save it. I have added my latest profile blog links in my profile. You can find unique profile ideas code to showcase. Just search for github README.md profile templates and use it. 😀

Written by Prakash Maharjan