Customize GitHub Profile with Decent theme
Github introduced a new feature, Where you can add personal information about yourself in your bio, projects you’ve contributed to, or interests you have that other person may like to know about.
Do it in a minute
If you’re in hurry or already aware of the markdown. You can skip all the steps.
Just click on the link , copy all and paste it to your repo in your
README.mdfile.
github.com/<username>/<username>/README.md
and start editing with your own information. 😉
Or follow the steps
If you are new and want to explore then follow the steps
Let’s start with creating a new repo with the same username.
Step 1
in my case, my username is hidaytrahman
create a repo with the same username
{username}/{username}
hidaytrahman/hidaytrahman
Step 2
create a readme.md file.
Clone repo in local machine.
git clone `https://github.com/<username>/<username>.git`
Step 3
open repo folder in vs code and right-click on README.md file and click on open preview.
It’s time to start with the very first info, I will recommend adding a banner.
Put the banner in the root folder of the repo.
And use it with relative path
`Write a bio about you and your primary skillset.
Let’s add a few gadgets.
Add visitor info by using the below snippet and replace hidaytrahman with your `username`
[](https://github.com/hidaytrahman)[](https://github.com/hidaytrahman?tab=followers)
The above snippet shows the visitors and followers.
Let’s add all of your skills like (git, GitHub)
 
You can put as many as you like, Put the exact name of the skills.
Publish it :)
git add *
git commit -m "my decent profile"
git push origin main
That’s it!
Let’s visit the profile and check if everything works fine,
Customized it with your own style by exploring markdown
Thanks!
Visit my profile.
