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<h2>GitHub Readme Tech Stack</h2>
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<a href="https://github-readme-tech-stack.vercel.app">
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<img src="https://github-readme-tech-stack.vercel.app/api/cards?theme=facebook&lineCount=2&line1=node.js,node.js,0;typescript,typescript,0;express,express,61DAFB&line2=vite,vite,auto;react,react,auto;tailwindcss,tailwind,auto&title=GitHub%20Readme%20Tech%20Stack&fontSize=22&align=center&titleAlign=center&width=450" title="Tech Stack">
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<a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Display%20your%20favorite%20technologies%2C%20tools%2C%20or%20the%20tech%20stack%20your%20project%20uses%20with%20these%20fully%20customizable%2C%20good-looking%20cards%20on%20your%20GitHub%20README%21&url=https://github.com/0l1v3rr/github-readme-tech-stack&hashtagsgithub,readme,cards,stats,profile,shields,react,typescript,tailwindcss" target="_blank">
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<a href="https://hits.seeyoufarm.com"><img src="https://hits.seeyoufarm.com/api/count/incr/badge.svg?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2F0l1v3rr%2Fgithub-readme-tech-stack&count_bg=%2327A968&title_bg=%235C5C5C&icon=&icon_color=%23E7E7E7&title=Views&edge_flat=false"/></a>
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Show off your favorite technologies, tools, or the tech stack your project uses with these fully customizable, great-looking cards on your GitHub README!
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<a href="https://github-readme-tech-stack.vercel.app/api/cards?theme=facebook&lineCount=2&line1=node.js,node.js,0;typescript,typescript,0;express,express,61DAFB&line2=vite,vite,auto;react,react,auto;tailwindcss,tailwind,auto&title=This%20Project%27s%20Tech%20Stack">
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## ⚡ Quick Start
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[https://github-readme-tech-stack.vercel.app](https://github-readme-tech-stack.vercel.app)
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## ❓ Why?
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As a developer, it's important to showcase your expertise in different technologies to potential collaborators and employers. With **github-readme-tech-stack**, you can easily create a visual representation of the technologies used in your GitHub repository and include it in your **profile README**. This can help you stand out and attract the attention of others who are looking for developers with specific skill sets.
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The images are fully customizable, so you can choose the technologies you want to showcase and even adjust the colors, icons, and the alignment to match your personal brand.
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Personally, I've always wanted to show off my skills in a clean and modern way. I could do that with just the badges, but they didn't match the style of the [github-readme-streak-stats](https://github.com/DenverCoder1/github-readme-streak-stats) and the [github-readme-stats](https://github.com/anuraghazra/github-readme-stats). With **github-readme-tech-stack**, that's no longer a problem, it naturally matches those cards!
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## 👉 Features
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- **Easy to use:** Creating a Tech Stack image is as simple as adding a markdown tag to your `profile README`.
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- **Demo website:** github-readme-tech-stack has a demo website, where you can build your own card with no effort.
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- **Customizable:** Choose the technologies you want to showcase and customize the colors and icons to match your personal brand.
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- **Custom icons:** You can even upload and use your **own** `svg` icons if they don't already exist.
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- **Multiple themes:** These cards come with several pre-made themes that you can use. However, if none of the themes suits your style, you can easily create your **own**!
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- **Badges:** github-readme-tech-stack uses [shields.io](https://shields.io/) badges and [simple-icons](https://simpleicons.org/) under the hood.
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- **Style:** github-readme-tech-stack is designed to match the style of [github-readme-streak-stats](https://github.com/DenverCoder1/github-readme-streak-stats), [github-readme-stats](https://github.com/anuraghazra/github-readme-stats) and many other cool tools.
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- **Open-source:** github-readme-tech-stack is open source and actively maintained, so you can be sure it will continue to be a reliable tool for showcasing your tech stack. Contributions and feature requests are always welcome.
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## 🔧 Query parameters
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| **lineHeight** | `?lineHeight=10` | 7 | The gap between the lines. Accepts a number between 0 and 30. |
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| **lineCount** | `?lineCount=2` | 1 | The number of lines you want to add to your card. |
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| **line{n}** | `?line1=html5,html5,auto` | - | The current line of the badge, where {n} is a number. _`(1 <= n <= lineCount)`_ |
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| **bg** | `?bg=%2383324c` | - | The color of the background. |
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| **border** | `?border=%232da7c7` | - | The color of the border. |
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| **badge** | `?badge=%2383324c` | - | The color of the badges. |
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| **titleColor** | `?titleColor=%232da7c7` | - | The color of the title. |
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These cards come with several built-in themes that you can use. You can find them all by clicking [here](docs/THEMES.md).
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### 🖌 Customizing a theme
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These query parameters allow you to customize a theme.
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These parameters only accept valid hexadecimal colors, otherwise they will not be applied. Please use `%23` instead of `#`.
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| **bg** | `?bg=%2383324c` | The color of the background. |
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| **border** | `?border=%232da7c7` | The color of the border. |
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| **badge** | `?badge=%2383324c` | The color of the badges. |
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## 🧠 Tips
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### 🪢 Align the card in the markdown
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### 📚 GitHub's media feature
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## ⚒️ Building from source

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