jal-co/shieldcn

Beautiful README badges, inspired by shields.io and styled like shadcn/ui.

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shieldcn

Before anyone reaches your docs, they land on your README, the front door of every open-source project. shieldcn makes that first impression count: badges, charts, headers, and sponsor walls, rendered as real shadcn/ui components. A shields.io alternative.

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Usage

Drop a badge into any README and it renders as a real shadcn Button.

![npm](https://shieldcn.dev/npm/react.svg)
![stars](https://shieldcn.dev/github/vercel/next.js/stars.svg)
![views](https://shieldcn.dev/views/repo/shieldcn/shieldcn.svg)

Agent skill

Install the shieldcn-badges skill from skills.sh so your coding agent can add shieldcn badges, charts, and headers to READMEs:

npx skills add jal-co/shieldcn -a claude-code # installs to Claude Code
npx skills add jal-co/shieldcn -a cursor # installs to Cursor

See skills/shieldcn-badges/SKILL.md for prompt examples and options.

Star history

Hosted star charts use GitHub's privacy-safe weekly history API. Embed https://shieldcn.dev/chart/github/stars/{owner}/{repo}.svg for any public repository, or use .png and .json at the same path.

To commit a light/dark SVG pair to your repo, use the shieldcn starchart GitHub Action:

- uses: jal-co/shieldcn@v1
  with:
    theme: violet
    pull-request: true

PR mode needs contents: write, pull-requests: write, and permission for Actions to create pull requests in repository settings.

GitHub Action docs → · action reference

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Sponsors

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Contributors

contributors

MIT · Built by Justin Levine · Contribute

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jal-co/shieldcn

Beautiful README badges, inspired by shields.io and styled like shadcn/ui.

TypeScript

928

200 commits

updated Oct 19, 2026

See the code

See what people are saying

README

shieldcn

Before anyone reaches your docs, they land on your README, the front door of every open-source project. shieldcn makes that first impression count: badges, charts, headers, and sponsor walls, rendered as real shadcn/ui components. A shields.io alternative.

shieldcn stats

Vercel OSS Program Member analytics by openpanel Powered by Neon

Usage

Drop a badge into any README and it renders as a real shadcn Button.

![npm](https://shieldcn.dev/npm/react.svg)
![stars](https://shieldcn.dev/github/vercel/next.js/stars.svg)
![views](https://shieldcn.dev/views/repo/shieldcn/shieldcn.svg)

Agent skill

Install the shieldcn-badges skill from skills.sh so your coding agent can add shieldcn badges, charts, and headers to READMEs:

npx skills add jal-co/shieldcn -a claude-code # installs to Claude Code
npx skills add jal-co/shieldcn -a cursor # installs to Cursor

See skills/shieldcn-badges/SKILL.md for prompt examples and options.

Star history

Hosted star charts use GitHub's privacy-safe weekly history API. Embed https://shieldcn.dev/chart/github/stars/{owner}/{repo}.svg for any public repository, or use .png and .json at the same path.

To commit a light/dark SVG pair to your repo, use the shieldcn starchart GitHub Action:

- uses: jal-co/shieldcn@v1
  with:
    theme: violet
    pull-request: true

PR mode needs contents: write, pull-requests: write, and permission for Actions to create pull requests in repository settings.

GitHub Action docs → · action reference

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Sponsors

sponsors

Contributors

contributors

MIT · Built by Justin Levine · Contribute

agent-skills
badges
badges-markdown
markdown
open-source
readme
readme-badges
shadcn-ui
shields
shields-io
shields-io-badges

Project health

Latest release

1.0.0 · May 5, 2026

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