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Skill Icons

Generates a row of skill icons (languages, tools, frameworks) to embed in a GitHub README or resume.

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MIT
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SVG
Last update
8 months ago
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What it is

Skill Icons is a web service that builds an image of technology logos from a list you provide in a URL, such as js,html,css. You paste the generated image link into your GitHub profile README or a resume to show your skills at a glance. The README says the service runs on Cloudflare Workers and that the icon set is maintained by the project, not user submissions.

  • Add a clickable skills badge row to your GitHub profile README using the example URL pattern
  • Change the theme to light with &theme=light for a light README background
  • Set the number of icons per line with &perline= (1 to 50, default 15)
  • Center the icon row in a README using standard HTML image centering

Great for

  • Developers who want a visual skills section on their GitHub profile README
  • Students or job seekers adding a skills banner to an online resume
  • People who only need a quick embed without building or hosting anything

Not ideal for

  • Anyone who needs to host the images on their own infrastructure, since the README describes using the hosted skillicons.dev URL and does not document self-hosting
  • People who want an icon for a technology not on the list, because the README says new icons are added only by opening an issue, not by pull request
Step-by-step guide: how to use Skill IconsInstall, first run, examples, tips and FAQs

How to get it

  1. 1

    Use it in the browser (or self-host)

    Use the hosted service (no install needed) by pasting this into your README

    [![My Skills](https://skillicons.dev/icons?i=js,html,css,wasm)](https://skillicons.dev)
  2. 2

    Run it

    • Open the Icons List in the README and pick the icon IDs you want.
    • Copy the markdown snippet and replace the ID list after i= with your own, separated by commas.
    • Paste the snippet into your GitHub profile README or resume and view the result.
  3. 3

    Get the most out of it

    • Use &theme=light for light-background readmes, since some icons have separate dark and light variants
    • Use &perline= to control the layout width, with values from 1 to 50
    • Wrap the image in a p align=center block to center it, since the SVGs resize automatically

Downloads

Source code (.zip)main branch · straight from GitHubOfficial website & docsskillicons.dev

Strengths

  • Setup is a single pasted link with no installation required
  • The README documents the URL parameters for icons, theme, and icons per line
  • Released under the MIT license

Trade-offs

  • New icons can only be requested through an issue, and the README says pull requests for icons are not accepted
  • Depends on the hosted service at skillicons.dev being available

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Stats synced from GitHub. The assessment above was drafted with AI from the project's README on 2026-10-29 and may miss recent changes — check the README before relying on a command. MIT licence: free to use, modify and distribute, including commercially, as long as you keep the copyright notice.