---
title: "Adding custom HTML and CSS to GitHub README"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/adding-custom-html-and-css-to-github-readme-yb6cg9w26
source_url: https://pragmaticpineapple.com/adding-custom-html-and-css-to-github-readme/
type: article
source: "Changelog"
author: "Nikola Đuza"
published: 2023-02-17T16:03:07.502Z
updated: 2024-04-09T14:00:19.103Z
tags: ["github", "css", "html", "svg"]
reading_time: 7
upvotes: 114
comments: 29
language: en
---

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# Adding custom HTML and CSS to GitHub README

**[Changelog](https://daily.dev/sources/changelog)** · [@nikolalsvk](https://daily.dev/nikolalsvk) · 7 min read · 114 upvotes · 29 comments

## Summary

Learn how to add custom HTML and CSS to your GitHub README using SVG.

## Full article

daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://pragmaticpineapple.com/adding-custom-html-and-css-to-github-readme/>

## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@olexxandr\_s** · 3 upvotes

> Cool! I will definitely use this.

**@donguillotine** · 3 upvotes

> Nice Post! Was able to look into a few profiles and some SVG elements and came up with this https://github.com/donguillotine for my GitHub README.

**@khengyun** · 2 upvotes

> thanks for this

**@ashdev0208** · 1 upvotes

> it's cool

**@priyankarpal** · 1 upvotes

> It's awesome

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