All GitHub achievements
GitHub publishes no official list of profile achievements any more. These are all the known ones (8 earnable, 2 disabled, 2 retired, 3 internal), with their tier thresholds and whether you can still earn them.
Earnable
You can still earn these.
Pull Shark
Open pull requests that get merged.
Starstruck
Create a repository that gets stars.
Pair Extraordinaire
Coauthor commits on merged pull requests.
Galaxy Brain
Have discussion answers accepted.
Quickdraw
Close an issue or pull request within 5 minutes of opening it.
YOLO
Merge a pull request without a review.
Public Sponsor
Sponsor someone publicly through GitHub Sponsors.
Finishing Touch
Get pull requests that improve GitHub's UI quality merged.
Switched off by GitHub
GitHub tested these and switched them off; nobody can earn them now.
Heart On Your Sleeve
React to something on GitHub with a ❤️ emoji.
Open Sourcerer
Have pull requests merged in several public repositories.
Retired
No longer awarded. Profiles that have them keep them.
Arctic Code Vault Contributor
Code in a repository of the 2020 GitHub Archive Program.
Mars 2020 Contributor
Code in a repository used by the Mars 2020 Helicopter Mission.
GitHub staff only
Only GitHub staff could earn these.
Proxima Pioneer
GitHub staff: contributed to the Proxima proof of concept.
Proxima Staffshipper
GitHub staff: shipped the Proxima staffship instance.
Proxima Staffuser
GitHub staff: your team was onboarded to Proxima.
Profile highlights
Highlights appear below the achievements on a profile. They are not tiered.
- Developer Program Member: Register for the GitHub Developer Program.
- Security Bug Bounty Hunter: Report a valid vulnerability through GitHub Security Bug Bounty.
- GitHub Campus Expert: Join the GitHub Campus Expert program.
- GitHub Star: Be selected for the GitHub Stars program.
- Pro: Subscribe to GitHub Pro.
- Security advisory credit: Have a security advisory you submitted accepted into the GitHub Advisory Database.
Check your own progress
gh extension install nmloc/gh-achievements
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