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| Badge | Name | How to get |
|---|---|---|
 | Heart On Your Sleeve | React to something on GitHub with a ❤️ emoji (Being tested - now unable to earn) |
 | Open Sourcerer | User had PRs merged in multiple public repositories (Being tested - now unable to earn) |
 | Starstruck | Created a repository that has 16 stars or more. |
 | Quickdraw | Closed an issue or a pull request within 5 min of opening. |
 | Pair Extraordinaire | Coauthored in one or more merged pull requests. |
 | Pull Shark | 2 pull requests merged (or more). |
 | Galaxy Brain | 2 accepted answers or more. Now unable to earn via Community discussions, for more information see here. |
 | YOLO | Merged at least one pull request without code review. |
 | Public Sponsor | Sponsoring open source work via GitHub Sponsors. |
 | Mars 2020 Contributor | Contributed code to repositories used in the Mars 2020 Helicopter Mission. Now unable to earn. |
 | Arctic Code Vault Contributor | Contributed code to a repository in the 2020 GitHub Archive Program. Now unable to earn. |
Some Achievements not only have the base version, but also tiers.
| Achievement | Default | Bronze | Silver | Gold |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starstruck | |  |  |  |
| 16 stars | 128 stars @gomzyakov | 512 stars | 4096 stars @torvalds | |
| Pair Extraordinaire | |  |  |  |
| 1 pull request @gomzyakov | 10 pull requests | 24 pull requests | 48 pull requests @Rongronggg9 | |
| Pull Shark | |  |  |  |
| 2 pull requests @gomzyakov | 16 pull requests | 128 pull requests | 1024 pull requests @ljharb | |
| Galaxy Brain | |  |  |  |
| 2 answers | 8 answers | 16 answers | 32 answers @ljharb | |
| Heart On Your Sleeve | |  |  |  |
| ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | |
| Open Sourcerer | |  |  |  |
| ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? |
The appearance of some achievements depends on your Emoji Skin Tone Preference.
You can change your preferred Skin Tone by going to appearance settings.
| Badge | 👋 | 👋🏻 | 👋🏼 | 👋🏽 | 👋🏾 | 👋🏿 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starstruck | |  |  |  |  |  |
| Quickdraw | |  |  |  |  |  |
| Badge | Name | Is it possible to get? | How to achieve |
|---|---|---|---|
  | Pro | Yes | Use GitHub Pro |
  | Developer Program Member | Yes | Be a registered member of the GitHub Developer Program |
  | Security Bug Bounty Hunter | Yes | Helped out hunting down security vulnerabilities at GitHub Security |
  | GitHub Campus Expert | Yes | Participate in the GitHub Campus Program (Open in August 2024) |
  | Security Advisory Credit | Yes | Have your security advisory submitted to the GitHub Advisory Database accepted |
| GitHub Star | Yes | Become a GitHub Star | |
  | Discussion answered | No | Have your reply to a discussion marked as the answer |
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