Badge Compare

A compact visual reference for choosing a default README badge style and source for a specific use case. It compares representative badges only; it is not a complete feature matrix or provider documentation.

Providers themself

In this particular table, every badge reflects real data about the providers themselves and links to their own official resources.

Source	GitHub	Stars	Website
Shields.io
Badgen
ShieldCN
ForTheBadge	—	—	—
Shielded.dev
PeakMark
Badges.ws

Social

Source	Reddit	LinkedIn	Facebook	YouTube
Shields.io
Badgen
ShieldCN
ForTheBadge	—	—	—	—
Shielded.dev
PeakMark
Badges.ws

Languages

Source	Python	JavaScript	Rust	Go
Shields.io
Badgen
ShieldCN
ForTheBadge
Shielded.dev
PeakMark
Badges.ws

Package managers

Source	npm	PyPI	Maven	Cargo
Shields.io
Badgen
ShieldCN
ForTheBadge	—	—	—	—
Shielded.dev
PeakMark
Badges.ws			—

Services

Source	Cloudflare	Docker Hub	AWS	Codex
Shields.io
Badgen
ShieldCN
ForTheBadge	—	—	—	—
Shielded.dev
PeakMark
Badges.ws

Custom variants

The goal of this table is to show different levels of customisation. We use each provider's "License" badge, since it is the badge best supported across providers.