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24 alternatives to Shields IO

Shields.io: Quality metadata badges for open source project

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Shields IO launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Supershields.io – smart, Lua-powered SVG status badges▲97

   2022 · supershields.io · its alternatives →

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   shieldcn▲10

   hey hn! been working on a small side project called shieldcn and just added a badge builder + community showcase. the shieldcn project was so well recieved and I got some great feedback, so coming here in hopes I get more. https://www.shieldcn.dev/showcase the idea is just to make badges that feel a bit more like real UI instead of the usual shields style ones you can mess around with styles, icons, themes and share whatever you make still super early so mostly trying to figure out if this is actually useful or if i'm missing something obvious if anything feels off or…

   Apr 2026 · shieldcn.dev · its alternatives →

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   Overv.io (beta)▲120

   We give GitHub Issues project-tracking superpowers.

   2014 · overv.io · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Stamplay▲248

   A frontend developer's dream: IFTTT for modern applications.

   2014 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Code Mill▲85

   A marketplace for pull requests

   2016 · codemill.io · its alternatives →

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   Opbeat▲75

   An ops collaboration platform for developers.

   2014 · its alternatives →

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   Omniref▲145

   Sticky notes for code: annotation and code review for GitHub

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   scrape-it▲186

   A Node.js scraper for humans.

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Omniref▲144

   Stackoverflow for Github

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Project Shield▲95

    Protecting free expression from digital attacks

    2022 · projectshield.withgoogle.com · its alternatives →

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    Hull.io▲141

    Social infrastructure for modern apps

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Frankly▲101

    A dashboard of issues and PRs across GitHub repositories.

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    CodeSoap▲61

    Automated Github standards for teams

    2021 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Libraries.io▲150

    The open source discovery of libraries for programmers

    2015 · libraries.io · its alternatives →

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    BadgeCraft▲15

    badge, ai, generation, web, html, link

    2025 · openfree-badge.hf.space · its alternatives →

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    Fosshub▲79

    An open source for free and open source tools

    2015 · fosshub.com · its alternatives →

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    Tray.io▲131

    App development for everyone

    2014 · tray.ai · its alternatives →

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    Developer Ipsum▲110

    Lorem for nerds

    2021 · developer-ipsum.netlify.app · its alternatives →

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    Coati▲63

    A cross-platform source explorer for C/C++ & Java

    2016 · thaicockfight.com · its alternatives →

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    ReadMe.io▲39

    A Developer Hub for your open source software

    2014 · readme.com · its alternatives →

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    GitGuardian Shield▲80

    Open sourced application to detect security vulnerabilities.

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Joindesk▲72

    An open-source project management tool

    2022 · joindesk.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Hello Tech Pros: GitHub's Anti-Harassment Tools▲61

    and the open source Codes of Conduct

    2016 · gadgetsprimer.com · its alternatives →

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    Comet▲92

    openAPI editor for nerds

    2021 · its alternatives →

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