Examples
GitHub Portfolio Examples
The fastest way to understand what a GitHub portfolio should do is to open a few. Here are live examples — and the patterns that make them work.
Live examples you can open now
Every page below is generated from a real GitHub profile. None of these required writing a site — the portfolio is the GitHub account, re-presented:
- devdex.tech/arcofchanu — a claimed, customized world: featured projects, screenshots, a demo video, and a theme.
- devdex.tech/torvalds — an unclaimed page, exactly what any profile looks like with zero setup.
- devdex.tech/sindresorhus — a high-volume open-source profile, where curation matters most.
- the Explore feed — every world other builders have claimed, updated as they save.
Five patterns good portfolios share
- A clear "start here." Two or three featured projects at the top, not thirty repos with equal billing.
- Something to look at. Screenshots or a short demo video — people evaluate what they can see before what they can read.
- One-click demos. A live link beats a build instruction. If it runs in the browser, link it.
- Descriptions written for the reader. "Finds unused CSS in production" lands with a hiring manager; "PostCSS plugin, WIP" doesn't.
- Signs of life. Recent activity, levels, streaks — proof the account belongs to someone still building.
Make your own example
Your page already exists — type your username on the DevDex homepage and it's there. To go from "generated" to "great", follow the checklist in our GitHub portfolio guide, and if you're wondering whether you need to code anything first, you don't: here's the no-code path. Not sure a portfolio beats your profile README? That comparison is here.
Your profile is one example away from being an example.
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