How to Add GitHub Contribution Stats to Your React App

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Learn to display GitHub contribution stats in a React app to showcase your coding activity

intermediate Published 14 Jan 2025

Action Steps

Create a GitHub token to access your contribution data using the GitHub API
Install the react-github-contributions package using npm or yarn to simplify data retrieval
Configure the GitHub API endpoint to fetch your contribution statistics
Build a React component to display the contribution stats using the fetched data
Style the component to match your portfolio's design using CSS or a CSS-in-JS solution

Who Needs to Know This

Developers and designers building personal portfolios or resume websites can benefit from this tutorial to enhance their online presence

Key Insight

💡 Using the GitHub API and a React package, you can easily display your GitHub contribution stats in your portfolio

Key Takeaways

Learn to display GitHub contribution stats in a React app to showcase your coding activity

Want to showcase your GitHub activity in your React portfolio? In this tutorial, I'll show you how to...