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title: About your profile
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intro: 'Your profile page tells people the story of your work through the repositories you''re interested in, the contributions you''ve made, and the conversations you''ve had.'
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shortTitle: Personal profile
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intro: 'Your profile page tells people your story through the information you share, the contributions you make, and the projects you showcase.'
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- /articles/viewing-your-feeds
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- /articles/profile-pages
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topics:
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- Profiles
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You can add personal information about yourself in your bio, like previous places you've worked, projects you've contributed to, or interests you have that other people may like to know about. For more information, see [AUTOTITLE](/account-and-profile/setting-up-and-managing-your-github-profile/customizing-your-profile/personalizing-your-profile#adding-a-bio-to-your-profile).
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You can tell other people a little bit about yourself by writing a bio. Consider including previous places you've worked, projects you've contributed to, or interests you have that other people may like to know about.
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{% data reusables.profile.profile-readme %}
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You can further showcase your current work, interests, expertise, and more by creating a profile README. If you add a README file to the root of a public repository with the same name as your username, that README will automatically appear on your profile page.
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People who visit your profile see a timeline of your contribution activity, like issues and pull requests you've opened, commits you've made, and pull requests you've reviewed. You can choose to display only public contributions or to also include private, anonymized contributions. For more information, see [AUTOTITLE](/account-and-profile/setting-up-and-managing-your-github-profile/managing-contribution-settings-on-your-profile/viewing-contributions-on-your-profile) or [AUTOTITLE](/account-and-profile/setting-up-and-managing-your-github-profile/managing-contribution-settings-on-your-profile/showing-your-private-contributions-and-achievements-on-your-profile).
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People who visit your profile can also see:
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People who visit your profile can also see the following information:
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* Repositories and gists you own or contribute to. You can showcase your best work by pinning repositories and gists to your profile. For more information, see [AUTOTITLE](/account-and-profile/setting-up-and-managing-your-github-profile/customizing-your-profile/pinning-items-to-your-profile).
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* Repositories you've starred{% ifversion fpt or ghec %} and organized into lists{% endif %}. For more information, see [AUTOTITLE](/get-started/exploring-projects-on-github/saving-repositories-with-stars).
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* An overview of your activity in organizations, repositories, and teams you're most active in. For more information, see [AUTOTITLE](/account-and-profile/setting-up-and-managing-your-github-profile/managing-contribution-settings-on-your-profile/showing-an-overview-of-your-activity-on-your-profile).{% ifversion fpt or ghec %}
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* Badges and Achievements that highlight your activity and show if you use {% data variables.product.prodname_pro %} or participate in programs like the {% data variables.product.prodname_arctic_vault %}, {% data variables.product.prodname_sponsors %}, or the {% data variables.product.company_short %} Developer Program. For more information, see [AUTOTITLE](/account-and-profile/setting-up-and-managing-your-github-profile/customizing-your-profile/personalizing-your-profile#displaying-badges-on-your-profile).{% endif %}
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* A timeline of your contribution activity, like issues and pull requests you've opened, commits you've made, and pull requests you've reviewed
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* Repositories and gists you own or contribute to. You can showcase your best work by pinning repositories and gists to your profile.
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* Repositories you've starred{% ifversion fpt or ghec %} and organized into lists{% endif %}
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* An overview of your activity in organizations, repositories, and teams you're most active in{% ifversion fpt or ghec %}
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* Badges and Achievements that highlight your activity and show if you use {% data variables.product.prodname_pro %} or participate in programs like the {% data variables.product.prodname_arctic_vault %}, {% data variables.product.prodname_sponsors %}, or the {% data variables.product.company_short %} Developer Program{% endif %}
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{%- ifversion profile-pronouns %}
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* Your pronouns if you've set them. For more information, see [AUTOTITLE](/account-and-profile/setting-up-and-managing-your-github-profile/customizing-your-profile/personalizing-your-profile#adding-pronouns-to-your-profile).
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* Your pronouns (if you have set them)
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{%- endif %}
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{%- ifversion fpt or ghec %}
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* Mutual connections you share with someone who is viewing your profile. The person viewing your profile can see which of the people they follow are also followed by you.
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* Mutual connections, including people both you and the viewer follow
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{%- endif %}
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* Your status message sharing information about your availability (if you have set one)
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You can also set a status on your profile to provide information about your availability. For more information, see [AUTOTITLE](/account-and-profile/setting-up-and-managing-your-github-profile/customizing-your-profile/personalizing-your-profile#setting-a-status).
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## Next steps
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## Further reading
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* [AUTOTITLE](/account-and-profile/setting-up-and-managing-your-github-profile/customizing-your-profile/personalizing-your-profile)
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* [AUTOTITLE](/account-and-profile/setting-up-and-managing-your-github-profile/managing-contribution-settings-on-your-profile/showing-your-private-contributions-and-achievements-on-your-profile)
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* [AUTOTITLE](/account-and-profile/setting-up-and-managing-your-github-profile/managing-contribution-settings-on-your-profile/viewing-contributions-on-your-profile)
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To start customizing your profile, see [AUTOTITLE](/account-and-profile/setting-up-and-managing-your-github-profile/customizing-your-profile/personalizing-your-profile) and [AUTOTITLE](/account-and-profile/how-tos/setting-up-and-managing-your-github-profile/customizing-your-profile/managing-your-profile-readme).
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