{"id":27461,"date":"2017-03-26T13:56:50","date_gmt":"2017-03-26T11:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=27461"},"modified":"2017-03-26T13:56:50","modified_gmt":"2017-03-26T11:56:50","slug":"shields-io-quality-metadata-badges-for-open-source-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2017\/03\/26\/shields-io-quality-metadata-badges-for-open-source-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Shields.io &#8211; quality metadata badges for open source projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/shields.io_.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"27462\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2017\/03\/26\/shields-io-quality-metadata-badges-for-open-source-projects\/shields-io\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/shields.io_.png?fit=714%2C642&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"714,642\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"shields.io\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/shields.io_.png?fit=660%2C593&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-27462\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/shields.io_-500x450.png?resize=500%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/shields.io_.png?resize=500%2C450&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/shields.io_.png?w=714&amp;ssl=1 714w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shields.io\/\">Shields.io<\/a> provides a large collection of badges that you can use in your project documentation (like README.md over at GitHub or BitBucket), which shows a variety of metrics for the project &#8211; 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