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# [Get a custom Github octocat in your README](https://arndom.hashnode.dev/get-a-custom-github-octocat-in-your-readme?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Intro: I made an action to take the github octocat and combine it with the logo of a user's most used language in repos to generate a png which can then be displayed in your special README or wherever you want. Have a look at it in action on my READM...

Nov 29, 2021 · 1 min read · arndom.hashnode.dev  
Updated Dec 1, 2021  
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## Written by

[Nabil Alamin](https://hashnode.com/@arndom)

@arndom · Abuja, Nigeria

  
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I build things I find interesting

## Responses 2

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[Chanel (InstincDev)](https://hashnode.com/@InstincDev)

[Dec 1, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/get-a-custom-github-octocat-in-your-readme/61a495d42be89f3d0ab9f676/comment/61a7a827be456923c52bbeaf)

Love it!

[Catalin Pit](https://hashnode.com/@Catalinpit)

[Nov 29, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/get-a-custom-github-octocat-in-your-readme/61a495d42be89f3d0ab9f676/comment/61a4a2879ac0d611876b19da)

Haha, this is really cool! Nicely done. 👏

[Nabil Alamin](https://hashnode.com/@arndom)

[Nov 29, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/get-a-custom-github-octocat-in-your-readme/61a495d42be89f3d0ab9f676/comment/61a4a2879ac0d611876b19da#reply-61a4a5b39ac0d611876b1a44)

Thanks man 👍