A badget that is of the same dimensions as shields.io

[srid]

If you look at https://github.com/srid/rib#readme - you will notice that the BuiltwithNix badget is oddly out of place, as it is larger in size than the three other badges (which use shields.io).

As long as it doesn't violate any of their terms, might be a good idea to make the badge look like theirs so it integrates well with the rest?

[zimbatm]

Sounds good. Do you have or know somebody who has designer skills by any chance?

[srid]

Actually I just realized that shields.io provides a way to dynamically create images, eg: https://img.shields.io/badge/builtwith-nix-purple

EDIT: But yea maybe builtwithnix.org needs something unique (but with same dimensoins). I don't know of any designer who can volunteer here.

[manveru]

Given that shields.io uses https://github.com/simple-icons/simple-icons I think we could submit a request for inclusion of the Nix logo into their icons, and then simply generate the badge from shields.io?

[zimbatm]

now we just need to source a NixOS SVG from somewhere

[manveru]

Using the one from https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-homepage/blob/master/logo/nixos-hex.svg should be good enough?

[zimbatm]

it wasn't as simple as I thought. The SVG has to be cleaned-up. They have a npm run svgo utility to do that but it removed all the <path> elements ^_^

[cmacrae]

Hey people 👋 Thought I'd chime in on this issue, in case others hadn't noticed: looks like there's a Nix icon in simple-icons now. I've just added the following badge to one of my project READMEs:

https://img.shields.io/badge/Built_With-Nix-5277C3.svg?logo=nixos&labelColor=73C3D5

It looks great!

[AluisioASG]

Here is another shield that better matches the current one:

https://img.shields.io/static/v1?logo=nixos&logoColor=white&label=&message=Built%20with%20Nix&color=41439a