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by m-hilgendorf 1066 days ago
It can also make your project inaccessible if you rely too heavily on images.

Personally I don't like too many images in a README. It's not a SHOWME. That's for your product page.

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True - but not every project is a product. I run across open source projects all the time where the README is the product page. In those cases, I appreciate some images which can help me figure out if I want to try it out.

Otherwise, I have to install or set it up just to preview it, and I will personally not do that most of the time. So, I appreciate some images when they help me evaluate the project.