[j13n]

An astute observation!

More badges being more vain than less, should that push up or down one’s Q-quotient?

[BrianHenryIE]

Particularly "license" badges, which just repeat information already elsewhere on the main repo page.

[RGBCube]

Push up, obviously! I mean, more badges is always better... right?

[j13n]

As long as you’ve got some big numbers, absolutely.

Failing builds and outdated dependencies disappear when sitting beside 20K stars and 100K downloads.