# Best Link in Bio for Developers in 2026 > What developers should look for in a link in bio or portfolio page in 2026, from GitHub profiles to static sites to maker pages, with honest tradeoffs. By Dane Dolph. Published 2026-10-15 on the makerhandle blog. Tags: Developers, Link in bio, Comparisons. Developers have more options than anyone for a personal page, because they can build one. That is also the trap: plenty of developer portfolios are half-finished side projects of their own. Here is what actually works in 2026, and when. makerhandle is our product, so weigh our view accordingly. We have tried to be fair about the alternatives. ## What a developer's link needs to do Whoever clicks your link, whether a recruiter, a founder, a user or another developer, wants three answers quickly: - **What have you built?** Real projects with links, not a skills list. - **Is it alive?** Which things are maintained, which are archived. - **How do I reach you?** GitHub, email, or where you post. Anything beyond that is nice to have. A page that answers those three in five seconds beats a beautiful page that does not. ## Option 1: your GitHub profile **Good for:** developers whose work is mostly open source. A GitHub profile README and pinned repositories are free, familiar to technical visitors and update as you work. The limits: six pinned repos, no screenshots of products, nothing about status beyond "archived", and non-developers find it hard to read. Keep it either way. Just do not make it your only link if you build products. ## Option 2: a static site you build **Good for:** developers who enjoy building it and will keep it current. Astro, Hugo, Next.js or plain HTML on GitHub Pages or Cloudflare Pages costs nothing but a domain, and you control every pixel. You can add a blog. The cost is time. Every new project means editing code, and every framework upgrade is a chore. Be honest about whether you will update it next year. Many developers' sites still list projects from three jobs ago. ## Option 3: a general link in bio **Good for:** developers who also create content. Linktree and similar tools are fast and familiar. They are designed for content links, so projects become identical buttons with no screenshots or status. Fine for "my YouTube, my newsletter, my Discord", weaker for "the six tools I built". ## Option 4: a maker page **Good for:** developers who ship products and side projects. This is the category makerhandle is in. Each project gets a card with a screenshot, description, tags for the stack and a status: Active, Building, Acquired, On hold or Discontinued. Logos fetch themselves from each site's favicon. If a project charges through Stripe, you can show verified revenue with a read-only key. The **Terminal** template renders the whole page as a shell session (`whoami`, `ls projects/`), which developers tend to enjoy. **Showcase** gives each project a big screenshot card. See [makerhandle for developers](https://makerhandle.com/for/developers) and [the Terminal template](https://makerhandle.com/features/terminal-template). ## What to look for in any tool - **Speed.** Pages should be light and server-rendered. Visitors on a phone will not wait. - **A custom domain.** yourname.dev is portable; a tool's subdomain is not. - **Analytics without cookies.** You want to know what people click, without a consent banner. - **Low upkeep.** Adding a project should take a minute, not a deploy. - **Honest status.** A way to show that old projects are archived. ## Our recommendation Keep your GitHub profile tidy, because technical visitors will check it anyway. For the link in your bio and on your resume, use something you will actually keep current. If you love building sites, build one. If you would rather spend that time on your projects, a maker page gets you 90% of the way in two minutes, for free up to five projects and $20 a year for Pro with your own domain. Related: [the link on your resume](https://makerhandle.com/for/job-seekers) and [makerhandle for open source maintainers](https://makerhandle.com/for/open-source-maintainers). --- Source: https://makerhandle.com/blog/best-link-in-bio-for-developers-2026 makerhandle: makerhandle is a link in bio for makers and founders: every project with its status and revenue verified from Stripe, Paddle and more.