Ask HN: Why don’t GitHub readme pages include screenshots?

• sidebery

  49 2,851 9.7 TypeScript

  Firefox extension for managing tabs and bookmarks in sidebar.

I frequently come across GitHub projects that don’t include any screenshots and the project will contain UI elements. I’m wondering if there is a reason why so many don’t include screenshots?

For example sidebery[1] didn’t have it. I use it and it’s great but it’s hard to get a sense of what it does Without actually showing a screenshot.

1. https://github.com/mbnuqw/sidebery

• markor

  40 3,425 8.5 Java

  Text editor - Notes & ToDo (for Android) - Markdown, todo.txt, plaintext, math, ..

As other commenters posted, maintaining screenshots is a pain. Especially with software that's regularly changing.

That said, there are more than a few GitHub readmes that contain screens. Sometimes quite a few screens. Here's an example: https://github.com/gsantner/markor

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