Rich HTML in GitHub README

Embed rich HTML in any Markdown document, even a GitHub readme, using SVG and foreignObject.

TL;DR

Readme frenzy

This could be live HTML

Enter foreignObject

Put it together

username/ (repo)
├── README.md
└── image.svg
# Welcome, I've been expecting you.
![](./image.svg)
isbot readme banner
The banner from isbot repo. It even blinks

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A button that says 'Download on the App Store', and if clicked it will lead you to the iOS App store
A button that says 'Get it on, Google Play', and if clicked it will lead you to the Google Play store