Badges

Badges.ninja is a complete digital badge platform for organizations that need verifiable, portable credentials. It combines a visual designer, a REST API, and optional on-chain anchoring to produce credentials that recipients can share anywhere — and anyone can verify in seconds.

Features

• Visual Badge Designer
  A canvas editor with 80+ starter templates (8 shapes × 8 palettes), filter chips, custom text, fonts, icons, and image uploads. Build branded badges without leaving the dashboard.
• Open Badge v2.0 Compliant
  Every credential follows the Open Badges standard — portable across LinkedIn, learning platforms, and any verifier that understands OBv2.
• Bulk Awarding
  Issue thousands of awards at once by uploading a CSV. The issuance pipeline supports pause, resume, and retry so large cohorts land cleanly.
• Blockchain Verification
  Optional on-chain anchoring on Matchain (available on paid plans). Every anchored award carries a tamper-proof hash verifiable by anyone.
• REST API with X-Api-Key
  A clean REST API available on every plan, keyed per account (bws_… format). Automate issuer setup, badge creation, awards, and revocation from your stack. Public verification endpoints require no auth at all.
• IPFS Image Storage
  Badge images are pinned to IPFS for permanent, decentralized storage — so a credential's visual never disappears behind a dead link.
• LinkedIn Add-to-Profile
  One-click “Add to LinkedIn” button on every public award page, optimized for recipient sharing.
• Recipient Portal
  Passwordless sign-in at badges.ninja/me, with optional public profiles at badges.ninja/u/<handle> where recipients collect everything they've earned.
• PDF Certificates & QR Verification
  Every award includes a downloadable A4 PDF certificate and a scannable QR code on the public page for offline verification.
• Free Tier
  100 awards per month included at signup — no credit card required. Scale to unlimited awards on Starter and Pro plans when you need more.

How It Works

• 1. Create an Issuer
  Set up your organization profile (name, website, contact email, logo). Issuers matching your account email auto-verify.
• 2. Design a Badge
  Draft a credential template — title, description, earning criteria, and image — in the visual designer. The image is pinned to IPFS on save.
• 3. Award It
  Issue to individual recipients or upload a CSV for bulk. Each award gets a unique verification URL, a PDF certificate, a QR code, and — optionally — an on-chain anchor.
• 4. Share & Verify
  Recipients share via email, social media, or a single click to LinkedIn. Anyone can verify the credential through the public URL or by scanning the QR code.

Use Cases

• Learning & Certification
  Courses, bootcamps, and training programs issuing verifiable completion credentials at scale.
• Professional Associations
  Membership and accreditation badges with blockchain-backed tamper-proof records.
• Events & Conferences
  Attendance, speaker, and sponsorship badges issued in bulk and shareable straight to LinkedIn.
• Enterprise Recognition
  Internal skills credentials, compliance certifications, and employee achievements with durable verification.

Badges.ninja removes the friction of building a credentialing stack: visual design, standards compliance, blockchain verification, and a recipient experience polished enough to share on LinkedIn in one click.