From 01adbb30dca3cba0a1bbd89dc27f1316031616ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Liam Wynne <liam.alex93@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 May 2026 14:09:55 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] docs: surface open source presence in README header

Add a GitHub stars badge to the existing badge row and a short italic
sub-line under it inviting issues/PRs/stars. Make the MIT license badge
clickable (links to LICENSE).

The body and footer already mentioned open source, but neither the
header badges nor the visual top-of-fold signaled "this is on GitHub,
read/star the source." Stars badge matches marketplace badge style
(flat, VS Code blue) so the row stays visually coherent.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 README.md | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e77b47e..01d5ded 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,12 @@
   <a href="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=liamwynne.erd-studio"><img src="https://vsmarketplacebadges.dev/version-short/liamwynne.erd-studio.svg" alt="VS Marketplace Version" /></a>
   <a href="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=liamwynne.erd-studio"><img src="https://vsmarketplacebadges.dev/installs-short/liamwynne.erd-studio.svg" alt="Installs" /></a>
   <a href="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=liamwynne.erd-studio"><img src="https://vsmarketplacebadges.dev/rating-short/liamwynne.erd-studio.svg" alt="Rating" /></a>
-  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-0078d4" alt="License: MIT" />
+  <a href="https://github.com/liam-machine/erd-studio"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/stars/liam-machine/erd-studio?style=flat&logo=github&label=Star&color=0078d4" alt="GitHub stars" /></a>
+  <a href="LICENSE"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-0078d4" alt="License: MIT" /></a>
+</p>
+
+<p align="center">
+  <sub><em>Free and open source — built in the open on <a href="https://github.com/liam-machine/erd-studio">GitHub</a>. Issues, PRs, and stars welcome.</em></sub>
 </p>
 
 <p align="center">