Githubusercontent Image High Quality -

Even with a CDN, large 4K screenshots can slow down a page. Run your images through a compressor (like TinyPNG) before committing them to save bandwidth for your users. Troubleshooting Common Issues Why is my image not loading?

| Limitation | Details | |------------|---------| | | ~60 requests per hour per IP for unauthenticated users (authenticated: higher) | | File size | No hard limit for raw access, but GitHub blocks >50 MB for web serving | | Caching | Aggressive edge caching (CDN). Updates may take minutes to appear | | Hotlinking | Allowed, but not for high-traffic production websites | | Content type | Always served as Content-Type: image/png (correct for images) | githubusercontent image

GitHub User Content images are a robust way to host media without bloating your git history. Even with a CDN, large 4K screenshots can slow down a page

raw.githubusercontent.com (often colloquially called "githubusercontent") is GitHub’s CDN (Content Delivery Network) for serving raw files directly from repositories. | Limitation | Details | |------------|---------| | |