Merge pull request #469 from codered-lgtm/patch-1

add descriptions and icons to the README

Author: Touriist

.github/readme/images/layer5-light-no-trim.svg

@@ -1,3 +1,32 @@
+<p style="text-align:center;" align="center">
+      <picture align="center">
+         <source media="(prefers-color-scheme: dark)" srcset="./.github/readme/images/layer5-light-no-trim.svg">
+         <source media="(prefers-color-scheme: light)" srcset="./.github/readme/images/layer5-no-trim.svg">
+         <img align="center" src="./.github/assets/images/layer5/layer5-no-trim.svg" alt="Shows a dark layer5 logo in light mode and a white logo in dark mode" width="45%"/>
+      </picture>
+</p>
+
+<p align="center">
+<a href="https://github.com/layer5io/docs/graphs/contributors" alt="GitHub contributors">
+<img src="https://img.shields.io/github/contributors/layer5io/layer5.svg" /></a>
+<a href="https://github.com/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+archived%3Afalse+org%3Alayer5io+org%3Ameshery+org%3Alayer5labs+org%3Aservice-mesh-performance+org%3Aservice-mesh-patterns+label%3A%22help+wanted%22" alt="Help wanted GitHub issues">
+<img src="https://img.shields.io/github/issues/layer5io/layer5/help%20wanted.svg?color=%23DDDD00" /></a>
+<a href="https://slack.layer5.io" alt="Slack">
+<img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Slack-@layer5.svg?logo=slack" /></a>
+<a href="https://twitter.com/layer5" alt="Twitter Follow">
+<img src="https://img.shields.io/twitter/follow/layer5.svg?label=Follow+Layer5&style=social" /></a>
+<a href="https://github.com/layer5io/layer5/blob/master/LICENSE" alt="License">
+<img src="https://img.shields.io/github/license/layer5io/layer5.svg" /></a>
+</p>
+
+<h5><p align="center"><i>If you’re using Layer5 products or if you like the project, please <a href="https://github.com/layer5io/layer5/stargazers">★</a> this repository to show your support! 🤩</i></p></h5>
+
+# About Layer5
+
+[Layer5](https://layer5.io)'s cloud native application and infrastructure management software enables engineers to expect more from their infrastructure. We embrace _developer_-defined infrastructure. We empower developers to change how they write applications, support _operators_ in rethinking how they run modern infrastructure, and enable _product owners_ to regain full-control over their product portfolio.
+
+## Contributions Welcome
+
 <div>
 <a href="https://meshery.io/community"><img alt="Layer5 Community" src=".github/readme/images//community.svg" style="margin-right:8px;padding-top:9px;" width="140px" align="left" /></a>
 <p>
@@ -10,8 +39,6 @@
 </div>
 Explore tutorials and documentation by product in the docs.layer5.io website; documentation and developer resources of Layer5 products.
 
-## Contributions Welcome
-
 If you find a typo or you feel like you can improve the HTML, CSS, or JavaScript, we welcome contributions. Feel free to open issues or pull requests like any normal GitHub project, and we'll merge it in 🚀
 
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