diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3872158c4e..f5143be690 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 - Fix devcontainer configuration for pipeline template ([#3835](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/3835))
 - Fix Jinja2 template formatting in nextflow.config ([#3836](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/3836))
+- Add codespaces badge to template README ([#3824](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/3824))
 
 ## [v3.4.0 - Ducol Dingo](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/releases/tag/3.4.0) - [2025-10-10]
 
diff --git a/nf_core/pipeline-template/README.md b/nf_core/pipeline-template/README.md
index 6f3ccc1ddf..27df819d49 100644
--- a/nf_core/pipeline-template/README.md
+++ b/nf_core/pipeline-template/README.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 {% endif -%}
 {% if github_badges -%}
+{% if codespaces %}[![Open in GitHub Codespaces](https://github.com/codespaces/badge.svg)](https://github.com/codespaces/new/{{ name }}){% endif %}
 [![GitHub Actions CI Status](https://github.com/{{ name }}/actions/workflows/nf-test.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/{{ name }}/actions/workflows/nf-test.yml)
 [![GitHub Actions Linting Status](https://github.com/{{ name }}/actions/workflows/linting.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/{{ name }}/actions/workflows/linting.yml){% endif -%}
 {% if is_nfcore -%}[![AWS CI](https://img.shields.io/badge/CI%20tests-full%20size-FF9900?labelColor=000000&logo=Amazon%20AWS)](https://nf-co.re/{{ short_name }}/results){% endif -%}