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README is usually a text file. While some platforms can now use markdown, that is nowhere near universal. So it might be better to ask for screenshots to be put on the website / wiki.
GitHub and GitLab both support inserting images into your README.md. Here's the syntax:
Just like obsidian.md
And anything that supports CommonMark. It's even in the original Markdown
And Lemmy!
Not just a text file, a markdown file. And markdown has supported images since forever
README.txt will be a text file, README.md can be much more