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Dev tools · July 7, 2017

DiceBear Avatars

Never use ugly Identicons again!

DiceBear Avatars launched on July 7, 2017 with 6 votes, #1,197 of 2,972 launches that month. The site was still online in September 2026, 9 years on.

What it does

Avatars allows you to create placeholder avatars. You can choose between simple identicons and lovely designed characters. And best of all: We provide a simple and free HTTP API that you can use right away!

DiceBear is a free, open source avatar library and avatar API with 61 styles. Create deterministic SVG profile pictures and placeholder avatars for user profiles, apps, and any project. Privacy-focused and self-hostable.

DiceBear is a privacy-focused, open source avatar library with 61 avatar styles , from hand-drawn characters to abstract patterns. Generate deterministic profile pictures via API, JS library, PHP library, Python library, Rust library, Go library, Dart library, C# library & CLI. Use any string as a seed, such as usernames, emails, or IDs, and DiceBear generates the identical avatar consistently across all platforms. Lorelei is a remix of Lorelei by Lisa Wischofsky , licensed under CC0 1.0 . Cute characters, abstract patterns, pixel art, and detailed illustrations. Some styles come from independent artists, others we designed ourselves. From two-person side projects to global platforms,…from dicebear.com

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