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Boring Avatars

Generate colourful SVG avatars from any username or email.

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What is Boring Avatars?

Boring Avatars is an open source React library that turns names, emails or random strings into unique, colourful SVG avatars in styles like marble, beam, pixel and sunset. The library is free under the MIT licence, and a paid hosted service is available for teams who prefer an API.

Pros

  • Attractive, consistent avatars
  • Free MIT library
  • Custom colour palettes

Cons

  • Hosted service is paid
  • React-focused library

Who should use Boring Avatars

Developers who need tidy default profile pictures for an app.

Who may not need it

People who want photographic or illustrated avatars.

Boring Avatars alternatives

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DiceBear

Focus: api and open source. Shares avatars and svg with Boring Avatars. Free (Boring Avatars: Freemium). Rated 4.6 (Boring Avatars: 4.5).

Web AppFreeWeb
4.6Visit

Keyline Icons

Focus: icons, shadcn and design. Shares svg and react with Boring Avatars. A website, not a web app. Free (Boring Avatars: Freemium). Rated 4.6 (Boring Avatars: 4.5).

WebsiteFreeWeb
4.6Visit

Liquid Glass

Focus: liquid glass, ui effects and refraction. Shares react and svg with Boring Avatars. A website, not a web app. Free (Boring Avatars: Freemium). Same 4.5 rating.

WebsiteFreeWeb, Cross-Platform
4.5Visit

microcharts

Focus: charts, sparklines and data visualization. Shares react and svg with Boring Avatars. A website, not a web app. Free (Boring Avatars: Freemium). Same 4.5 rating.

WebsiteFreeWeb
4.5Visit

Anicon

Focus: animated icons and shadcn. Shares react and svg with Boring Avatars. A template, not a web app. Free (Boring Avatars: Freemium). Rated 4.4 (Boring Avatars: 4.5).

TemplateFreeWeb
4.4Visit

AnimateIcons

Focus: icons, animation and lucide. Shares react and svg with Boring Avatars. A framework, not a web app. Free (Boring Avatars: Freemium). Rated 4.3 (Boring Avatars: 4.5).

FrameworkFreeWeb
4.3Visit

Free alternatives to Boring Avatars

Free resources that cover similar ground.

SVGOMG

Focus: optimisation, web performance and open source. Shares svg with Boring Avatars. Free (Boring Avatars: Freemium). Adds Offline. Rated 4.7 (Boring Avatars: 4.5).

Web AppFreeWeb, Offline
4.7Visit

BGJar

Focus: backgrounds, generator and web design. Shares svg with Boring Avatars. Free (Boring Avatars: Freemium). Same 4.5 rating.

Web AppFreeWeb
4.5Visit

ASCIInator

Focus: ascii art, generator and images. Shares svg with Boring Avatars. Free (Boring Avatars: Freemium). Rated 4.4 (Boring Avatars: 4.5).

Web AppFreeWeb
4.4Visit

tweakcn

Focus: shadcn ui, theme editor and design tokens. Shares react with Boring Avatars. Free (Boring Avatars: Freemium). Rated 4.4 (Boring Avatars: 4.5).

Web AppFreeWeb
4.4Visit

shadcn/ui

Focus: ui components, tailwind and open source. Shares react with Boring Avatars. A framework, not a web app. Free (Boring Avatars: Freemium). Rated 4.9 (Boring Avatars: 4.5).

FrameworkFreeWeb
4.9Visit

GSAP

Focus: animation, javascript and scroll animations. Shares svg with Boring Avatars. A framework, not a web app. Free (Boring Avatars: Freemium). Rated 4.8 (Boring Avatars: 4.5).

FrameworkFreeWeb
4.8Visit
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