boring-avatars

Boring Avatars

Boring avatars is a tiny JavaScript React library that generates custom, SVG-based avatars from any username and color palette.

Sponsors

Clerk provides drop-in authentication for React and has built-in support for Boring Avatars.

Install

npm install boring-avatars

Usage

import Avatar from "boring-avatars";

<Avatar
  size={40}
  name="Maria Mitchell"
  variant="marble"
  colors={["#92A1C6", "#146A7C", "#F0AB3D", "#C271B4", "#C20D90"]}
/>;

Props

Prop	Type
size	number or string, 40px (default)
square	boolean: false (default)
title	boolean: false (default)
name	string
variant	oneOf: marble (default), beam, pixel,sunset, ring, bauhaus
colors	array of colors

Service

You can embed your boring avatars using the boring avatars source.

To choose a random avatar from a specific user and a color palette, the format follows:

https://source.boringavatars.com/marble/120/Maria%20Mitchell?colors=264653,2a9d8f,e9c46a,f4a261,e76f51

For more information, check out the README