DiceBear Avatars
Avatar generation API — 30+ styles (identicons, pixel art, illustrated characters) generated deterministically from a seed string. Same seed always returns the same avatar.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Does DiceBear Avatars require an API key?
No, DiceBear Avatars is freely accessible without registration or an API key.
What is DiceBear Avatars's free tier?
Unlimited (fair use), no key, no credit card
Is DiceBear Avatars currently online?
We check DiceBear Avatars every hour. The current status is shown at the top of this page. You can also see the 30-day uptime history in the chart above.
Implementation notes
When to use DiceBear Avatars
DiceBear generates avatars deterministically from a seed string — same seed, same avatar, forever. 30+ styles from geometric identicons to illustrated characters (many licensed CC BY / free for commercial use with attribution per style). The HTTP API needs no key: construct a URL like `api.dicebear.com/9.x/pixel-art/svg?seed=alice` and embed it directly in an img tag. Use it for default user avatars, placeholder profiles in demos, and anywhere GitHub-style identicons make UIs feel alive without user uploads.
Common pitfalls
- Each avatar style has its own license — most are free for commercial use, but a few require attribution to the original illustrator (the docs list per-style licenses). Check the style you ship, not just 'DiceBear is open source'.
- The hosted API is versioned in the URL path (`/9.x/`). Pinning to a major version is required — but when 10.x ships, 9.x avatars remain available, so seeds keep resolving to identical images. Never use an unversioned URL from old tutorials (`avatars.dicebear.com` is the dead v4 domain).
- SVG output is the default and is tiny and sharp, but if you need PNG (email clients, PDF export, some cache layers), request `/png` with a `size` parameter instead of rasterizing client-side.
- For high-traffic production, the maintainers ask you to self-host (npm package `@dicebear/core` renders locally with the same seeds) rather than hammering the free hosted API. The self-hosted output is pixel-identical.
Quick start (javascript)
// Deterministic avatar per user — no storage needed
const avatarUrl = (userId) =>
`https://api.dicebear.com/9.x/thumbs/svg?seed=${encodeURIComponent(userId)}`;Embed this badge
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