Blockies Avatar Generator
Pixelated color-block identicons: originally designed for Ethereum wallet addresses
WTFPLSVG, Canvasnpmruns locally
Ready-to-use samples
Generated with the Blockies package, served from this site.
felix
aneka
jasper
luna
milo
sage
nova
remy
Run Blockies in your project
Blockies is a small component with no hosted HTTP endpoint. Install the npm package, or try the closest URL-driven pixel style below.
Want a live playground instead?
DiceBear has a hosted URL API with a similar look, so you can preview and download without installing anything.
Usage
npm
npm i blockies-react-svg
import Blockies from 'blockies-react-svg';
<Blockies address="0x0000000000000000000000000000000000felix" size={8} scale={10} />About Blockies
The identicon style made famous by Ethereum and MetaMask. Generates blocky square patterns from a hash. WTFPL license (effectively public domain). Several npm packages provide React components around the original algorithm.
Best for: Web3 and crypto apps, wallet address visualization, any context needing pixel art aesthetic
- License
- WTFPL
- Output
- SVG, Canvas
- Deterministic
- Yes
- Hosted API
- No
- Package
- blockies-react-svg
- Links
- DocsGitHub
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Blockies free to use commercially?
Blockies is licensed under WTFPL. This is a permissive license: you can use it in commercial projects with no royalties, though MIT requires keeping the license notice.
What output formats does Blockies support?
Blockies generates avatars as SVG, Canvas. SVG output scales to any size without quality loss, useful for retina displays and print.
Is there a hosted Blockies API?
No. Blockies ships as an npm package that renders locally, there is no hosted HTTP endpoint to call. The samples on this page were generated with that package.
Does the same seed always produce the same Blockies avatar?
Yes. Blockies is fully deterministic: the same seed value always renders the identical avatar, so you never need to store the generated image.