Minidenticons Avatar Generator

Ultra-minimal colored identicons: 5×5 pixel grid, zero dependencies

MIT SVG npm runs locally

Ready-to-use samples

Generated with the Minidenticons package, served from this site.

felix
aneka
jasper
luna
milo
sage
nova
remy

Run Minidenticons in your project

Minidenticons is a zero-dependency string function with no hosted endpoint. Install the npm package, or try the closest URL-driven identicon style below.

GitHub repo Project page

Want a live playground instead?

DiceBear has a hosted URL API with a similar look, so you can preview and download without installing anything.

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Usage

npm

npm i minidenticons

import { minidenticon } from 'minidenticons';

const svgString = minidenticon('felix');
const dataUri = 'data:image/svg+xml;utf8,' + encodeURIComponent(svgString);

About Minidenticons

The smallest identicon library: zero dependencies, under 1KB minified. Generates colored pixel-grid SVGs from a string. Fully client-side, no network requests, GDPR-friendly. The SVG is returned as a string, not a React component, so it works in any framework.

Best for: Performance-critical apps, serverless edge functions, GDPR-sensitive contexts

License: MIT
Output: SVG
Deterministic: Yes
Hosted API: No
Package: minidenticons
Links: Docs GitHub

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Minidenticons free to use commercially?

Minidenticons is licensed under MIT. 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 Minidenticons support?

Minidenticons generates avatars as SVG. SVG output scales to any size without quality loss, useful for retina displays and print.

Is there a hosted Minidenticons API?

No. Minidenticons 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 Minidenticons avatar?

Yes. Minidenticons is fully deterministic: the same seed value always renders the identical avatar, so you never need to store the generated image.