Pravatar Avatar Generator
Realistic photo-style placeholder avatars: CC0 licensed human face photos
CC0 PNG API
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Changes update the preview instantly. Nothing is uploaded.
Ready-to-use samples
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Usage
HTTP API
<img src="https://i.pravatar.cc/80?img=12" alt="Avatar" width="80" height="80" />About Pravatar
HTTP API serving CC0-licensed human face photos as placeholder avatars. No API key required. Use a seed or specific img parameter for consistent images. Not generated, pulls from a curated set of real photos.
Best for: Mockups, prototypes, staging environments, demo data
- License
- CC0
- Output
- PNG
- Deterministic
- No
- Hosted API
- Yes
- Links
- Docs
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Pravatar free to use commercially?
Pravatar is licensed under CC0. 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 Pravatar support?
Pravatar generates avatars as PNG. Raster output is fixed at the requested pixel size.
Does Pravatar require an API key?
No signup or API key is required. Build the URL from the pattern above and use it directly in an
<img> tag.Does the same seed always produce the same Pravatar avatar?
Not always. Pravatar pulls from a set of pre-made images or falls back to the account owner's uploaded photo, so results are not guaranteed to be reproducible from a text seed alone.