Avatar Placeholder Generator

Get a placeholder avatar from users name

With this API you can generate placeholder avatars based on user names or a random string if you'd prefer that. Below are some examples.

UI Avatars has a simple-to-use API with no limiting or login. No usage tracking and no information is stored. The final images are cached, but nothing else. Just write name or surname, or both.

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2.8931ms Avg. Processing Time

All requests returns a image stream to be used directly in a <img/> tag.

Generate a placeholder avatar with default settings, for user "John Doe".

https://ui-avatars.com/api/?name=John+Doe

Generate a blue placeholder avatar

https://ui-avatars.com/api/?background=0D8ABC&color=fff

See More examples on generating placeholder avatars