Automatically generate avatars based on initials #3089

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GiteaMirror · 2025-11-02T05:00:27-06:00

GiteaMirror commented

2025-11-02 05:00:27 -06:00

Originally created by @kolaente on GitHub (Mar 20, 2019).

From the discussion on discourd, it would be nice if there was a way to let Gitea generate avatars for profiles based on the label like this one:

Possible ways to solve this:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38299930/how-to-add-a-simple-text-label-to-an-image-in-go
https://github.com/holys/initials-avatar

cc @mrsdizzie

Originally created by @kolaente on GitHub (Mar 20, 2019). From the discussion on discourd, it would be nice if there was a way to let Gitea generate avatars for profiles based on the label like this one: ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/13721712/54718061-fa98c800-4b59-11e9-98ee-c23b97d70307.png) Possible ways to solve this: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38299930/how-to-add-a-simple-text-label-to-an-image-in-go https://github.com/holys/initials-avatar cc @mrsdizzie

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GiteaMirror commented

2025-11-02 05:00:28 -06:00

@techknowlogick commented on GitHub (Mar 20, 2019):

If we are thinking of adding new options to create different avatars I've actually ported a few avatar generation libs to golang that could also be used as well (perhaps in config there would be a setting to choose from a list of libraries for default avatars):

src.techknowlogick.com/monster-id
src.techknowlogick.com/wavatars
src.techknowlogick.com/retricon
src.techknowlogick.com/mysteryperson-id

@techknowlogick commented on GitHub (Mar 20, 2019): If we are thinking of adding new options to create different avatars I've actually ported a few avatar generation libs to golang that could also be used as well (perhaps in config there would be a setting to choose from a list of libraries for default avatars): - src.techknowlogick.com/monster-id - src.techknowlogick.com/wavatars - src.techknowlogick.com/retricon - src.techknowlogick.com/mysteryperson-id

GiteaMirror commented

2025-11-02 05:00:28 -06:00

@mrsdizzie commented on GitHub (Mar 20, 2019):

An initials based one would be a good/better default for now if you have a preferred existing library to use. I think adding a more solid default first and then focus on providing alternative options would be good and happy to help with that if necessary

@mrsdizzie commented on GitHub (Mar 20, 2019): An initials based one would be a good/better default for now if you have a preferred existing library to use. I think adding a more solid default first and then focus on providing alternative options would be good and happy to help with that if necessary

GiteaMirror commented

2025-11-02 05:00:28 -06:00

@kolaente commented on GitHub (Mar 20, 2019):

@mrsdizzie yes, but maybe it's a good idea to implement it in a way so we can extend it easily afterwards.

@kolaente commented on GitHub (Mar 20, 2019): @mrsdizzie yes, but maybe it's a good idea to implement it in a way so we can extend it easily afterwards.

GiteaMirror commented

2025-11-02 05:00:28 -06:00

@0x5c commented on GitHub (Mar 20, 2019):

As a user, that does happen to prefer the current behaviour, this definitely needs to be configurable. I can definitely see why one would prefer avatars based on initials though.

@0x5c commented on GitHub (Mar 20, 2019): As a user, that does happen to prefer the current behaviour, this definitely needs to be configurable. I can definitely see why one would prefer avatars based on initials though.

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2025-11-02 12:18:27 -06:00

[PR #3089] [MERGED] Fix redis session failed (#3086) #16759

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Reference: github-starred/gitea#3089