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faicchia/boring-avatars
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Generate boring avatars in PHP

1.0.0(3y ago)137MITPHPPHP ^8.0

Since Dec 4Pushed 3y ago1 watchersCompare

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Boring Avatars
==============

[](#boring-avatars)

[![Packagist](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/314a4725e549cc1e66ce7cfdd1b130fd5d20c4e0548710cb906d01941f3dfe67/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f762f66616963636869612f626f72696e672d61766174617273)](https://packagist.org/packages/faicchia/boring-avatars/)[![Tests](https://github.com/faicchia/boring-avatars/actions/workflows/run-tests.yaml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/faicchia/boring-avatars/actions/workflows/run-tests.yaml)[![Style](https://github.com/faicchia/boring-avatars/actions/workflows/php-cs-fixer.yaml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/faicchia/boring-avatars/actions/workflows/php-cs-fixer.yaml)[![License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/fdf2982b9f5d7489dcf44570e714e3a15fce6253e0cc6b5aa61a075aac2ff71b/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f4c6963656e73652d4d49542d79656c6c6f772e737667)](https://github.com/faicchia/boring-avatars/blob/main/LICENSE.md)

Generate boring avatars in PHP.

What is Boring Avatars?
-----------------------

[](#what-is-boring-avatars)

> Boring avatars is a tiny JavaScript React library that generates custom, SVG-based avatars from any username and color palette.

To know more go visit the official [website](https://boringavatars.com/)

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
composer require faicchia/boring-avatars
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
use Faicchia\BoringAvatars\BoringAvatar;

$avatar = BoringAvatar::make()
    ->size(60)
    ->variant('bauhaus')
    ->name('James Smith')
    ->colors(['#2c5545', '#063971', '#2f353b'])
    ->url();
// https://source.boringavatars.com/bauhaus/60/James+Smith?colors=2c5545,063971,2f353b
```

Properties
----------

[](#properties)

PropTypesizeinteger, `40px` (default)namestringvariantoneOf: `marble` (default), `beam`, `pixel`,`sunset`, `ring`, `bauhaus`colorsarray of colors

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 32% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity50

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

1251d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/43ad45bd4380cf68e1353a9552a0e18d8e791d72af74a56ff05bfbf6c17158ec?d=identicon)[faicchia](/maintainers/faicchia)

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Top Contributors

[![faicchia](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/88747015?v=4)](https://github.com/faicchia "faicchia (4 commits)")

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Tags

avatarboring-avatarsphp

###  Code Quality

TestsPest

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