avatarapi blog https://avatarsapi.com/blog/ Guides and comparisons for fetching profile pictures, Gravatars, and company logos over HTTP. en DiceBear vs UI Avatars vs Boring Avatars: generated avatar APIs compared https://avatarsapi.com/blog/avatar-placeholder-generators https://avatarsapi.com/blog/avatar-placeholder-generators Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Generated avatars never fail, but they're never the real person. A comparison of DiceBear, UI Avatars, Boring Avatars, and Vercel's avatar service, and how to pair them with a real lookup. Showing customer avatars in a CRM or support inbox https://avatarsapi.com/blog/avatars-in-crm-support-inbox https://avatarsapi.com/blog/avatars-in-crm-support-inbox Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Turn a list of email addresses into faces and company logos: what to look up, how to handle privacy, and how to keep it fast. Bluesky avatar API: getting a profile picture from a handle https://avatarsapi.com/blog/bluesky-avatar-api https://avatarsapi.com/blog/bluesky-avatar-api Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Bluesky's public AppView API returns avatars without authentication. Here's how to call it, and when a plain image URL is simpler. Clearbit Logo API alternatives after the shutdown https://avatarsapi.com/blog/clearbit-logo-api-alternative https://avatarsapi.com/blog/clearbit-logo-api-alternative Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT The free Clearbit Logo API (logo.clearbit.com) shut down in December 2025. Here are the replacements for getting a company logo from a domain, and how they compare. Company logo from an email domain: BIMI explained https://avatarsapi.com/blog/company-logo-from-email-domain-bimi https://avatarsapi.com/blog/company-logo-from-email-domain-bimi Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT BIMI lets a company publish its official logo in DNS. Here's how the record works, how to read it, and how to use it to show a logo for any work email. Favicon APIs: Google, DuckDuckGo, and what to use in production https://avatarsapi.com/blog/favicon-api https://avatarsapi.com/blog/favicon-api Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT How google.com/s2/favicons and icons.duckduckgo.com work, why they're risky in a product, and how to get a higher-quality logo for any domain. How to get an X (Twitter) profile picture by username https://avatarsapi.com/blog/get-x-twitter-profile-picture https://avatarsapi.com/blog/get-x-twitter-profile-picture Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Three ways to show someone's X profile picture from their @handle: the official API, scraping pbs.twimg.com, or a one-line image URL. GitHub avatar URL: every way to get a user's profile picture https://avatarsapi.com/blog/github-avatar-url https://avatarsapi.com/blog/github-avatar-url Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT github.com/username.png, avatars.githubusercontent.com, the REST API, and what each does when the user doesn't exist. Gravatar alternatives in 2026 https://avatarsapi.com/blog/gravatar-alternatives https://avatarsapi.com/blog/gravatar-alternatives Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Gravatar only knows people who signed up for it. Here are the alternatives for getting a profile picture from an email address, and when each one fits. How to get an Instagram profile picture by username https://avatarsapi.com/blog/instagram-profile-picture-by-username https://avatarsapi.com/blog/instagram-profile-picture-by-username Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Instagram's Basic Display API is gone, the Graph API only covers business accounts, and scraping from cloud IPs gets rate-limited. Here's what actually works in 2026. A React and Next.js avatar component with a real fallback https://avatarsapi.com/blog/react-nextjs-avatar-component https://avatarsapi.com/blog/react-nextjs-avatar-component Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Build an <Avatar> that shows a user's real picture from a username, email, or domain, and falls back to initials when there isn't one. avatarapi vs unavatar: comparing avatar-by-username APIs https://avatarsapi.com/blog/unavatar-alternative https://avatarsapi.com/blog/unavatar-alternative Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT A side-by-side look at avatarapi and unavatar.io, the two APIs that return a profile picture from a username, email, or domain in one URL. How to get a YouTube channel avatar from a handle https://avatarsapi.com/blog/youtube-channel-avatar https://avatarsapi.com/blog/youtube-channel-avatar Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Two ways to show a YouTube channel's profile picture from its @handle: the YouTube Data API's channels.list, or a single image URL.