altinthaqi / epsidenticon

An Elixir service for generating identicons

Epsidenticon

Epsidenticon is a service which generate an identicon image based on a string.

Here are some examples of generated identicons!

        

Usage

Images are generated in PNG format with transparent background.

The string can be an email, an IP address, a username, an ID or something else. Every image is saved under identicons/ directory.

Generate an identicon

Clone the repository

$ git clone https://github.com/altinthaqi/epsidenticon.git

Install dependencies (egd)

$ cd epsidenticon/
$ mix deps.get

Start IEx

$ iex -S mix

Run main with a string

function Epsidenticon.main/1

Example

iex(1)> Epsidenticon.main("altinthaqi")

That's it - you should now have a newly generated identicon under identicons/!

The same string will always generate the same identicon color and pattern.

License

Epsidenticon is released under the MIT License. See the bundled LICENSE file for details.