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Install dicebear with Homebrew

CLI for DiceBear - An avatar library for designers and developers. Version 10.3.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22.

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Additional install commands

macOS

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brew install dicebear

local Homebrew formula metadata

overview

Package summary

CLI for DiceBear - An avatar library for designers and developers

Commands and aliases

  • dicebear

history

Project history and usage

DiceBear is an open-source avatar library, API, and CLI for generating deterministic SVG avatars and placeholder profile images.

Project history

The GitHub repository was created in 2017. The official README describes DiceBear as an avatar library for designers and developers, while the current documentation presents it as a free open-source avatar library and avatar API with JavaScript, PHP, Python, Rust, Go, Dart, HTTP API, CLI, Playground, Figma plugin, and editor surfaces.

Adoption history

DiceBear's adoption comes from a practical web-development need: deterministic user avatars from a seed. The official site advertises more than 35 styles, privacy-focused and self-hostable generation, and a GitHub star count in the thousands.

How it is used

The Homebrew package exposes the DiceBear CLI, which official docs position for command-line and bulk avatar generation. Users can generate stable SVG profile pictures for identities by selecting a style and seed.

Why package nerds care

DiceBear is package-nerd interesting because an asset-generation service is also available as local tooling. That lets builds and scripts create avatar fixtures without calling a hosted API.

Timeline

  • 2017: GitHub repository created.
  • 2026: v10.3.0 release published on GitHub.

Related projects

  • The official navigation lists multiple language libraries, an HTTP API, a CLI, a Playground, and an editor around the same avatar-generation project.

security posture

Risk level: green

library-like package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • library-like package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:library-like

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
  • Installs with 4 runtime dependencies.
  • Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
dicebearcliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08
manager version10.3.0
manager updated2026-06-22
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://www.dicebear.com

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:dicebear
Version10.3.0
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/dicebear
Homepagehttps://www.dicebear.com
Repositoryhttps://github.com/dicebear/dicebear
Upstream docshttps://www.dicebear.com/how-to-use/cli
LicenseMIT
Source archivehttps://registry.npmjs.org/dicebear/-/dicebear-10.3.0.tgz
Last updated2026-06-22T14:03:09-07:00
Pulseupdated
Dependenciesgettext, glib, node, vips
Build dependenciespkgconf
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namedicebear
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • stable

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Related tools

  • gettextRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • glibRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • nodeRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • vipsRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • pkgconfBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

  • batikShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, graphics, media, svg.
  • libemf2svgShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, graphics, media, svg.
  • resvgShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, graphics, media, svg.
  • svg2pdfShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, graphics, media, svg.
  • svgoShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, graphics, media, svg.
  • aalibShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, graphics, media.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • Nucleus package database
  • av.db category and tag curation
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated package history
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment