# Install dicebear with Homebrew

CLI for DiceBear - An avatar library for designers and developers. Version 10.4.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-08-02.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:dicebear
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install dicebear
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:dicebear
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 10.4.0
- **Source summary:** CLI for DiceBear - An avatar library for designers and developers
- **Homepage:** <https://www.dicebear.com>
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-02T15:08:49Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- dicebear (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 10.4.0
## 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.

### Sources

- <https://www.dicebear.com>
- <https://www.dicebear.com/introduction/>
- <https://www.dicebear.com/how-to-use/cli/>
- <https://github.com/dicebear/dicebear>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/dicebear/dicebear>
- <https://github.com/dicebear/dicebear/releases/tag/v10.3.0>


## Security Notes

library-like package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- library-like package without higher-risk signals


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/dicebear.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/dicebear.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph