dicebear-schema 1.1.0

JSON Schema definitions for DiceBear avatar styles and options

@dicebear/schema

JSON Schema definitions for DiceBear avatar styles and options.

Schemas

This package exports two JSON Schemas (Draft 07):

definition.json

Validates avatar style definitions — the files that describe how a DiceBear avatar style is structured. A definition includes:

• canvas (required) — The SVG canvas dimensions and root element tree
• components — Named, reusable SVG components with variants. At render time, a PRNG selects one variant per component. Components can also be declared as aliases of another component via extends, producing an independently-randomized instance.
• colors — Named color palettes. Colors can define constraints such as notEqualTo (must differ from another color) or contrastTo (picks the highest-contrast value).
• attributes — Global SVG attributes applied to the root <svg> element
• meta — License, creator, and source metadata

Only a safe subset of SVG elements and attributes is permitted. Event handlers, external URL references, and CSS injection patterns are explicitly blocked.

Additional Documentation

https://www.dicebear.com/specification/definition-schema/

options.json

Validates the options object passed by users when generating an avatar. Supported properties include:

Property	Type	Description
seed	string	PRNG seed for reproducible avatars
size	integer	Output size in pixels (1 to 4096)
title	string	Accessible title rendered as <title> and aria-label
flip	string | array	Mirror direction: none, horizontal, vertical, or both
scale	number | [min, max]	Scaling factor (0 to 10, 1 = original size)
rotate	number | [min, max]	Rotation in degrees (−360 to 360)
translateX	number | [min, max]	Horizontal offset (−1000 to 1000)
translateY	number | [min, max]	Vertical offset (−1000 to 1000)
borderRadius	number | [min, max]	Corner radius (0 = sharp, 50 = circle)
idRandomization	boolean	SVG ID randomization to avoid conflicts
fontFamily	string | array	Font family for text rendering
fontWeight	integer | array	Font weight (1 to 1000)
*Probability	number	Component display probability (0 to 100)
*Variant	string | string[] | object	Component variant filter and weights
*Color	string | array	Hex colors
*ColorFill	string | array	Color fill: solid, linear, or radial
*ColorFillStops	integer | [min, max]	Gradient color stops (min 2)
*ColorAngle	number | [min, max]	Gradient angle (−360 to 360)

When an option accepts an array, the PRNG either picks from the list (for discrete values) or picks a value within the range (for numeric min/max pairs).

Usage

JavaScript

npm install @dicebear/schema

import definitionSchema from "@dicebear/schema/definition.json" with { type: "json" };
import optionsSchema from "@dicebear/schema/options.json" with { type: "json" };

PHP

composer require dicebear/schema

$basePath = \Composer\InstalledVersions::getInstallPath('dicebear/schema');

$definition = json_decode(file_get_contents($basePath . '/src/definition.json'), true);
$options    = json_decode(file_get_contents($basePath . '/src/options.json'), true);

Python

pip install dicebear-schema

import json
from importlib.resources import files

definition = json.loads(files("dicebear_schema").joinpath("definition.json").read_text("utf-8"))
options    = json.loads(files("dicebear_schema").joinpath("options.json").read_text("utf-8"))

CDN

The schemas are available directly via CDN — no installation required. We recommend using a specific version to ensure stability:

https://cdn.hopjs.net/npm/@dicebear/schema@1.1.0/dist/definition.min.json
https://cdn.hopjs.net/npm/@dicebear/schema@1.1.0/dist/options.min.json

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md for local development, testing, and the release process.

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