# RobertBroersma/beanheads

Easily create characters for your projects

Repository: https://github.com/RobertBroersma/beanheads
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/beanheads
Homepage: https://beanheads.robertbroersma.com
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-01-14T22:26:02+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 60/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 62, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2260, "days_push": 231, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1489, forks 107 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:52.288862+00:00)

## What it is
Bean Heads is a React component library for generating customizable cartoon-style avatar illustrations via SVG. It exposes props for hair, eyes, clothing, accessories, and colors, plus an online playground editor.

## Use cases
- generate user avatars for my web app
- create cartoon profile pictures programmatically
- add customizable character illustrations to a React project
- let users design their own avatar in an editor
- generate placeholder avatars for empty profiles

## When to choose
- you need playful, customizable SVG avatars in a React app
- you want users to configure their own character appearance
- you need lightweight vector avatars instead of raster images

## When to avoid
- you need photorealistic avatars or photos
- your project is not React-based
- you need avatars generated from real user photos

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: ui-components, image-processing
- domain: frontend, web-development, web-design
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: avatar-generator, react, svg, illustration, character-creator, nodejs, web-server

## Member repositories
- RobertBroersma/beanheads (main) score 60

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:52.288862+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:33:39.380452+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/RobertBroersma/beanheads (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:52.288862+00:00, sha 2450145a6874)
  - homepage: https://beanheads.robertbroersma.com (fetched 2026-08-29T11:39:57.035921+00:00, sha 30b68940a18f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.