# Custom Local Avatars

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-local-avatars/9463>\
**Category:** Blog\
**Created:** [2013年八月29日 18:48 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-local-avatars/9463 "2013-08-29T18:48:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![lightweight](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lightweight/32/116381_2.png) [@lightweight](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lightweight)\
**Post date:** [2015年七月14日 02:23 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-local-avatars/9463/9 "2015-07-14T02:23:40Z")

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Given that Libravatar is both FOSS and a drop-in (API compatible) replacement for Gravatar, it seems like it offers some philosophical advantages and wouldn’t add substantially to the complexity of the codebase to allow implementations of Discourse to decide which service they prefer. I understand it might not be a priority for you guys at the moment - would you be open to a pull request if I can implement the support?

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