# How does discourse generate its default avatars?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-discourse-generate-its-default-avatars/19348>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [27 Agosto 2014, 2:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-discourse-generate-its-default-avatars/19348 "2014-08-27T14:22:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![eviltrout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/eviltrout/32/5275_2.png) [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout)\
**Post date:** [27 Agosto 2014, 3:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-discourse-generate-its-default-avatars/19348/2 "2014-08-27T15:12:19Z")

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Most of the magic happens in this file:

> <https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/main/lib/letter_avatar.rb>

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