# 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. August 2014 um 14:22 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-discourse-generate-its-default-avatars/19348 "2014-08-27T14:22:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![elberet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/elberet/32/122404_2.png) [@elberet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/elberet)\
**Post date:** [27. August 2014 um 18:28 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-discourse-generate-its-default-avatars/19348/5 "2014-08-27T18:28:13Z")

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`convert` is documented here: [ImageMagick | Command-line Tools: Convert](http://www.imagemagick.org/script/convert.php)

It’s a native program and part of the ImageMagick set of image manipulation tools. IM gets installed by the Ubuntu package manager inside the docker container; it’s not part of Discourse.

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