Identicraft

Minecraft avatar rendering library, CLI, and serverless API

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  • Created: 27 November 2025
  • Update: 22 January 2026

API Endpoints

Below here is the list of API Endpoints used by this project:

  1. 2D Avatar (Simple)
    2. GET /avatar/{username_or_uuid}/{size}.png
  2. 3D Avatar (Isometric)
    3. GET /cube/{username_or_uuid}/{size}.png
  3. Full Body
    4. GET /body/{username_or_uuid}/{size}.png
  4. Bust Body
    5. GET /bust/{username_or_uuid}/{size}.png
  5. Player Skin
    6. GET /skin/{username_or_uuid}

If the size is not specified on the API, it will returns to 512px by default.

2D Avatar (Simple)

Returns a 2D front-facing avatar head. You can use either Minecraft Username or UUID.

https://identicraft.vercel.app/avatar/{username_or_uuid}/{size}.png

3D Avatar (Isometric)

Returns a 3D isometric view of the player's head. You can use either Minecraft Username or UUID.

https://identicraft.vercel.app/cube/{username_or_uuid}/{size}.png

Full Body

Returns a full-body render (head, torso, arms, legs) of the player's skin. You can use either Minecraft Username or UUID.

https://identicraft.vercel.app/body/{username_or_uuid}/{size}.png

Bust Body

Returns a bust render (head, torso, arms) of the player's skin. You can use either Minecraft Username or UUID.

https://identicraft.vercel.app/bust/{username_or_uuid}/{size}.png

Player Skin

Returns the raw Minecraft skin texture of any registered players.

https://identicraft.vercel.app/skin/{username_or_uuid}

CLI

You can render avatar, cube, full body, bust, and skin using CLI (Command Line Interface)!

    Here's How to Do it:
  • Download this Repository
  • Ensure Node.js is already Installed on v22 or above.
  • Extract and Go to the Repository File
  • Open Command Prompt on the Repository File, and Type these commands in order
    • npm install
npm link
npm run cli

To use the CLI, these are the commands available

== Long form ==
identicraft cube YOUR_USERNAME -output ANY_FILENAME_YOU_WANT.png

== Short form ==
idc cube YOUR_USERNAME -o ANY_FILENAME_YOU_WANT.png

== With custom size ==
idc avatar itsShiroharu -o shiroharu_face.png -s 256

== Full body render ==
idc body itsShiroharu -o shiroharu_body.png

== Get raw skin ==
idc skin itsShiroharu -o shiroharu_skin.png
    CLI Options:
  • -o, --output [file] - Output file path (default: output.png)
  • -s, --size [size] - Size in pixels 8-512 (default: 512)
  • -h, --help - Display help
  • -V, --version - Display version
    Render Types:
  • avatar - 2D head (front-facing)
  • cube - 3D isometric head
  • body - Full body render
  • bust - Half body (torso + head)
  • skin - Raw skin texture

NPM Library (Programmatic Usage)

You can use this project to your project.

Install in your project:

npm install identicraft

ES6 Imports (Recommended):

import Identicraft from 'identicraft';
import { writeFileSync } from 'fs';

// Render avatar
const avatar = await Identicraft.renderAvatar('itsShiroharu', 256);
writeFileSync('shiroharu-avatar.png', avatar);

// Render cube
const cube = await Identicraft.renderCube('itsShiroharu', 128);
writeFileSync('shiroharu-cube.png', cube);

// Render body
const body = await Identicraft.renderBody('itsShiroharu', 256);
writeFileSync('shiroharu-body.png', body);

// Render bust
const bust = await Identicraft.renderBust('itsShiroharu', 128);
writeFileSync('shiroharu-bust.png', bust);

// Get raw skin
const skin = await Identicraft.getSkin('itsShiroharu');
writeFileSync('shiroharu-skin.png', skin);

// Universal render method
const image = await Identicraft.render('cube', 'itsShiroharu', 256);
writeFileSync('shiroharu-cube.png', image);

// Resolve UUID
const uuid = await Identicraft.resolveUUID('itsShiroharu');
console.log(uuid); // 4648016c70bc4c7dba73523ad5a30802

// Get skin URL
const skinURL = await Identicraft.getSkinURL(uuid);
console.log(skinURL);

CommonJS (Require):

const Identicraft = require('identicraft').default;
const { writeFileSync } = require('fs');

(async () => {
  const avatar = await Identicraft.renderAvatar('itsShiroharu', 256);
  writeFileSync('itsShiroharu.png', avatar);
})();

Named Imports:

import { renderAvatar, renderCube, resolveUUID } from 'identicraft';

const uuid = await resolveUUID('itsShiroharu');
const avatar = await renderAvatar('itsShiroharu', 128);
const cube = await renderCube('itsShiroharu', 256);

API References

Method Parameters Returns Description
renderAvatar(username, size?) username: string, size: number Promise\<Buffer\> Render 2D avatar head
renderCube(username, size?) username: string, size: number Promise\<Buffer\> Render 3D isometric head
renderBody(username, size?) username: string, size: number Promise\<Buffer\> Render full body
renderBust(username, size?) username: string, size: number Promise\<Buffer\> Render half body
getSkin(username) username: string Promise\<Buffer\> Get raw skin texture
render(type, username, size?) type: string, username: string, size: number Promise\<Buffer\> Universal render method
resolveUUID(username) username: string Promise\<string\> Convert username to UUID
getSkinURL(uuid) uuid: string Promise\<string\> Get skin texture URL

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

MIT License

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