Notion Avatar Svelte

A customizable Notion-style avatar editor built with Svelte 5, featuring a clean, responsive UI and modern state management.

CleanShot 2025-05-13 at 02 15 03@2x

Live Demo: https://avatar.daniel.sticker.name/

📋 Features

Intuitive Avatar Editor: Customize faces, hair, accessories, and more
Modern State Management: Built with Svelte 5 Runes and Runed for powerful, reactive state
Undo/Redo Support: Full history tracking with Runed StateHistory
Import/Export: Save and load avatar configurations as JSON
Mobile-Friendly: Responsive design works on all screen sizes
Accessible UI: Built with shadcn-svelte components for accessibility

⚡ Quick Start with jsrepo

The easiest way to add the Notion Avatar Editor to your Svelte 5 project:

Prerequisites

Svelte 5 project with shadcn-svelte@next configured
jsrepo CLI installed

Installation

# Install jsrepo CLI (if not already installed)
bun add -g jsrepo
 
# Initialize shadcn-svelte in your project (if not already done)
bunx shadcn-svelte@next init
 
# Add the avatar editor component
jsrepo add @stickerdaniel/notion-avatar-svelte/ui/avatar-editor

Usage

To render the Avatar Editor:

<script lang="ts">
	import AvatarCreator from '$lib/components/ui/avatar-editor/avatar-editor.svelte';
</script>
 
<AvatarCreator />

Advanced: Accessing Avatar Context

To access the avatar context anywhere in your app, add to your +layout.svelte:

<!-- src/routes/+layout.svelte -->
<script lang="ts">
	import '../app.css';
	import { avatarContext } from '$lib/components/ui/avatar-editor/avatarContext';
	import { AvatarStoreClass } from '$lib/components/ui/avatar-editor/AvatarStore.svelte';
 
	let { children } = $props();
 
	// Instantiate and set the AvatarStore in the context
	// This makes it available to all child components within this layout.
	avatarContext.set(new AvatarStoreClass());
</script>
 
{@render children()}

Then you can use in any component:

<script lang="ts">
	import * as Avatar from '$lib/components/ui/avatar';
	import { avatarContext } from '$lib/components/ui/avatar-editor/avatarContext';
	// Get the shared avatar store
	const avatar = avatarContext.get();
</script>
 
<pre class="text-xs">{JSON.stringify(JSON.parse(avatar.configJSON), null, 2)}</pre>
<Avatar.Root>
	<Avatar.Image src={avatar.svgDataUrl} />
	<Avatar.Fallback>Avatar</Avatar.Fallback>
</Avatar.Root>

🔧 Manual Installation

Prerequisites

Bun (recommended)
Git

Installing Bun

macOS and Linux

Linux users — The unzip package is required to install Bun. Use sudo apt install unzip to install unzip package. Kernel version 5.6 or higher is strongly recommended, but the minimum is 5.1. Use uname -r to check Kernel version.

# macOS, Linux, and WSL
curl -fsSL https://bun.sh/install | bash
 
# To install a specific version
curl -fsSL https://bun.sh/install | bash -s "bun-v1.2.13"

Windows

# PowerShell/cmd.exe
powershell -c "irm bun.sh/install.ps1|iex"

Bun requires a minimum of Windows 10 version 1809. For support and discussion, please join the #windows channel on the Bun Discord.

Step 1: Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/stickerdaniel/notion-avatar-svelte
cd notion-avatar-svelte

Or download and extract the zip file.

Step 2: Install Dependencies

# Install dependencies
bun install

🚀 Running the Application

Using VSCode

The project includes VSCode tasks for common operations:

Press Cmd+Shift+B (macOS) or Ctrl+Shift+B (Windows/Linux) to run the default build task
Select "bun dev (run dev server)" from the task list

Alternatively, open the Command Palette (Cmd+Shift+P or Ctrl+Shift+P) and type "Run Task", then select "bun dev (run dev server)".

Using Command Line

# Start the development server
bun run dev
 
# Or start the server and open in a browser
bun run dev -- --open

The application will be available at http://localhost:5173/.

🏗️ Architecture

State Management

The application uses a modern state management approach with Svelte 5 Runes and the Runed library:

// Class-based store with Svelte 5 Runes
export class AvatarStoreClass implements IAvatar {
	// Reactive state with $state rune
	configJSON = $state<string>('');
 
	// Derived state with $derived rune
	previewConfig = $derived<AvatarConfiguration>(this._parseConfigJSON());
 
	// History tracking with Runed
	private _history: StateHistory<string>;
}

Key aspects of the state management:

Single Source of Truth: The configJSON string is the core state that drives everything
Derived Values: Computed properties using $derived reactively update when dependencies change
History Management: The StateHistory class from Runed provides undo/redo functionality
Context API: The store is made available app-wide using Runed's Context system

🎨 Customization

Theming

The project uses Tailwind CSS with customizable themes via shadcn-svelte:

Visit shadcn-svelte themes to explore and customize the color palette
Edit the src/app.css file to apply your custom theme variables

Adding New Avatar Parts

To add new avatar parts:

Add SVG files to static/avatar-editor/part/[category]/[category]-[index].svg
Add preview images to static/avatar-editor/preview/[category]/[index].svg
Update the DEFAULT_CATEGORIES array in src/lib/components/ui/avatar-editor/types.ts

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

📄 License

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

🌟 Acknowledgements

Inspired by Mayandev/notion-avatar
Built with Svelte 5
UI components from next.shadcn-svelte.com
State management with Runed

Note: This project is not affiliated with Notion. The avatar style is inspired by Notion's UI.