blinkie maker: build a blinkie!

about blinkie gifs

pretend it's 1999! customize retro blinkie graphics!

blinkies are tiny, 150x20-pixel animated gifs used as badges to share interests and tell jokes! they were popular decorations in early-2000s Geocities-era personal websites & Myspace pages.

blinkies.cafe is a blinkie generator you can use to create your own blinkie gifs, choosing from dozens of styles and adding whatever text you like!

blinkies are great for:

• badges for your website or blog, to show off your interests!
• eye-catching links on your streaming page!
• fun, sparkly messages in chat apps!
• flashy email & forum signatures!

blinkies.cafe is in active development.

enjoy~

our links

what's new

• added template submitters page!
• bug fixes and improvements.
• Blinkie Pack 1: LOVE is out now! Send love to your friends (and/or enemies) :D
• search blinkie templates!! ty Denperidge :D
• new blog post: Hidden symbols in blinkies.cafe fonts!
• trick or treat :D
• font selection!!

planned features

• template code creation tool.
• continue to expand character support.
• performance improvements.

technical details

• blinkies.cafe is open-source code.
• we pour fresh blinkies using imagemagick.
• blinkies.cafe is a node.js app using the express framework, with ejs template engine.
• it's built as a docker image using alpine linux.
• it's currently running on a debian virtual machine hosted by vultr.
• we create & edit blinkies using gimp and kolourpaint. you can probably spot the kolourpaint default palette in a lot of blinkies if you look!

blinkies.cafe started development circa 2021. we are proudly