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!

also check out the blinkies maker chrome extension !!

follow: tumblr, neocities, deviantart

email: hi@blinkies.cafe

blinkies.cafe is in active development.

enjoy~

blinkies.cafe is part of the yesterweb ring:

what's new

• wrote a blinkie making tutorial!
• added tag/filter system!
• improved heart rendering ❤️
• added option to toggle multi-line splitting.
• improved multi-line splitting algorithm.
• joined yesterweb ring!! <3
• allow longer input text by splitting into two lines.
• added support for 日本語, 中文, and 한국어 characters!
• space background c:
• shareable badge preview

planned features

• continue to expand character support.
• add option to select font.
• search blinkies in gallery.
• add an "advanced mode" blinkie generator with more customizability:
  • choose any text colour.
  • generate simple blinkies with any colours.
  • choose dimensions: generate shorter and/or wider gifs.

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