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+avatars
+.idea
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 # Golang port of DiceBear Avatars, which in turn were inspired by 8biticon avatars
 
-## Build & Run
+## Usage
+
+import `codeberg.org/Codeberg/avatars`
+
+and use `string svg = avatars.MakeAvatar(seed)`
+
+## Build & Use Example
 
 ```shell
-# will build the binary into ${BUILDDIR}. The golang compiler is fetched and installed into $PWD/gitea/bin/
-make BUILDDIR=$PWD
+# will build the binary
+go build -o avatars example/main.go
 # Create a random avatar and write it to /tmp/avatar.svg
-$PWD/gitea/bin/avatar my-special-seed-string > /tmp/avatar.svg
+./avatars my-special-seed-string > /tmp/avatar.svg
 # Open SVG file with default image viewer
 xdg-open /tmp/avatar.svg
 ```