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
staff:
Amy (admin/dev): tumblr, twitter, neocities, deviantart
Anakin (artist/rep): templates, tumblr, neocities
email: hi@blinkies.cafe
tips: ko-fi
also check out our chrome extension !!
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
