How to Favicon in 2021: Six files that fit most needs

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  • emoji-favicon-toolkit

    Emoji Favicon Toolkit - Set your favicon to emoji using canvas & cache as /favicon.ico with service workers

    • I usually just throw emoji favicon toolkit[1] at this problem and subset to a random rotation of relevant emoji. Client-side-generated favicons are possible with canvas.

    1. https://github.com/eligrey/emoji-favicon-toolkit

  • pwa-asset-generator

    Automates PWA asset generation and image declaration. Automatically generates icon and splash screen images, favicons and mstile images. Updates manifest.json and index.html files with the generated images according to Web App Manifest specs and Apple Human Interface guidelines.

    • Thank you for the article. It is certainly alluring to reduce the number of generated images linked in the in PWA apps.

    I use https://github.com/onderceylan/pwa-asset-generator to generate assets for PWA's(have left a message on this repo to read your article!)

  • SurveyJS

    Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

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