# @fluentui/react-avatar

> React components for building Microsoft web experiences.

Latest version **9.11.8** (published 2026-09-23) · MIT license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install @fluentui/react-avatar
pnpm add @fluentui/react-avatar
yarn add @fluentui/react-avatar
bun add @fluentui/react-avatar
```

## Health

**Score 70/100 (B)** — status: active.

Positive: has types; esm support; no vulnerabilities; recently updated; high maintenance score; popular repo.

Warnings: low downloads.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 9.11.8 |
| Published | 2026-09-23 |
| First published | 2020-08-18 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | MIT |
| TypeScript types | bundled |
| Module format | ESM + CommonJS |
| Dependencies | 12 |
| Unpacked size | 1016.1 KB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| GitHub stars | 20303 |
| Maintainers | uifabricteam, uifrnbot, microsoft1es, microsoft-oss-releases |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@fluentui/react-avatar
- Repository: https://github.com/microsoft/fluentui
- Homepage: https://github.com/microsoft/fluentui#readme
- Issues: https://github.com/microsoft/fluentui/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/@fluentui/react-avatar

## Dependencies (12)

- [@swc/helpers](https://npm.io/package/@swc/helpers.md) ^0.5.1
- [@griffel/react](https://npm.io/package/@griffel/react.md) ^1.5.32
- [@fluentui/react-badge](https://npm.io/package/@fluentui/react-badge.md) ^9.5.6
- [@fluentui/react-icons](https://npm.io/package/@fluentui/react-icons.md) ^2.0.245
- [@fluentui/react-theme](https://npm.io/package/@fluentui/react-theme.md) ^9.2.2
- [@fluentui/react-popover](https://npm.io/package/@fluentui/react-popover.md) ^9.14.9
- [@fluentui/react-tabster](https://npm.io/package/@fluentui/react-tabster.md) ^9.26.18
- [@fluentui/react-tooltip](https://npm.io/package/@fluentui/react-tooltip.md) ^9.10.7
- [@fluentui/react-utilities](https://npm.io/package/@fluentui/react-utilities.md) ^9.26.7
- [@fluentui/react-jsx-runtime](https://npm.io/package/@fluentui/react-jsx-runtime.md) ^9.4.6
- [@fluentui/react-shared-contexts](https://npm.io/package/@fluentui/react-shared-contexts.md) ^9.26.4
- [@fluentui/react-context-selector](https://npm.io/package/@fluentui/react-context-selector.md) ^9.2.20

## Recent versions

- 9.11.8 (latest) — 2026-09-23
- 0.0.0-nightly-20260929-0404.1 (nightly) — 2026-09-29
- 9.74.5-experimental.tabster-v9.20260804-bb909442fe.0 (experimental) — 2026-08-04
- 9.0.0-rc.13 (rc) — 2022-06-21
- 9.0.0-beta.4 (beta) — 2021-11-25
- 9.0.0-alpha.93 (alpha) — 2021-10-05
- 0.0.0-nightly-20260928-0404.1 — 2026-09-28
- 0.0.0-nightly-20260925-0403.1 — 2026-09-25
- 0.0.0-nightly-20260924-0403.1 — 2026-09-24
- 0.0.0-nightly-20260923-0404.1 — 2026-09-23
- 0.0.0-nightly-20260922-0403.1 — 2026-09-22
- 9.11.7 — 2026-09-21
- 0.0.0-nightly-20260917-0408.1 — 2026-09-17
- 0.0.0-nightly-20260916-0409.1 — 2026-09-16
- 0.0.0-nightly-20260915-0407.1 — 2026-09-15
- … 1531 more at https://npm.io/package/@fluentui/react-avatar/versions

## README

# @fluentui/react-avatar

**React Avatar components for [Fluent UI](https://react.fluentui.dev/)**

The Avatar component represents a person or entity. It displays the person's image, initials, or an icon, and can be either circular or square.

## Usage

To import Avatar:

```js
import { Avatar } from '@fluentui/react-components';
```

### Examples

```jsx
<Avatar name="Miguel Garcia" />
<Avatar size={72} name="Mona Kane" image="./MonaKane.jpg" />
<Avatar shape="square" icon={<IDBadgeIcon />} />
```

Displaying a badge:

```jsx
<Avatar name="Allan Munger" badge={<PresenceBadge status="busy">} />
```

With active state indication:

```jsx
<Avatar name="Daisy Phillips" active={true} activeAppearance="ring-shadow" />
<Avatar name="Robin Counts" active={false} activeAppearance="ring-shadow" />
```

See [Fluent UI Storybook](https://react.fluentui.dev/) for more detailed usage examples.

Alternatively, run Storybook locally with:

1. `yarn start`
2. Select `react-avatar` from the list.

### Specification

See [SPEC.md](./SPEC.md).

### Migration Guide

If you're upgrading to Fluent UI v9 see [MIGRATION.md](./MIGRATION.md) for guidance on updating to the latest Avatar implementation.

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