# Emoji Gen

> Turn any image or text into animated Slack emoji. Free online emoji maker: upload a picture or type a word like APPROVED and get 40+ animated emoji styles — shake, spin, party, pet, mind-blown and more — as GIF, WebP or APNG, sized for Slack and Discord and kept under Slack's 128 KB limit.

Site: https://emoji-gen.com/

## Key facts

- Input: PNG, JPG, GIF (up to 60 frames) or WebP, up to 5 MB, by upload, URL or clipboard paste — or text: up to 40 characters on up to 3 lines, in one of 4 fonts (bold, rounded, serif, mono) with text and badge colours.
- Output: animated GIF, WebP or APNG at 32, 64, 100, 112, 128 px; single-frame results are PNG.
- Slack: 128×128 px default; each result reports whether it is under Slack's 128 KB limit and can be shrunk to fit.
- Settings: speed, direction, size, colour mode (party, rainbow, deep-fried, x-ray, grayscale, strobe), crop fit/fill.
- Privacy: uploads and renders are deleted after 24 hours; no accounts; usage statistics are anonymous (no IP addresses, cookies or personal data stored).
- Free to use; no account or sign-up needed.

## Text emoji

Type a short text instead of uploading an image — for Slack reactions such as APPROVED, SKIP, AGREED or LGTM.
- Up to 40 characters on up to 3 lines; words wrap automatically onto the layout that makes the text largest, and an explicit line break forces a split.
- Fonts: bold, rounded, serif, mono (Bold, Rounded, Serif, Mono). Default: bold.
- Colours: text colour (default #ffffff, white) and badge background (default #2eb67d, Slack green) as #rgb/#rrggbb; background "none" gives plain text on a transparent background.
- The text becomes an ordinary source image, so every style, colour mode and the Slack optimizer apply; the "none" style is a static badge, "shake" a shaking one.
- API: POST /api/images with JSON {"text": "APPROVED"} (optional "font", "color", "background"), then render with GET /api/render/<image_id>/<style> like any upload.

## Crop

After uploading, “Crop” opens an editor with a square, aspect-locked crop box (drag, corner handles, arrow keys). Frame a face for the costume styles or cut a detail out of a screenshot; an untouched box keeps the whole image.
- The crop produces a new source image (PNG, or lossless animated WebP for animations) with its own image_id, so every style, colour mode and the Slack optimizer apply to it unchanged.

## Packs, sharing and Preview in Slack

- Download all: one ZIP of every style currently shown (filter with the category chips or search); each file is under Slack's 128 KB limit and named <style>.gif/.webp/.png.
- Share: the 🔗 button on a card copies a link to a page that unfurls the emoji in Slack, with Download and “Remix this image” (loads the same image on the home page). Links live 24 hours after their last view.
- Preview in Slack: click a card's thumbnail to see the emoji at Slack's inline (22 px), stand-alone (32 px) and reaction (16 px) sizes in Slack's light and dark themes.

## Styles (54)

### Motion
- :none: — The image as-is, resized — a plain static emoji.
- :bop: — Side-to-side head bob with a squish — pair with the Party colour for the classic look.
- :shake: — Rapid random jitter — the classic “intensifies” look.
- :nesting: — Smaller copies slide out from behind the image, then tuck back in.
- :enter: — Slides in from off-screen and settles.
- :exit: — Waits a beat, then slides off-screen.
- :conga: — A line of small copies dancing across.
- :bounce: — Bounces up and down with a little squash on landing.
- :spin: — Rotates a full turn in the chosen direction.
- :wiggle: — Rocks gently from side to side.
- :pulse: — Breathes in and out.
- :slide: — Scrolls across the canvas and wraps around.
- :flip: — Flips around its vertical axis like a coin.
- :roll: — Spins while rolling across the canvas.
- :zoom: — Grows from tiny to huge and fades out.

### Reaction
- :love: — Hearts float up.
- :mind-blown: — The top of the image blows off with a bang.
- :hype: — Bouncing with sparkles circling.
- :cheering: — Bouncing with a party popper and confetti.
- :sad: — Blue and droopy, with a rolling tear.
- :panic: — Frantic jitter with a red flush.
- :rage: — Shaking and seeing red, anger mark included.
- :thinking: — Tilts pensively as a thought bubble appears.
- :sparkle: — Gently pulsing with sparkles orbiting.

### Trolling
- :bonk: — A hammer comes down — bonk — and squashes it flat.
- :slap: — A fish swings in from the right and slaps it silly.
- :dead: — Keels over, goes grey, and the soul floats off as a skull.
- :tomatoes: — Pelted with tomatoes that splat and slide off.
- :poop: — A poop drops onto its head and settles in with a bounce.
- :sus: — A pair of eyes slides in and stares; it sweats and edges away.
- :clown: — Gets a squeaky red nose while a clown pops up to honk it.
- :flushed: — Swirls down the toilet, then pops back up for another go.
- :mic-drop: — Drops the mic and walks off — nothing more to say.
- :yeet: — A boot kicks it clean off the screen; it respawns for another go.
- :big-brain: — A brain balloons out of the top of its head and throbs with genius.
- :nope: — A big red NO stamps down on it and leaves it in the shade.

### Stickers
- :pet: — A hand pats the image, which squishes with each pat.
- :cool: — Sunglasses drop in — deal with it.
- :hat: — Wears a wobbling top hat.
- :crown: — Crowned, with a sparkle.
- :sleepy: — Nodding off with a drifting zzz.
- :ghost: — Turns translucent while a ghost peeks in.
- :fall-leaves: — Autumn leaves drift down around it.
- :money: — Bills rain down.

### Costumes
- :party-parrot: — Head on a parrot body: the body cycles through the rainbow while the head bobs side to side.
- :jammies: — Head on a striped pyjama body, swaying sleepily with a drifting zzz.

### Scenes
- :rainbow-trail: — Flies along leaving a rainbow trail.
- :hyperspace: — Jumps to lightspeed through a star field.
- :amaze: — Pops against a spinning rainbow backdrop.
- :on-fire: — Flames flicker along the bottom.

### Effects
- :glitch: — Digital glitch: colour channels split and rows tear.
- :fade: — Fades out and back in.
- :flash: — Flashes brighter every few frames.
- :dim: — Brightness breathes between full and half.

## FAQ

**Will the emoji work in Slack?** Yes. Renders default to 128×128 px, and every card shows the file size with a “Slack ✓” badge when it is under Slack's 128 KB limit. If a style comes out larger, the “Fit” button re-renders it with fewer colours, frames or pixels until it fits. Discord's 256 KB limit is satisfied automatically.

**Which formats can I download?** Animated GIF (default), animated WebP and APNG. A style with a single frame is delivered as PNG.

**What happens to my image?** Uploads, text renders and the emoji made from them are kept on the server for 24 hours so the grid loads quickly, then deleted. There are no accounts and nothing is shared. Usage statistics are anonymous — no IP addresses, cookies or personal data are stored.

**Can I use an animated GIF as the source?** Yes — up to 60 frames. The style is applied to every frame, and the “none” style simply resizes the animation.

**Can I make a text emoji such as APPROVED, SKIP or LGTM?** Yes. Click “Text”, type up to 40 characters (up to three lines), pick a font and the text and badge colours, and every style renders it — the “none” style gives you a static badge for Slack reactions. Text is sized automatically to fill the emoji, so short words read best.

**Can I crop the image?** Yes. After uploading, click “Crop” to frame a square — drag it over a face to put that face into the pet, party-parrot or jammies styles, or drag a corner to resize. Leave the square untouched to keep the whole image.

**Can I download several styles at once?** Yes. “Download all” in the results toolbar packs every style currently shown — narrow it down with the category chips or the search box — into one ZIP, each file already under Slack's 128 KB limit and named after its style, ready for Slack's “Add Custom Emoji”.

**Can I share an emoji with my team before adding it?** Yes. The 🔗 button on a card copies a link to a page showing that emoji; pasted into Slack, the emoji unfurls right in the channel. Anyone with the link can download it or remix the same image with another style. Shared links stay live for 24 hours after their last view.

**How will it look in Slack?** Click a card's thumbnail to preview the emoji in a mock Slack conversation — inline in a message (22 px), on its own (32 px) and as a reaction (16 px) — in Slack's light and dark themes, before you download it.

**Can I add my own artwork or characters?** Not at the moment. Every emoji is made from your own image or text, and the built-in costume, sticker, trolling and scene styles supply the artwork around it. Custom characters may come later.

**Is it free?** Yes. Emoji Gen is free to use — no account, no sign-up, no watermark.

## API

- POST /api/images (multipart file, or JSON {url} / {sample} / {text, font, color, background}) -> {image_id, width, height, animated, frames}
- GET /api/images/<image_id> -> the stored original image
- POST /api/images/<image_id>/edit (JSON {"crop": {"x", "y", "size"}} in pixels of the displayed image) -> {image_id, width, height, animated, frames} for the cropped copy
- GET /api/styles -> styles, categories, colour modes and allowed settings
- GET /api/render/<image_id>/<style>?size&speed&direction&color&format&fit[&optimize=slack] -> image bytes with X-File-Size, X-Frames, X-Slack-Safe headers
- GET /api/render/<image_id>/pack.zip?styles=a,b,c&<same settings> -> ZIP of those styles, each Slack-ready
- GET /s/<image_id>/<style>?<same settings> -> shareable HTML page for one emoji (Open Graph unfurl, download, remix)