# Set your own project avatars

DevFeed: [Set your own project avatars](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/set-your-own-project-avatars-1048.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://vercel.com/changelog/project-avatars>)

Author: wits

Published: 2026-08-05T17:30:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Vercel News](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/vercel-news.md>)

Topics: [Vercel](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vercel.md>), [REST API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/rest-api.md>), [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>), [Back end](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/backend.md>)

Tags: [backend](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/backend.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [rest-api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rest-api.md>), [vercel](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vercel.md>)

## AI overview

Vercel now lets users set custom project avatars from the Vercel dashboard or upload them through the REST API. Avatars appear across the dashboard and in Vercel bot comments on GitHub, while projects without detectable favicons can now be assigned an explicit avatar.

## Source excerpt

You can now set a project's avatar from its settings in the Vercel dashboard. Until now, Vercel set it automatically, using the favicon from the project's production deployment. That's still the default if you haven't set one. The avatar renders across the dashboard and on Vercel bot comments in GitHub. Microfrontend projects that share one favicon can now get distinct avatars, and backend projects with no favicon to detect can set one explicitly. You can change a project's avatar from its settings in the Vercel Dashboard, or upload one with the REST API. Read more